McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire Company's big plans to garner interest from area youth in the company and its daily practices went off without a hitch this weekend with the first-ever "Dream Weekend." McConnellsburg's Dream Weekend was created and m More...
In hopes of providing more information to the public and save time in responding to inquiries linked to the vacant commissioner's position, Fulton County commissioners Bonnie Mellott Keefer and David Hoover II are again releasing a list of county m More...
President & CEO Robert J. Fignar announced recently that three new members have been added to the board of associates - James S. Junkin of Willow Hill, David C. Rajtik of Chambersburg, and Linda Nair Zeger of Mercersburg. James S. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Union members have protested outside Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's office demanding jobs. Ravenstahl's spokeswoman Joanna Doven says the doors were not chained shut to prevent the protesters who arrived at about 8 a.m. More...
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A suburban Philadelphia woman accused of faking her own abduction in May is scheduled to stand trial August 24 in Bucks County Court. More...
STAFF REPORT Judge Carol L. Van Horn of the 39th Judicial District of the Court of Common Pleas presided over a court session held on Tuesday, July 7, at the Fulton County Courthouse. More...
Fulton County Senior Center lunch menu for the week is as follows: Monday: two hot dogs, baked beans, coleslaw, apple, bun. Tuesday: hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, mandarin orange, white bread. More...
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A federal judge has been asked to preserve records of a Pennsylvania judicial scandal that the state Supreme Court has said should be destroyed. More...
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS Calling all bakers for the 2009 Hershey's Cocoa Classic baking contest to be held on August 17, judging day at the Fulton County Fair. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) _ When a few top legislators and the governor finally close the doors behind them and hash out differences over how to resolve the state's multibillion-dollar deficit, thousands of others will want to be in the room with them. More...
Jessie A. MacDonald graduated with academic honors from Duquesne University Mylan School of Pharmacy May 23, 2009, in Pittsburgh. MacDonald completed six years of academic and experiential education, earning her a Doctorate of Pharmacy degree. More...
GREENCASTLE MARKET July 20 Slaughter steers: high choice and prime 2-3, 1250-1478 lbs., $84.50 to $86.75; few 1520-1616 lbs., $84 to $85.75; one 1474 lbs., $85.25; choice 2-3, 1170-1482 lbs., $82 to $85.25; few 1520-1690 lbs., $80.25 to $83.25; More...
LEWISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Near the beginning of July, the Wray family in Lewistown, about 20 miles southeast of State College, received an unexpected telephone call. More...
On Friday, July 24, 2009, state Senator John H. Eichelberger Jr. joined about 20 state employees who came to protest over the fact the current budget impasse could result in them not getting paid. More...
Haley Dawn Strait of Waterfall has been awarded a $2,500 business scholarship to attend Kaplan University, Hagerstown. Haley is a 2009 graduate of Forbes Road High School and is enrolled in the business administration program. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The total number of crimes reported to Pennsylvania State Police in 2008 is up 0.4 percent over the year before. But figures released Thursday show violent crime dropping by 1 percent in 2008. More...
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Police in central Pennsylvania have issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of stealing more than $30,000 from vending machines he maintained. More...
JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company [NYSE: OSK], announced the signing of a new licensing agreement with Stone America Licensing, one of the world's leading licensing firms, and Suarez Corporation International (SCI). More...
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) - Authorities in western Pennsylvania are linking a payroll clerk found dead in an Allegheny County river several months ago to nearly $300,000 in funds missing from a Pittsburgh school district. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A 25- year-old Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to back-to-back life sentences for kidnapping and killing a couple in July 2004. More...
Franklin Financial Services Corporation, the bank holding company of F&M Trust Company, reported earnings of $1,639,000 for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. More...
Big Cove District of the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa., comprised of all the Girl Scouts in Fulton County, recently held a three-day camp at the American Legion picnic grounds. More...
Dianna Courtney, Needmore, recently received a Bachelor of Tech Prof Stud degree in criminal justice from Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Md., during its 134th commencement ceremonies. More...
LANDISVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A central Pennsylvania high school is getting its own bank branch. Officials at Hempfield High School in Landisville, Lancaster County say Wheatland Federal Credit Union will open a branch at the school this fall. More...
KARTHAUS, Pa. (AP) - Families looking for extra income to help brave the stormy economy may want to take a look in the back of their bedroom closets or the dusty corners of their garages. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Is it any surprise that a city known for its love of cheesesteaks, soft pretzels and cannolis would embrace a solar-powered trash compactor called a BigBelly? More...
