🌱 What guilty pleas mean after the violent Vandergrift bar shooting.

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• What guilty pleas mean after the violent Vandergrift bar shooting.

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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.
• Friday: Showers around; not as warm, temps: high: 74, low: 44.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Two plead guilty in Vandergrift bar shooting (triblive.com) — A Vandergrift bar shooting case has moved closer to resolution, with two men pleading guilty to aggravated assault for a 2024 incident at Anthony's Bar that wounded three people. One defendant from Vandergrift awaits sentencing and could face up to 25 years in prison, while the other has already received a four- to ten-year sentence plus probation.
   

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Saturday October 3
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  128 Washington Ave C, Vandergrift
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• Penn-Trafford at Kiski Area →
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Tuesday October 13
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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Parent Financial Aid Night
  Leechburg Area High School Auditorium
  5:30 pm
• Burrell at Leechburg →
  Leechburg High School, 215 1st St, Leechburg
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Friday October 2
• McKeesport Varsity Football @ Kiski Area →
  Kiski Area High School, 240 Hyde Park Rd, Leechburg
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Saturday October 3
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ATI Metals - Allegheny Technologies Incorporated posted a job opening for Security Guard/EMT in Vandergrift. Apply here.
• Sherwin-Williams posted a job opening for Bilingual Customer Service Specialist (Spanish) in New Kensington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Vandergrift here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lower Burrell

• Justin Henry Austin (butlerradio.com)

New Kensington

• Penn State President: Pittsburgh region is 'extremely important' to university's future (triblive.com)
• The Stroller, Sept. 30, 2026: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley (triblive.com)
• Valley, Burrell ready to write next chapter in Battle of the Bypass rivalry (triblive.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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