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The First National Bank of Mercersburg has donated $1,000 to FCMC Foundation Board for the "Continuing the Dream Campaign." The FCMC Foundation is running the "Continuing the Dream" campaign to raise $2.5 million for the new patient services buildi
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Myers D. Kimmel of Fort Loudon, Pa., agent and owner of Kimmel Insurance & Financial Services Inc., recently was named to the prestigious Million- Dollar Round Table (MDRT). More...
By Marc Levy ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Thousands of jobless Pennsylvanians are joining the growing ranks of people around the country who are exhausting unemployment benefits, as some experts worry about another blow to a stumbling economy. Gov. More...
BOSWELL, Pa. (AP) - Authorities in western Pennsylvania have charged a man with killing another man and hiding his body in the house the two were working on. More...
Electronic newsletter will highlight key initiatives, feature unique programs
The public is now able to learn more about the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's diverse programs and services through a new electronic newsletter, E-PennDOT Digest. More...
Air Force Airman Ashley N. Johnson graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. More...
Three lifters from Buck's Body Shop attended the Beast of the Chrome and Steel Bench and Deadlift competition in Bradford, Pa., July 11. The three brought home five first-place trophies for their efforts. More...
PublishAmerica is proud to present "Ginny's World of Poetry" by Ginny Burdette. Ginny Burdette was inspired to write her second book based on more facts about her life. "My book reflects nature, animals and spiritual poetry," she said. More...
JIM THORPE, Pa. (AP) - A police chief in eastern Pennsylvania says a driver who struck and killed a pedestrian might have driven off without realizing what happened. More...
Local writer, Gloria O'Donnell of St. Thomas, Pa., and a former resident of Burnt Cabins, has been accepted as a producer for the Web-based publishing syndicate Churchmouse Publications. More...
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - State police in Greensburg are looking for a man who robbed a motel and a gas station while wielding a syringe and claiming to be infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - 'Green' jobs are a major topic as about 5,500 state lawmakers and staff members gather for a weeklong conference in Philadelphia. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell can't exclude four state-related universities from an application for $42 million in federal stimulus funds. That's according to the U.S. Department of Education. More...
EAST SPRINGFIELD, Pa. (AP) - Authorities in western Pennsylvania say an elderly man died in about a foot of water after his lawn mower overturned and pinned him in a creek. More...
As the downturn is drawn out, employers are 'permitting' their employees to work for no pay
By Ruth Walker CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
The summer vacation season is a time of disengaging from the daily news flow and then reengaging once we're back home. More...
Edwin Brown of Hustontown recently was awarded the Pennsylvania Industries for the Blind and Handicapped Nettie Mann Achievement Award. Special guest speaker at the award ceremony was Doug Flutie. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - State House officials say they have been inundated with protests about a policy that barred a clergyman from using the word "Jesus'' in a prayer that was to open one of the lawmakers' daily sessions. The Rev. More...
DERRY, Pa. (AP) - A 15-yearold western Pennsylvania boy is dead after being run over by a freight train seconds after he stepped away from another train running on an opposite track. Derry Police Sgt. James Friscarella says Douglas Albright Jr. More...
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) - A federal judge in Pittsburgh has stayed the execution of a western Pennsylvania inmate who, earlier this year, said he was tired of appeal delays and asked Gov. Ed Rendell to sign his death warrant. More...
Pictured above are four generations of the Geyer family. Left to right is grandmother Lynn Waite, great-grandmother Janet Geyer holding two-month-old Ondraya Waite and great-grandfather William Geyer. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Allegheny County police say a 10- year-old boy is in critical condition after he was accidentally shot by another 10-year-old boy in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mount Oliver. More...
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