SPECIAL TO THE NEWS F&M Trust, on Friday, presented a check for $1,000 to the Semper Fi Memorial Fund in financial support of annual educational efforts that benefit Southern Fulton, Central Fulton and Forbes Road school districts. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Parenthood doesn’t come with a manual, but “The Grandparents Handbook’’ may be the perfect guide for those who wish to make the most out of precious moments with their grandchildren. More...
New large-type books at Fulton County Library include “The Big Steal: A Sterling Glass Mystery” by Emily Jenkins, and “Rainwater” by Sandra Brown. More...
FORBES ROAD Breakfast Menu Monday, November 30: no school. Tuesday, December 1: no school. Wednesday, December 2: pizza, cereal choice, apple, grape or orange juice. More...
Driver licensing, motor vehicle services available online
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced last week that all driver license and photo centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27, for the Thanksgiving holiday. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Federal prosecutors have charged three men with diverting traffic from the Web site of Philadelphia based telecommunications provider Comcast Corp. More...
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) – The 146th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is being celebrated in the national cemetery where the speech was made. Actor Richard Dreyfuss and Gov. More...
PLUM, Pa. (AP) – The staff at a Pittsburgh-area insurance agency hope to get back to business as usual a day after a herd of deer stampeded through its office. More...
SPECIAL TO THE NWS “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a gem of a fairytale…” delighted audiences over the weekend of November 13, 14 and 15.” The wonderful cast of 47 students from the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades More...
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) – A suburban Philadelphia man who falsely told a court employee that he had to leave jury duty because he had swine flu has been ordered to spend three days in court observing jury trials. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Two former county judges accused of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send juveniles to private detention facilities are partially immune from civil lawsuits, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Friday. More...
ERIE, Pa. (AP) – Fire officials say an infant was hurt when part of a ceiling collapsed over a crib at home in Erie. A family member called 911 around 3:45 p.m. Saturday to say that a child was trapped in its crib. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A letter President Abraham Lincoln wrote to a boy whose friends didn’t believe he had met the commander in chief is being sold in Philadelphia. More...
Honorably discharged veterans of the United States Armed Forces have a new way to proudly display their service as Penn- DOT announced the availability of a new series of military license plates honoring veterans of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine More...
Less than perfect weather may have hampered the start of bear season in Fulton County Monday, but hopes remain high from hunters in the field that the skies will clear for a successful hunt the remaining two days of the season. More...
The Fulton County Cooperative Extension Association will hold its annual meeting on December 8, 2009, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Fulton Theatre in Mc- Connellsburg. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Prospective employees at a central Pennsylvania hospital chain will now be tested for nicotine when they apply for jobs. Beginning Jan. 1, Susquehanna Health System won’t be hiring smokers. More...
This recent aerial photo of the Fulton County Medical Center shows work in progress on the new patient services addition visible in the bottom center of the picture. More...
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) President Carl T. Shaffer said farmers are facing numerous economic challenges as they strive to remain viable in a constantly changing and competitive industry. More...
The senior center lunch menu for the week is as follows: Monday: ham salad, potato salad, pickled beets, wheat bread, pears. Tuesday: sloppy jo, tator tots, coleslaw, banana pudding. More...
MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania (AP) – A small amount of radiation has been detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania. Officials say there is no public health risk. More...
McConnellsburg High School/Middle School SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) will hold the annual Snowball on Saturday, December 19. The middle school time will be from 2:00 p.m. More...
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) – An eastern Pennsylvania man sentenced to death in the April 2003 shooting deaths of a local disc jockey and a friend in a botched robbery attempt has won a new trial. More...
Brock Broadwater, a seventhgrade student at Forbes Road High School, has been named Junior High Student of the Month for November by the high school faculty. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A New York woman who tends bar in northwestern Pennsylvania has been charged with using the cell phone of a male customer – whom she used to date – to post a nude photo of another woman on Facebook. More...
EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) – An autopsy is set to pinpoint the cause of death of a western Pennsylvania man killed when a tractor toppled onto him over an embankment. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Gov. Ed Rendell says Pennsylvania doesn’t get enough credit for its accomplishments because special interests exert too much control over state government. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A bankruptcy auction of the company that publishes The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News has been postponed while creditors appeal a key ruling. More...
By Peter Jackson ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) –
Early next year, for the first time in its history, Pennsylvania plans to contract with another state or states to board as many as 2,000 convicted criminals. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A university’s requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A suburban Philadelphia swim club accused of discrimination last summer after revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children has filed for bankruptcy. More...
Effort part of a statewide campaign for the Thanksgiving holiday
As Thanksgiving draws closer, our thoughts turn to that big turkey dinner, grandma’s house and for many Pennsylvania residents, the first day of deer season. More...