Joy Dasher, Big Cove Tannery, stands near the Capitol at the historic Jan. 20 inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. Dasher received two purple tickets to the inauguration from her congressman. More...
Elizabeth Margaret Shehan, a senior Middle East studies major at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., has been named to the dean's list for the fall 2009 semester. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Comcast Corp. is testing a free wireless Internet service for its cable subscribers in parts of New Jersey, following in the footsteps of a fellow cable operator. More...
READING, Pa. (AP) - A teen pregnancy prevention program that includes discussing condoms with sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders has some teachers on edge in an eastern Pennsylvania district. More...
Following is a list of area graduates from Penn State University: Shawn Keener, Needmore, mechanical engineering and nuclear engineering degree from University Park. More...
IRWIN, Pa. (AP) - Crashes on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the Irwin exit in western Pennsylvania are cleared. Friday morning's crashes closed one westbound lane for a time in Westmoreland County. More...
New regulations to manage odors from newly constructed animal barns and certain other agricultural operations will help minimize the potential for conflicts between neighbors, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said last week. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's State Board of Education is seeking suggestions on how it can improve its proposal to make high school graduation requirements more rigorous. The board has scheduled a public hearing for Feb. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - As the nation's economy was plodding to a halt and layoffs were accelerating last summer, Pennsylvania state government's budget shortfall was already growing. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Officials at Duquesne (doo-KAYN') University in Pittsburgh are upset that best-selling author John Grisham mentions the school in connection with a fictional gang rape in his latest novel. More...
By Ron Scherer Staff writer CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
America may be in a recession, but that's not stopping thousands of would-be entrepreneurs from using their severance pay or savings to do something they've always hankered to do: be their own boss. More...
Superintendent tenders resignation; junior high coaching salary issue arises
By Chanin Rotz-Mountz STAFF WRITER
Plagued by ongoing health issues, the superintendent of the Forbes Road School District, Dr. Merrill Arnold, tendered his resignation for the purpose of retirement Monday night. More...
Resolution requires moratorium on discretionar y spending
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Sen. John H. Eichelberger Jr. announced Monday his intention to introduce a resolution in the Senate that will call for a oneyear moratorium on all "discretionary spending," or what is commonly referred to as Walking Around Money (WAMs). More...
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Police and school officials are trying to figure out how two adults got into an Allentown middle school classroom, where one of them allegedly attacked a 14-year-old student. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's fledgling Office of Open Records, defender of the public's interest in a transparent government, turns one month old this weekend. It's been an interesting start. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania says drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. formally pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor tied to the marketing of its top-seller, the antipsychotic Zyprexa. More...
Fulton County Senior Center lunch menu for the week is as follows: Monday: Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, carrots, wheat bread, pears. Tuesday: cold turkey sandwich w/cheese, lettuce and tomato, potato soup, wheat bread, banana. More...
High school students with hearing loss in 10th or 11th grade can use the power of words to express their feelings and win prizes in the fourth annual Rochester Institute of Technology SpiRIT Writing Contest. More...
John K. Johnston, executive director for USDA's Farm Service Agency in Fulton County, has announced that the sign-up period for the 2005-2007 Crop Disaster (CDP) will end February 27, 2009. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A judge threw out a pollution regulation that made Pennsylvania the first major coal-mining state to require coal-fired power plants to cut mercury emissions beyond levels set by federal standards. More...
Following is the list of local students who have attained the dean's list for the fall 2008 term: Koby Cutchall, McConnellsburg, Mont Alto. Emily Decker, Harrisonville, Altoona. Lauren Deshong, Harrisonville, University Park. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. announced 2,110 new job cuts as it scales back production amid a world economic slowdown. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Cigarette smokers in Pennsylvania could soon be paying a dime a pack more as part of Gov. Ed Rendell's plan to balance the state budget. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Investigators believe a gasolinepowered generator running a fan for inflatable playhouses produced carbon monoxide at a child's birthday party, sending 17 people to a hospital. More...
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