FORBES ROAD Breakfast Menu Monday, January 25: banana or blueberry muffin, cereal choice, apple, grape or orange juice. Tuesday, January 26: waffles, cereal choice, apple, grape or orange juice. More...

STAFF REPORT Judges Carol L. Van Horn and Douglas W. Herman of the 39th Judicial District of the Court of Common Pleas presided over court sessions held at the Fulton County Courthouse on Tuesday, December 22 and 29. More...

Stephanie Robinson, Mc- Connellsburg, was named to the Lycoming College dean’s list for the 2009 fall semester. Robinson is majoring in business administration-marketing, business administration-financial. More...

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PennDOT District 9 reminds motorists that potholes and other roadway concerns on state roads can be reported to the department by calling 1-800 FIX ROAD. More...

New fiction at Fulton County Library includes “Fired Up” by Jayne Ann Krentz (large print), “Poisoning in the Pub” by Simon Brett, “End of the Road” by Sue Henry, “La’s Orchestra Saves the World” More...

Lara Cromer, an eighth-grade student at Forbes Road High School has been named junior high Student of the Month for January by the high school faculty. More...

Visitors to the 2010 Pennsylvania Farm Show, the largest indoor agricultural event in the nation, learned first-hand how the state’s agriculture industry is “Keeping Pennsylvania Growing.” The eight-day show wrapped up on Saturday, More...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Whatever happens in Gov. Ed Rendell’s final year in office, developing a state policy on the rapidly growing natural gas drilling industry is shaping up to be a major focus. More...

Tim Strait III has made the dean’s list his second semester at Penn State Mont Alto with a 4.0 GPA. His major is engineering science with a minor in Physics. He is the son of Tim and Miranda Strait of McConnellsburg. More...

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS Before they all first met in the spring of 2008, Amber Hampton, Gladys Rosenberry, Bryan Graham, Sri Burger, and Rodney Waters had a couple of things in common. They all eagerly dreamed of becoming a nurse. More...

Fulton County was able to provide toys for 356 children with the help for Marine Toy for Tots Foundation this Christmas. More...

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Two sisters who run an orphanage in Haiti have received permission to bring 150 Haitian children to Pittsburgh. Jamie and Ali McMutrie are from the Pittsburgh suburb of Ben Avon. More...

Jessica Reimold has been named to the dean’s list at Shippensburg University for the fall 2009 semester. She is the daughter of Roger and Kathleen Reimold of McConnellsburg . More...

Based on year-end acreage and yield data, production of corn for grain, soybeans, oats, other dry hay, all forage, fall potatoes, and both Southern Maryland and Pennsylvania seedleaftype tobacco in Pennsylvania was above last year’s production More...

On January 11, Southern Fulton senior Howard Poole was presented with the FFA Keystone Degree. The Keystone Degree is the highest degree bestowed upon an FFA member through the state of Pennsylvania. More...