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Belle Vernon Area School District Teachers Set To Strike
BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — The new school year begins Monday for students in the Belle Vernon Area School District, but when students will return for their second day of school is anybody’s guess. That’s...
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Belle Vernon Mom Facing Charges For Leaving Kids Home Alone
BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — A Fayette County mother is facing charges for allegedly leaving her young children home alone for the second time in three months. According to the criminal complaint, Kristi...
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Belle Vernon Middle School Teacher Reportedly Suspended
BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — A Belle Vernon Middle School teacher has reportedly been suspended with pay until Monday, pending an investigation. The school district’s superintendent said the teacher was asked...
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West Virginia Boat Engineer’s Body Pulled From Monongahela River
BELLE VERNON, Pa. (AP) – Authorities have identified the body of a West Virginia boat engineer found by two youths who had been fishing in Pennsylvania. State police say the boys found the body of Jace...
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North Charleroi Burglary Suspect Escapes Custody
BENTLEYVILLE (KDKA) — A suspect wanted in connection with thefts and robberies in North Charleroi escaped from constables Friday, as he was about to be arraigned. The Observer-Reporter reports that...
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Man Charged With Fighting With Firefighters In Blaze At Home
BELLE VERNON, Pa. (AP) – A western Pennsylvania man has been charged after police allege that he argued and fought with firefighters who were trying to put out a blaze at his smoke-filled home....
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Medical Marijuana Facility May Be Coming To Westmoreland Co.
ROSTRAVER (KDKA) — A medical marijuana growing and processing center may be coming to Westmoreland County. A company has filed an application and wants to put the medical marijuana facility into a...
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Rostraver Police Searching For iPhone Thieves
BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — Rostraver Police say a pair of guys worked like a well-oiled machine as they stole merchandise from a Walmart. One would distract the clerk while the other got away with thousands...
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Men Arrested For Cell Phone Theft After Viewer Sees Them On KDKA
BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — Featured on KDKA just a few days ago, a video from inside a Belle Vernon Walmart shows two young men walking in on the way to harvest some Apple gear. “They walk around the store...
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3 More Kmart Stores Closing In Pittsburgh Area
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — More Kmart stores are closing in the Pittsburgh area. The company announced Tuesday that it’s closing another 49 stores in addition to the closures already announced earlier this...
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Rostraver Ice Garden To Host Penguins Preseason Game
ROSTRAVER (KDKA) — It’s another great year for the Penguins. And a great year as well for the Rostraver Ice Garden. A contest with more than 1,300 competitors nationwide ended with the Rostraver rink...
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Rostraver Ice Garden Unable To Host Penguins’ Preseason Game
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Rostraver Ice Garden, winner of this year’s Kraft Hockeyville USA contest, won’t be hosting a Pittsburgh Penguins preseason game after all. According to the Penguins, the...
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Man Falls 100 Feet Down Embankment At Cedar Creek Gorge
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — A man was hospitalized after he fell about 100 feet down an embankment at a Belle Vernon park Monday. The Rostraver Central Fire Department...
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Pittsburgh-Area Natives Named Miss Pa. USA, Miss Pa. Teen USA
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Both of the young women who will represent Pennsylvania in the 2018 Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants hail from the Pittsburgh area. The...
View ArticleBelle Vernon School Board Cuts Ties With Superintendent
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — A crowd gathered outside the Belle Vernon School District Administration Building on Monday evening as the nine-member school board met in...
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Truckers Wreak Havoc In Westmoreland County, 1 Arrested
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter NORTH BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — There have been two cases this week of truck drivers driving off after wreaking havoc in Westmoreland County. In Greensburg, a truck...
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Belle Vernon School District Begins Search For New Girls’ Soccer Coach
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — The Belle Vernon School District is looking for a new varsity girls’ head soccer coach despite pleas from the players on Monday night. With many...
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Huge Sinkhole Opens Up In Belle Vernon Parking Lot
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — A huge sinkhole is causing big problems in the parking lot of a gas station in Westmoreland County. The sinkhole has formed in the lot of the...
View ArticleJudge Rules Students Cited For Underage Drinking Should Be Allowed To Attend...
BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — A group of students in Westmoreland County who were caught drinking and were banned from prom and graduation will now be allowed to participate. What started out on the campus of...
View ArticleSchool District Plans To Continue Fighting Parents’ Complaint Over Underage...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Belle Vernon Area School District isn’t giving up after a judge overruled their disciplinary action against students who were cited for underage drinking. “It is important to...
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Animals Seized During Raid Of Dilapidated Home, Dog Found Dead In Cage
BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — State police and humane officials raided a home in Fayette County, seizing several dogs and other malnourished animals from the property. Investigators served a warrant at the...
View ArticleBelle Vernon Eat ‘N Park Server’s Act Of Kindness Goes Viral
BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — The restaurant Eat ‘N Park is synonymous with the infamous Smiley Cookies, but this weekend, a young server at the Belle Vernon Eat ‘N Park served up a few smiles of his own....
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State Police Looking For Missing 16-Year-Old Shalynn Anderson Believed To Be...
BELLE VERNON, Pa. (KDKA) – State police are looking for a missing 16-year-old girl who possibly ran away and could be with an unknown male. State Police in Belle Vernon are looking for 16-year-old...
View ArticleOfficials Seize 54 Marijuana Plants From Indoor Marijuana Growing Operation...
FAYETTE COUNTY (KDKA) — Officials say they seized psychedelic mushrooms and 54 marijuana plants from a marijuana growing operation inside a Fayette County home. Officials executed a search warrant for...
View ArticleClairton, Central Valley, Thomas Jefferson, And Central Catholic Win WPIAL...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Four teams left Heinz Field on Saturday as WPIAL champions. The first game of the day saw Clairton defeat Sto-Rox 41-19, capturing the school’s 14th WPIAL championship and 10th...
View ArticleLottery Ticket Worth More Than $1M Sold At Local Walmart
BELLE VERNON, Pa. (KDKA) – Someone is stepping into the holiday season a little richer after a lottery ticket worth more than $1 million was sold at a local Walmart. The Pennsylvania Lottery says a...
View ArticleFamily And Friends Hold Fundraiser For Fallen EMT
BELLE VERNON (KDKA) – The community came together to hold a fundraiser for a paramedic who was killed while responding to a crash in January. Friends and family gathered at Hoss’s Steak and Sea House...
View ArticleBelle Vernon Area School District Teachers Planning A Strike
BELLE VERNON, Pa. (KDKA) — Teachers in the Belle Vernon Area School District have issued a strike notice. The union plans to go on strike next Friday unless they can reach a deal with the school board....
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Local Church Sets Up Prayer Drive-Thru For Healthcare Workers
BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — The Gospel Alliance Church will set up a drive-thru Sunday to give out prayers. The drive-thru is being held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. People can drive up in the line, and a...
View ArticlePa. State Police Searching For 15-Year-Old Runaway Keyshaun Thompson
BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — Pennsylvania State Police in Belle Vernon are searching for a runaway 15 year old. Keyshaun Thompson is from Grindstone and was last seen by his father leaving for football...
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Westmoreland County Landfill Worker Injured In Explosion
BELLE VERNON, Pa. (KDKA) — At least one person was injured in a reported methane pipe explosion in Westmoreland County this morning. According to the county’s emergency dispatchers, the explosion...
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Pennsylvania State Police Searching For Missing Girl Shanya Mae Hewitt
By: KDKA-TV News Staff BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — State troopers in Belle Vernon are searching a missing girl, Shanya Mae Hewitt. (Photo Credit: PA State Police) Hewitt is 5’6 tall, weighs 100 pounds and is...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Cases Of Biden-Harris Campaign Signs Being Vandalized,...
NORTH BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — Political yard signs for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden are leading to vandalism in North Belle Vernon, Westmoreland County. North Belle Vernon Police are...
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‘Disgusting’: Vandals Destroy Buildings And Supplies At Brewer Field In Belle...
BELLE VERNON, Pa. (KDKA) — Coronavirus may have canceled a number of community events this spring, but now vandals have canceled any future events in Belle Vernon. “They used to have all kinds of...
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Scammer Targets Fayette Co. Woman Looking For Work-From-Home Job
BELLE VERNON, Pa. (KDKA) — Lisa Garber of Belle Vernon said she was shocked when a new job opportunity fell into her lap earlier this month. “I mean that’s everybody’s goal, to work from home and make...
View ArticleState Police Searching For Missing Woman Destini Dawn Bradey Who Disappeared...
By: KDKA-TV News Staff BELLE VERNON, Pa. (KDKA) – State police in Belle Vernon are asking for help finding a missing 34-year-old woman. Police say Destini Dawn Bradey hasn’t been in contact with her...
View ArticleFormer Credit Union Branch Manager Facing Charges After Allegedly Embezzling...
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A federal grand jury indicted 63-year-old Patty Lynn Mavrakis of Belle Vernon in a five-year-old case this past week. She is accused of stealing $340,000 —...
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Pennsylvania State Trooper Charged With Aggravated Assault, Resisting Arrest...
By: KDKA-TV News Staff WASHINGTON COUNTY (KDKA) — A Pennsylvania State Police trooper has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. The state police...
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Belle Vernon’s Strong 1-2 Punch Of Whitlock And Martin Has Leopards Aiming High
BELLE VERNON, Pa. (KDKA) — Every year, there’s a conversation about the best football player in the WPIAL. This year, Belle Vernon quarterback Devin Whitlock might just be staking his claim. “He’s one...
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WPIAL 4A Championship Football Preview: Belle Vernon vs. Aliquippa
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The stage is set for a new WPIAL champion in Class 4A. Last week, the #1-seed Belle Vernon Area Leopards knocked off the two-time defending WPIAL and PIAA...
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