The last old house on the west side of Third Street is being demolished by the McConnellsburg Fire Co., which has owned the property for about 10 years. More...
Great weather brought out lots of people to this year’s Strawberry Festival. Besides the usual delicious food treats and craft vendors, the McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire Co. More...
The final chapters of the weather story for 2012, of course, have yet to be written, but halfway through the year the plot will surely focus on the dramatic swing in precipitation trends, according to a hydrologist in Penn State’s College of Ag More...
The following couples applied for marriage licenses at the local courthouse during the past week: Thomas Gaylord Rexroad Jr., 54, McConnellsburg, and Kimberly Ann Fiske, 36, Mc- Connellsburg. Keith B. More...
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks, and Cowans Gap State Park would like to announce the following upcoming public programs: Friday June 29: 3 p.m. More...
Derek Gracey of Robertsdale has been named to the spring 2012 dean’s list at Mansfield University. Mansfield University is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education ( PASSHE). For more information, visit mansfield.edu. More...
GREENCASTLE MARKET June 11 Slaughter steers: high choice and prime 2-3, 1232- 1382 lbs., $122.50 to $127.50; choice 2-3, 1236-1582 lbs., $118 to $122.50; 1632-1660 lbs., $113.50 to $115; select 1-3, 1394-1436 lbs., $112 to $116.50. More...
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Officials say the Pennsylvania Alzheimer's patient killed by her husband before he committed suicide in March died of a drug overdose. More...
BATDORFF I would like to thank everyone for their cards, flowers, visits and phone calls wishing me a happy birthday. May God bless each of you. Jane Batdorff DESHONG A special thank-you to everyone for the kindness shown to me during my illness. More...
Brock Ashman graduated from Pennsylvania College of Technology May 12, 2012. He received a associate’s degree in collision repair and was also on the dean’s list the last two semesters. More...
Last month the seniors from Warfordsburg Senior Center took a trip to see the Altoona Curves play baseball. It was an exciting game, with the Curves defeating the Harrisburg Nationals. More...
TROXELVILLE, Pa. (AP) – State police in north-central Pennsylvania say they're investigating a series of break-ins at churches in four counties over the last two months. The most recent breakins happened last week in Snyder County. More...
LEOLA, Pa. (AP) – A man who allegedly killed a woman and her mother inside the central Pennsylvania home they shared is in custody in New Jersey after police say he confessed to the killings. More...
ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – An archaeologist says he found the oldest piece of rock art in Australia and one of the oldest in the world: an Aboriginal work created 28,000 years ago in an Outback cave. More...
ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) – Sharpening an election-year confrontation over religious freedom and government health insurance rules, the nation's Catholic hospitals on Friday rejected President Barack Obama's compromise for providing birt More...
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Fulton County management is happy to announce the following athletes received medals: Luther Murray, silver in Division 2 basketball skills. Jesse Graham, gold in Division 1 basketball skills. More...
Jennifer Shaw arraigned, sent back to Bedford County Prison
By Chanin Rotz-Mountz STAFF WRITER
A Brush Creek Township woman faces additional drug-related charges here after being arrested last month on a warrant issued out of neighboring Bedford County. More...
Billy Jonas brings “Neo-tribal Hootenanny” to Warfordsburg Farm of Peace
On Saturday, June 23, 2012, Billy Jonas will perform his unique blend of “funky folk music for the whole family” with found instruments at a family show at the Farm of Peace Unity Music Festival near Warfordsburg. More...
STAFF WRITER The Fulton County commissioners have attended to a busy schedule the last two weeks, handling a multitude of contracts and agreements as well as hearing from several department heads. More...
STAFF WRITER Judge Carol L. Van Horn of the 39th Judicial District and the Fulton/ Franklin County Court of Common Pleas presided over a court session held at the Fulton County Courthouse on Tuesday, June 12. More...
Fulton County senior center lunch menu for the week: Monday: stuffed pepper, mashed potatoes, corn, wheat bread, apple. Tuesday: breaded fish, macaroni and cheese, stewed tomatoes, wheat bread, peaches. More...
AP SPORTS WRITER BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) – Joe Paterno’s will left his personal property to wife Sue and established a trust for the remainder of his estate. More...
Fred B. Martz, 89, of Hustontown, has finally fulfilled a request made by his father, John Peter Martz IV, to mark the burial site of John Peter Martz II and his family. More...
AP HEALTH WRITER WASHINGTON (AP) – The toxic side effects of an experimental cancer drug from Onyx Pharmaceuticals may outweigh its benefits for patients with a type of blood cancer, federal health regulators said Monday. More...
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (AP) – A conservancy group has purchased 23 acres to expand a nature preserve known for its wildflowers along a western Pennsylvania creek. More...
NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) – A western Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he drove into a group of wedding guests after a wedding reception, injuring two of them. More...
POINT MARION, Pa. (AP) – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is monitoring a creek where a clay substance used as a lubricant leaked from an underground drilling operation in southwestern Pennsylvania. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Democrats on Allegheny County's elections board have announced that they plan to challenge Pennsylvania's GOP-backed voter identification law. More...
AP SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON (AP) – Congressional Republicans intend to seek quick repeal of any parts of the health care law that survive a widely anticipated Supreme Court ruling, but don't plan to push replacement measures until after More...
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Move over, Betsy Ross. There's a new generation of flag makers in Philadelphia. Tucked away in a room at a military supply operation, a dozen seamstresses are responsible for hand-embroidering the U.S. More...