Yikes! Two o’clock and a sweltering 102 degrees Tuesday at 2 p.m. in downtown McConnellsburg! July is surely taking the sting from the misery of last winter, the worst in recent years.
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Next commissioners’ town meeting set for August 5
STAFF REPORT
For the first time during their 2010 series of town meetings, the Fulton County commissioners recorded a zero under attendance totals Thursday evening. More...
The Senate approved legislation last week that would improve hunter safety and impose stiffer penalties for poaching, according to Sen. Richard Alloway II (R-33). More...
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Fulton County Medical Center Occupational Therapy Department got a little help cutting the ceremonial ribbon to its new kitchen from long-term resident Helen Buterbaugh. More...
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) – A northeastern Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to at least a decade in prison for intentionally causing a crash that killed her boyfriend and injured her two children. More...
A Malaga, N.J., man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and additional traffic offenses following a twovehicle collision at the entrance to Phantom Fireworks along Buck Valley Road. More...
Five pieces of jewelry valued at $1,000 and an additional $300 in cash were taken from 184 Bradshaw Road, Warfordsburg, between June 2 and July 2. The victim of the theft is a 65-year-old Warfordsburg woman. More...
A McConnellsburg man was flown to Johnstown for treatment of injuries sustained during a one-vehicle crash along Heritage Drive on Monday, July 4. More...
A 41-year-old McConnellsburg man told state police investigators he entered the Save-A-Lot in Mc- Connellsburg on Monday, June 28, at 8:30 a.m. and returned to his unlocked vehicle 1-1/2 hours later to find his cellphone missing. More...
Two Warfordsburg area residents have been charged by state police following a physical fight at 206 Kirk Drive in Bethel Township. Charged in connection with the Sunday, June 27, incident at 11 p.m. More...
A black metal mailbox valued at $50 was damaged at 5408 Pleasant Grove Road in Bethel Township between 11 p.m. on June 25 and 8 a.m. on June 26. More...
A Hanover, Pa., man faces charges of fleeing and eluding police and the use or possession of drug paraphernalia following a brief chase that ended along Ridge View Lane in Todd Township. More...
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) has reached a membership milestone, surpassing the 50,000 member mark for the first time in the 60-year history of the state’s largest farm organization. More...
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks, and Cowans Gap State Park would like to announce the following. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Electronic signs along state highways that warn drivers of accidents, traffic jams and construction could be pitching them products if state officials get their way. More...
NEVILLE ISLAND, Pa. AP) – Fire officials in western Pennsylvania say a multi alarm blaze engulfed four homes on Neville Island just outside Pittsburgh. More...
By Marc Levy and Mark Scolforo ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The Legislature is poised to approve a new cabinetlevel agency to deal with drug and alcohol addiction. The Senate approved a bill 43-to-7 on Friday to create the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs. More...
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) – An Allentown kayaker has some detective work in store after finding a cache of military grave markers in the Lehigh River. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) –_ Authorities say a person was struck and killed by a train in North Philadelphia. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority says the victim was struck at 7:20 p.m. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A Philadelphia philanthropist has pledged more than $5 million to save a historic ocean liner currently rusting away on the city's waterfront. H.F. More...
Fifty-four young people ages 15-7 learned about decision-making, diversity and leadership styles during a four-daylong Rotary-sponsored event for youth. More...
ERIE, Pa. (AP) – The trial of Erie woman accused of plotting a bank robbery that ended with a man being killed by a bomb locked onto his neck has been delayed because the defendant has cancer. More...
WOMELSDORF, Pa. (AP) – Fourteen-year-old Harris Fears says he has trouble coming to grips with the idea that he has three centuries of family history in America. More...
By Peter Jackson ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled that a Pennsylvania law banning blasphemy from the names of corporations is unconstitutional. U.S. More...
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