Fulton County Commissioner Daniel Swain Jr. kicked off Tuesday's meeting of the Board of Commissioners with good news of money that could be on its way to aid in the proposed county's renovation project. More...
PennDOT announced last week that Monday, March 23, work would begin on the I-70 project to replace three different superstructures carrying traffic over I-70 in Union and Bethel townships, Fulton County. More...
SOUTHERN FULTON High School Breakfast Monday, March 30: no school. Tuesday, March 31: breakfast burrito. High School Lunch Monday, March 30: no school. Tuesday, March 31: ham and cheese sandwich or taco bar, oven fries, peaches, milk. More...
Cited For Forgery Twenty-five-year-old Layla Ann Wood of McConnellsburg was cited for two counts each of forgery and theft in connection with an incident at Cloverleaf Court in McConnellsburg January 13. More...
Fulton County Senior Center lunch menu for the week is as follows: Monday: meatball stroganoff, noodles, peas and carrots, wheat bread, peaches. Tuesday: turkey burger in barbecue sauce, oven potatoes, tossed salad, bun, pudding. More...
A delegation of farmers representing the Fulton County Farm Bureau, along with several hundred other Farm Bureau members, converged on Washington, D.C., March 4-5 as part of a twoday National Legislative Conference, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Fa More...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Maryland man who told jurors that the woman he was accused of killing almost nine years ago was still alive has been sentenced to life in prison for her murder. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The acting chief of Pennsylvania's Labor and Industry Department was too drunk to sign a citation for public drunkenness, according to Harrisburg police. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Authorities say they've captured a Philadelphia man who allegedly slipped out of a federal courthouse during his sentencing hearing in a $100,000 identitytheft case. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - An average 26-fold increase in Pennsylvania's permitting fee to drill for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale rock formation is likely to take effect next month. More...
INDIANA, Pa. (AP) - The cousin of a dentist murdered by a state trooper says she'll press on with a wrongful death lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State Police. More...
READING, Pa. (AP) - An eastern Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his daughter-in-law after the two had been drinking in October 2007. More...
JLG Industries, an Oshkosh Corp. company, announced last week that a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held March 18 for a new sales and service facility in Jurong, Singapore. More...
Board approves proposal for obtaining Alert Now notification system
By Chanin Rotz-Mountz STAFF WRITER
A discussion on the use of automated calling systems by other school districts for incidents ranging from inclement weather closings to reminders on report card day ended in a unanimous decision by members of the Southern Fulton School Board last w More...
Funding will support community programs struggling to serve seniors
Vice President Joe Biden announced last week that the Department of Health and Human Services will award $4,485,834 in Recovery Act funding to provide meals to low-income seniors in Pennsylvania. More...
PennDOT has announced the bid results for a contract to resurface approximately 11 miles of roadway on Route 829 in Wells, Taylor and Ayr townships in Fulton County and Wood, Clay, Cassville and Cass townships as well as Cassville Borough in Huntin More...
Joan D. Mellott, McConnellsburg, has been named to the Wilson College dean's list for the fall 2008 semester. To earn a place on the list, a student must achieve a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. More...
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - In an upstairs room at the North Museum in Lancaster, Mark Larocque is throwing around more Latin names than spells in a Harry Potter movie. More...
Members of the Warfordsburg FFA chapter attended the Agricultural Cooperative Establishes Success (ACES) conference in Harrisburg February 14 and 15. More...
The following couples applied for marriage licenses at the local courthouse during the past week: A. Ray Anderson, 78, Three Springs, and Joy J. Murdock, 64, McConnellsburg. More...
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A northeastern Pennsylvania mayor seeking re-election says he's not worried about the Democratic Party's endorsement going to a rival. Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty wants to get the party's nomination for a second term. More...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Trustees of Penn State University are discussing whether to lower next year's projected tuition increases. The discussion comes in response to concerns about how the recession has affected students and their families. More...
YORK, Pa. (AP) - The economy is affecting the Keystone State Summer Games. Owen Costello, the president and CEO of the nonprofit Keystone State Games Inc., says eight sports will be eliminated from this year's program. More...
BARTO, Pa. (AP) - Two men who stole an 8-foot-tall, 1,200- pound bronze angel statue from the National Centre for Padre Pio in eastern Pennsylvania have been sentenced to state prison. Thirty-one year old John Hammond Jr. More...
Slaughter steers: high choice and prime 2-3, couple 1496-1554 lbs., $85 to $85.75; choice 2-3, 1234-1458 lbs., $81.50 to $84.25; 1582 lbs., $83; full/y.g. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Fans of children's public television pioneer Mister Rogers are urged to wear their favorite sweaters to mark what would have been Fred Rogers 81st birthday. Family Communications Inc. More...
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - A purse-snatcher who demanded $185,000 in ransom to return his victim's cell phone - but agreed to settle for $200 - has been sentenced to prison in central Pennsylvania. More...
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