As farmers start their move back into fields to begin the spring planting season, a handful of local of farmers, business owners and residents gathered at the Back Run Road farm of Harry Johnston last Wednesday morning to celebrate Rural Roads Safe More...

Fulton County has been chosen to receive $7,213 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. These funds have made available through The American and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). More...

Over a period spanning four weeks, an area youth group based in McConnellsburg, along with their adult advisors, has raised an estimated $2,500 to battle poverty and hunger. More...

Five members of the Fulton County Community Christian School known as "The Elites" wowed judges with their knowledge of the general outdoors and environment and took home the gold during the annual Fulton County Envirothon held last week at Cowans More...

Giant Food, an Ahold Co., recently donated park benches, made out of recycled plastic lumber, to the McConnellsburg Lions Club Park and to Southern Fulton Elementary School's "Alleene Hoopengardner Memorial Trail for Environmental Studies". More...

Penn State Cooperative Extension Office in Fulton County is offering a free spring gardening workshop at the Fulton County fairgrounds this Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The raindate is May 9. The schedule for the event is: 10 a.m. More...

In support of Autism Awareness Month, The Franklin County Library System Bookmobile and Outreach Department has compiled a resource booklet about autism. More...

SHENANDOAH, Pennsylvania (AP) - Though she'd never been to Mexico, Crystal Dillman somehow felt at home the moment she stepped inside the small concrete house in Iramuco. More...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _- Police say a small boy nearly caused a school bus crash when he wandered into a Philadelphia street. Two children on the bus were treated for minor injuries Friday morning after the bus swerved and made a sudden stop. More...

Harold A. Comerer recently joined Raymond James Financial Services Inc., (RJFS) located at 19760 Longmeadow Road, Hagerstown, Md., as an account executive. More...

Members of Forbes Road Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and advisor Leann Smith attended the annual regional leadership conference January 25, 2009, at Shippensburg University. More...

Franklin Financial Services Corporation (OTCBB:FRAF) issued a brief statement this week to correct news media reports erroneously identifying Gordon B. Grigg, charged in a federal felony filed April 22, 2009, in the U.S. More...

Jim Krobath of the Governors Veterans Outreach and Assistance Center will visit F&M Trust in Penn's Village Shopping Center, McConnellsburg, on Tuesday, May 12. Free help and advice will be available for veterans and family members from 9:30 a.m. More...

Preparing for a spring that may bring declining gypsy moth infestations in some counties and stronger populations in others, the state Bureau of Forestry will target 25 counties in its aerial spraying effort to suppress the woodland insect pest. More...

Pending further review from the district's solicitor, the Southern Fulton School Board tentatively accepted a list of proposed modifications last week prepared by the superintendent pertinent to future requests for transportation proposals as well More...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania drivers don't have to hang up but they would face tougher fines, under a bill advancing through the Legislature, if police think their cell phones have caused erratic driving. More...

Magisterial District Judge Devin C. Horne was again certified for service as a member of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System after successful completion recently of continuing legal education course work. More...

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania county has been named a defendant in a lawsuit over two disgraced judges who took kickbacks from juvenile detention centers. More...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Groundbreaking is months away, but the state has names for two new state prisons. More...

Local dog groomer and certified instructor Patty Mc- Quade (left) teaches Breezewood resident Jamie Brambley the ins and outs of pet cardio pulminary resuscitation (CPR) on a dog manikin used during a special event hosted by the Fulton County Parks a More...

ERIE, Pa. (AP) - A 30-year-old Erie man is dead after being shot and killed for telling a motorist to slow down while driving through a residential neighborhood. More...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania health officials say there are no confirmed cases of swine influenza in the state but they remain in close contact with federal and local officials. More...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - In a courtroom just a block from Independence Hall - the heart of the city's tourist district and the birthplace of the Constitution - a federal judge is weighing whether an ordinance to test and license local tour guides vio More...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Employees at Pittsburgh International Airport are being "extra vigilant'' for any problems that could be related to swine flu. Airport spokeswoman JoAnn Jenny says no special procedures have been implemented yet. More...

Forbes Road ag students have been working hard since January on their greenhouse and they really have a selection of plants. The students started everything as seeds and plugs and now have hanging baskets, flats of six packs and four-inch pots. More...