Ohio Township Community Park will sponsor an Election Day food drive to benefit the Mt. Nebo Food Pantry.

Voters can bring non-perishable food to their voting place on Nov. 8. Donations also can be dropped off at the Ohio Township Municipal Building during the week of Nov. 7-11 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

What happens when two police chiefs run into each other on vacation? They go do police stuff, of course. That happened just last week when Ohio Township Police Chief Beaver Micklos (pictured above at left) and Avalon Police Chief Tom Kokoski (right) ran into each other on the Caribbean island of Aruba. They were invited to accompany Aruban police detectives on helicopter surveillance of the island as police searched the surrounding ocean for any sign of drug traffickers bringing in narcotics from South America.

Local police departments will participate in a special program conducted by the Drug Enforcement Adminis-tration (DEA).

A little bit of rain didn’t stop area families from enjoying safety-themed activities offered at the National Night Out Against Crime event held outside the Target store at Mt. Nebo Pointe in Ohio Township. Pictured here, Jenna and Brianna Thomas of Avalon create their very own safety t-shirts. Area police, firefighters and emergency responders participated in the event, part of a national effort to educate residents about crime prevention and create a sense of community.

Khiry Watts Khiry Templin Watts, 21, of Ohio Township, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. Mr. Watts was a graduate of Avonworth High School, and played football and track. He is survived by his parents, Eric V. and Diane Templin; four siblings, Colt, Grant, Brooke, and Amy Templin; biological siblings; and aunts and uncles.

Whether it was an attempted robbery or a drug deal gone wrong, one man at least faces weapons charges following an incident in Avalon on Jan. 25.

Police were called to Orchard and Cleveland avenues for a fight between two males that involved a gun. They arrived to find one man running down Alley C, while the other claimed to have been the victim of an attempted armed robbery.

Ohio Township Police have identified the man who robbed an Emsworth resident on Jan. 10 as the same man arrested Thursday morning for the rapes of two women in Ross Township.

Ohio Township Police Chief Beaver Micklos said that his officers planned to file charges Thursday against Arthur Henderson, 38, of Ross, for the Jan. 10 robbery of Paul Leung in the parking lot of the House of Lee restaurant in Emsworth. Leung was seriously injured and robbed of $4,000 - $5,000 after returning to his residence above the restaurant after gambling at the North Side casino.

Gladys Weinzierl Gladys B. Pigoni Weinzierl, 90, of Ohio Township, wife of the late Joseph W. Weinzierl Jr., died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. She is survived by two sons, J. Buster Weinzierl and his wife Sally and Michael J. Weinzierl and his wife Susan; her sister, Eva Stankunas; and four grandchildren, Mary H. Rolser and her husband David, Joseph, Andrea and Melinda Weinzierl. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Philomena Pigoni; and five siblings, Joseph Pigoni, Charles Pigoni, Vi Giovenelli, Betty Andrade and Mitzi Lasp.

Recent DUI arrests by Ohio Township Police include:

On Oct. 29, Angelina Bairhalter, 34, of West View, on New Brighton Road in Ben Avon Heights. On Oct. 30, David Wise, 54, of Emsworth on Route 65 in Emsworth. On Oct. 30, Steven Ressler, 45, of Pittsburgh on Mt. Nebo Road in Ohio Township.

Claude Phipps Claude A. Phipps, 72, of Avalon, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 in Allegheny General Hospital. Mr. Phipps was the owner of Phipps 18th Century Flowers. He fostered cats and dogs from the Humane Society and shared peanut butter sandwiches with squirrels and enjoyed feeding birds. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Cardamone Phipps; his brother-in-law, Russell Cardamone of Sewickley; and his rescues, Jack, Belle, Willow and Cocoa. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fredrick "Ted" and Gladys Holt Phipps.

Cotter’s Collision Service on Mt Nebo Road in Ohio Township reported Aug. 18 that the front shell of a 1969 Ford Talladega had been stolen from the rear lot of the business. The shell weighed approximately 300-400 lbs.

A resident of Walliston Avenue in Ben Avon reported Aug. 22 that his truck had been hit with a tomato while traveling on Perrysville Aveenue between Wilson and Merton around 11a.m. No damage was done to the vehicle.

On Aug. 24, the Emsworth road crew discovered some vandalism done in the women’s restroom and to several picnic benches at the park.

A resident of Meadow Street in Emsworth reported July 11 that a truck had been broken into and numerous items taken, including cash, a GPS, a radar detector and a class ring. Total value of the items is approximately $3,500.

Belany's Mini Mart in Ben Avon reported July 13 that two cartons of cigarettes had been stolen by a white male in his mid-twenties with tattoos on both arms, driving a black Ford Explorer.