A baker’s dozen of graduates of the New Kensington-Arnold School District and its predecessors make up the first group of distinguished alumni who will be honored through a reinvigorated recognition program. Nearly 30 graduates of Valley, Arnold and New Kensington high schools had been nominated by the Dec. 1 deadline
Ron Eckman Jr. took off from New Kensington and 25 years later landed in Las Vegas. Eckman, 48, enlisted in the Air Force after graduating from Valley High School in 1991. He was an aircraft electrician, working on fighter jets at bases around the world and even traveled with the