PITTSBURGH (AP) – Facebook’s handling of your headshot is now the subject of class action lawsuits that pose the question: When someone turns your mug into data, are those digits theirs or yours? More...
Comfort to be offered to residents in light of recent cases of child abuse
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The Fulton County Family Partnership Inc. is offering an evening of “Hope and Healing” to local residents next week to shed light on child abuse prevention as well as to offer words of comfort to those within the community. More...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Overwhelming customer demand on Monday forced the Philadelphia area’s transit system to halt the sale of special rail passes to be used during Pope Francis’ September visit to the city. More...
President Judge Carol L. Van Horn of the 39th Judicial District and the Fulton/ Franklin County Court of Common Pleas presided over call of the criminal trial list held Tuesday, July 14, at the Fulton County Courthouse. More...
Sixteen members of the Pennsylvania State police have been promoted to the rank of sergeant, Acting Commissioner Marcus L. Brown announced. Among those promoted was John P. Lupey, of McConnellsburg. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Federal prosecutors have charged eight men with using immigrants in the country illegally to work for low wages at six Asian restaurants the suspects owned or managed in central Pennsylvania. More...
MONACA, Pa. (AP) – Penn State will keep tuition the same for the university’s in-state undergraduates in the upcoming school year, and the school says it’s the first time in 49 years there’s been no annual increase. More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania motorists who gravitate toward the left lane may have to wait a bit longer to learn whether state policymakers consider it safe to increase interstate speed limits to 70 mph. More...
WORTHINGTON, Pa. (AP) – Two workers are hospitalized after authorities say a backhoe struck a high pressure gas line and caused an explosion at a western Pennsylvania compression station. The explosion happened around 2:30 p.m. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Federal prosecutors have charged eight men with using immigrants in the country illegally to work for low wages at six Asian restaurants the suspects owned or managed in central Pennsylvania. More...
Fulton County Pistol and Rifle Club to sponsor event
By Chanin Rotz-Mountz NEWS EDITOR
Elected state Rep. Jesse Topper and several county officials will be among the list of knowledgeable speakers to be featured at an upcoming, informational seminar delving into the topic of carrying concealed weapons. More...
LETTERKENNY, Pa. (AP) – State Police say troopers in southern Pennsylvania have shot a man who fired at them, striking a trooper in the leg. They say the suspect is 43-year-old Larry Richard Woodall. More...
Troop G of Pennsylvania State Police will be participating in the Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (HEAT) initiative on Pennsylvania’s U.S. Route 30 corridor from the Ohio border to the New Jersey border. More...
The Scout raffle, sponsored by Needmore Community Center to benefit Needmore Scout Troop 45 and the Community Center, was held at Gordon’s Cruise-In July 18. 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: More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – President Barack Obama will travel to Pittsburgh next week to address the 116th Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention. The White House announced that Obama’s visit will be Tuesday. More...
(AP) – A man charged with third-degree murder and other crimes for causing a wrong-way crash that killed a western Pennsylvania police lieutenant apologized in court, saying he deserves whatever punishment he gets. More...
It was a great turnout for the fifth Open Mic at McConnellsburg senior center with lots of good food, great music and 80 fun-loving people. Guest players and singers were from as far as Hanover, Pa. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Plans for a 10-story Hyatt Centric hotel to be built behind the Pittsburgh Athletic Association building has been approved by the city’s Historic Review Commission. The Pittsburgh Post- Gazette reports Wednesday&r More...
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) – As many as 200 property owners near the Flight 93 National Memorial in western Pennsylvania will be able to apply for federal funds to repair their homes. More...
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Macy’s is closing its downtown location after selling the landmark building where the now- defunct Kaufmann’s chain ran its flagship store for more than a century, it said Monday. More...
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