Tyrone Area FFA Chapter member Janice Gilliland, 17, competed at the 2026 Pennsylvania Farm Show with both her Market Lamb and Market Goat. She has raised and developed these animals over several months of intense preparation. The highlight of her participation was being named Grand Champion ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — The Arboretum at Penn State invites Pennsylvania-based artists to submit their proposals to be included in a new outdoor art exhibition that will celebrate the history, ecology and artistry of Pennsylvania’s forests. The Penn’s Woods Outdoor Art Exhibition will feature 10 works of art that will be on display throughout the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens from June through August. Artists are invited to create works for the exhibition that explore the relationship between people, place and the natural world, using wood as a central material or inspiration. Each ...
Joe Gehl of Altoona submitted the above photo from the American Bowling Congress Championships in Rochester, N.Y., from 1966. Shown are (from left): Ron O’Keiff, Bob Yohn, Louie Maier, Fred Gehl and John “Moose” Mottner. Joe Gehl of Altoona submitted the photo at left from the American ...
Family dynamics improve as you navigate with patience and humor. Love steadies, and respect deepens all around you. Aries (March 21-April 19): Your energy needs to come first today. Relation-ships and projects have been too demanding of you. Get back to honoring yourself by choosing what gives you strength and joy. Taurus (April 20-May 20): Today’s commercial offers come with hidden costs, conditions or disappointments that make them a poor use of your energy. Skip the new purchase and you’ll find you can use what you already have, and it will work just fine. Gemini (May ...
Local history 50 years ago: 1976 Antoinette Thompson, 12, an Edison Elementary School Safety Patrol girl, was honored by the Fraternal Order of Police and Blair County Motor Club for saving the life of 6-year-old Darlie Peck when a truck with no brakes rolled toward a school bus and Antoinette secured Darlie from being hit. 25 years ago: 2001 Betty James, the retired president and CEO of James Industries in Hollidaysburg, founded in 1945 in Philadelphia, maker of the world famous Slinky toy, (250 million sold) was to be inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame in New York ...
The SkillsUSA Pennsylvania Division 7 Competition was held at Roundhouse Harley-Davidson in Duncansville on Tuesday. Above: Fulton County Area Vocational Technical School junior Levi Poe of Southern Fulton Junior-Senior High School adjusts the valve clearance in the Motorcycle Service ...
