Volunteer fire departments are nearing a breaking point. About 37,000 firefighters suit up every day in Pennsylvania, according to the Office of the State Fire Commissioner. That’s down tenfold from the 1970s, when there were about 300,000 firefighters. “That’s close to a crisis in my mind,” said New Kensington fire
Flowers from a funeral were still in the back seat of the McAtees’ Chevrolet Trailblazer when it was struck from behind by an alleged drunken driver June 6.
The crash resulted in Kevin McAtee’s death,.
Six projects across the Alle-Kiski Valley have received funding totalling over $600,000 from the Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund. Nearly $9.4 million was disbursed to communities in Allegheny County in this year’s round, announced Wednesday. In the Alle-Kiski Valley, the following projects were named: • West Deer Township Volunteer Fire