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.
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Still ranked 66th out of 67 counties in December
By Jean Snyder STAFF WRITER
Fulton County's unemployment rate remained steady in December at 10.5 percent, which is the same as final rates for November. More...
(AP) - An eastern Pennsylvania man has been convicted of killing his daughter-in-law after the two were drinking in October 2007. 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...
By Deborah Yao AP BUSINESS WRITER
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...
Forbes Road High School is proud to recognize students who made the principal's honor roll and the honor roll for the second marking period. 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...
By Marc Levy ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
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...
By Jack Brubaker LANCASTER NEW ERA
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Some Lancaster County farmers are rebuilding barns as fast as a suspected arsonist is burning them. 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...
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