Last Chance To Enjoy The Festival Of Lights!



Tractor Supply’s “Country Christmas” is one of several holiday displays lighting up the Fulton County Fairground this Friday and Saturday evening during the last weekend of the fair board’s Festival of Lights. In addition to the lit displays, the annual festival features photo ops with Santa and Mrs. Claus, model train displays, crafts for the kids, vendors with Christmas gift […]

State Awards Money To Support Local Firefighters



Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale recently released $55.1 million to help volunteer firefighters’ relief associations (VFRA) provide training and equipment that saves lives and protects communities across the state. “This money is vital in helping volunteer firefighters who save lives and protect property,” De- Pasquale said. “These funds will benefit communities statewide by helping to purchase lifesaving equipment, fund critical […]

Ayr Twp. Reviews Proposed 2019 Budget




The review of Ayr Township’s proposed 2019 budget topped supervisors Sonny Harr, Gary Hopkins, and Tom Nesbitt’s agenda at their monthly township meeting Nov. 26. Final adoption of the budget will take place at the supervisors’ Dec. 27 meeting at 7:30 p.m. The proposed budget is available for inspection by appointment at the home of township secretary Denise Mellott. Bruce […]

Crunch Time Nears In PA To Buy New Voting Machines



HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – It’s getting down to crunch time for Pennsylvania’s counties to decide which new voting machines to buy, and how, as Gov. Tom Wolf presses them to switch to voting machines that leave a paper trail as a safeguard against hacking. Wolf’s administration told county officials this week the Democratic governor wants the state to cover at […]

Fight Brewing Over Prospect Of Nuclear Power Plant Shutdowns



HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania lawmakers sympathetic to nuclear power plants are making a push for state action to rescue plants at risk of being shut down by their energy company owners. Four lawmakers calling themselves the Nuclear Energy Caucus released a 44-page report Thursday, calling for action to avoid plants shutting down and warning that shutdowns would devastate communities […]

West Virginia Nurse, Now 80, Was Part Of M.A.S.H. Unit




WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) – It was a U.S. Army recruiter on campus at WVU who convinced the Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy alumnae she could see an exciting world if she joined the military. “I always wanted to see California, so I said ‘why not’ and joined the Army,” said Faso, now 80 and a resident at Elmhurst, House of […]

Fear That Uproar Over Gene-edited Babies Could Block Science




WASHINGTON (AP) – Scientists working on the frontiers of medicine fear the uproar over the reported births of gene-edited babies in China could jeopardize promising research into how to alter heredity to fend off a variety of disorders. Researchers are rapidly learning how to edit DNA to fight such conditions as Huntington’s, Tay-Sachs and hereditary heart disease, conducting legally permissible […]

SF Students Of The Month



Pictured are Southern Fulton Elementary Students of the Month for November. The trait for the month was mannerly and appreciative. Pictured are Karlie Marro, McKenna Nunemaker, William Stewart, Huntley Fleegle, Bailey Hull, Ethan Stephanie and EJ Plessinger.

WWII Vets Who Met In Training Reconnect At Senior Community




MONROEVILLE, Pa. (AP) – Robert Adams handed his camera to someone close by and got a group of other cadets in training to get in line for a photo. The trainees lined up in two rows and smiled, and the image was captured. Most of those 20 cadets of the Army Air Forces went their separate ways that day. Some […]

Former PA Attorney General Kane Reports To Prison




EAGLEVILLE, Pa. (AP) – Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane reported early Thursday to a suburban Philadelphia county jail to begin serving a sentence for leaking grand jury material and lying about it. Kane was smiling broadly as she arrived at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in a pickup truck and was ushered into the jail just before 8 a.m. […]