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State officials report third measles death in Pennsylvania

A Pennsylvania woman has died from complications associated with measles, the third death in the state this year involving the virus. The 40-year-old woman died Saturday, Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong said in a Facebook post in which he called the death “measles-related.” The post did not identify the woman other than as a resident of Jefferson County, a rural area about 50 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. “This is a heartbreaking loss for the family and an unfortunate reminder that measles can be a serious and potentially life-threatening disease,” Furlong said in the ...

Witness to history: Nanty Glo man first on scene of Flight 93 crash

EBENSBURG — As a 29-year-old police detective for the Conemaugh Township Police Department in Somerset County, Nanty Glo resident Bubba Fatula was one of the first four local responders to arrive on scene minutes after United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in an abandoned strip mine in ...

US marks 25 years since 9/11 attacks

NEW YORK — Americans commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity. The milestone anniversary brought memorial rituals — wreath-laying, flag-flying, ...

Naturalization ceremony held at Bedford County Courthouse

BEDFORD — Nearly two dozen individuals from 17 countries celebrated becoming U.S. citizens Friday, many of whom were excited to be Americans. “I’m so happy today; it’s a dream for me,” Egypt native Ziad Barakat said while standing beside his mother, Doraa Abdelrahaman, who also ...

September ushers in firsts for young, not-so-young

September is the traditional month for the start of elementary school and freshman college move-in. Do you remember your first day in first grade? I do, and it had an unusual twist. I was a late arrival in my mother’s life, unexpected at her age of 42, and 48 in 1939 when I entered Gaysport Elementary School in Hollidaysburg. Mothers were usually the escorts of their children to first grade, but my mom was concerned that she would look out of place, being so much older than other mothers who were probably in their late 20s or early 30s. So she asked my 20-year-old sister, Alma, to do ...