Annual Youth Ag Expo held Oct. 6
By Lindsay R. Mellott STAFF WRITER
Sixth-graders from all over the county spent a beautiful fall Tuesday last week at the Englert dairy farm in Todd Township getting the lowdown on agriculture at the Fulton County Conservation District’s annual Youth Ag Expo.
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS A mixture of historical, contemporary homes and churches are featured in the Fulton County Historical Society’s 2009 House Tour scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, October 17 and 18, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., each day. More...
A free exhibit of locally owned toys is on display at the Fulton House for the Fall Folk Festival weekend. More...
SOUTHERN FULTON Breakfast Menu Monday, October 19: breakfast burrito or cereal, chili with toasted cheese or taco bar, pears, milk. Tuesday, October 20: bagel with cream cheese or cereal. More...
By Cindy Stauffer INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL/LANCASTER NEW ERA
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) – Bumping to a techno beat on his Apple iPod music player, Ray Rivera spins a 6-foot arrow-shaped sign on his head as he stands alongside a major road not far from a highway overpass. Then he spins the sign on his back. More...
Preregistered and certified providers in the southwest, southeast and north-central regions of the state have begun to receive the first doses of the live attenuated pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine, also known by the brand name FluMist, the Pennsylv More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Homicide detectives in Philadelphia are investigating two unrelated murder-suicides that occurred on the same night. More...
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (AP) – A man accused of fatally shooting his puppy and dragging the dog’s carcass behind his wheelchair has been ordered to stand trial. More...
JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company announced Tuesday that Bob Nelson has been appointed to the position of vice-president, field sales and service for North America. More...
A former Fulton Countian recently harvested a 500-pound bull alligator near his home in Melbourne, Fla. Peter Morton took the alligator at 2:30 a.m. More...
Thousands of people are working in Pennsylvania because of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and millions are receiving direct benefits that help put food on their tables and keep their families afloat, Gov. Edward G. More...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pennsylvania Turnpike officials are preparing to revive their application to impose tolls on Interstate 80. More...
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS If you want to view magic lands, close your eyes and you will see one – or simply come down to Southern Fulton High School on Friday October 23, or Saturday the 24, and watch the production of “Willy Wonka!” More...
Professor Karl Reisner of Mercersburg Academy will address members and friends of the Fulton County Historical Society on “James Buchanan: A Misunderstood Leader” on Thursday evening, October 15, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh police say they used a secure, group text-messaging service to keep thousands of officers on the same page during last month’s Group of 20 economic summit. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A suburban Pittsburgh man slept soundly as his home caught on fire and partially collapsed. It wasn’t until firefighters did a walk-through of the home more than two hours later that he woke up. More...
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