The Christian Science Monitor's language columnist considers how some innocuous words have come to pack more punch over time As the healthcare battle rages on, words are in the arsenals of all sides. More...

Two bids openings were held Tuesday before the Fulton County commissioners in conjunction with the replacement of township road signs and an extension of the existing sewer system in Bethel Township. More...

Erin E. Brizius, formerly of McConnellsburg and daughter of Susan Foster and the late Jack Brizius, graduated magna cum laude in May from the Georgetown University Law Center. More...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police say a woman committed suicide at a downtown Philadelphia subway station by jumping in front of a train. The woman was was struck by a subway train shortly before 4 p.m. More...

DUNMORE, Pa. (AP) - Three people are charged in what police say was a gang-related murder for hire in which the victim was along a rural road in northeastern Pennsylvania. More...

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Fulton County Senior Center lunch menu for the week is as follows: Monday: Salisbury steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, lima beans, wheat bread. Tuesday: barbecue chicken, baked potato, peas and onions, orange, multi-grain bread. More...

Sen. Richard Alloway II (R- 33) is cosponsoring legislation that would require state and local government buildings to meet stricter energy and environmental building standards. More...

The Multi-County Diabetes Walk Group is proud to announce the second annual diabetes walk October 11, 2009. The walk will be held at the Mc- Connellsburg High School track located at 151 East Cherry Street. More...

Tower Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: TOBC) announced last Thursday that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of up to $50 million of shares of its common stock pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement. More...

The Pennsylvania Departmentof Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks, and Cowans Gap State Park would like to announce the following activities at Cowans Gap: September 4 - 7:30 p.m.: CCC History. More...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - A former northeastern Pennsylvania judge is asking the state Supreme Court to take over a misconduct case against her, accusing the state panel now handling the case of being "fundamentally unfair. More...

SOUTHERN FULTON Breakfast Menu Monday, August 31: breakfast burrito or cereal with roll, fresh fruit or fruit juice, milk. Tuesday, September 1: french toast sticks or cereal with roll, fresh fruit or fruit juice, milk. More...

NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) - A touristy Bucks County town with a biker-friendly reputation is trying to get those bikers to quiet down their hogs. More...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Comedian Bill Cosby finds nothing funny about cutting school funding. More...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The blue suit and black boots were right, but mourners at a retired trucker's funeral suspected they were gazing at the wrong man. Some friends and family members kissed the body, despite whispers that something seemed amiss. More...

PARADISE, Pa. (AP) - A family's worth of laundry, in somber shades of black and blue and gray, is neatly pinned to a highflying clothesline that runs between the barn and the farmhouse. More...

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) - Mallo Cups and Smoothies won't be rolling off the Boyer Candy Co.'s production lines for a few days because of a machine fire at the plant in central Pennsylvania. More...

LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania illustrator is giving an iconic character a makeover. Joe Kulka of Richland in suburban Philadelphia has been chosen to update Smokey Bear for the U.S. Forest Service mascot's 65th birthday. More...

GLENMOORE, Pa. (AP) - Every spring and summer for the more than four decades that Hal Ziserman has lived in rural Chester County about 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia, he's enjoyed "clouds of butterflies'' in his wildlife-friendly garden. More...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Alarms are going off at the hundreds of agencies that provide help to children from low-income families, battered women, homeless people and others among Pennsylvania's most vulnerable citizens. More...