MARTINSBURG — It smelled a lot like wet dogs, which only made sense as Morrisons Cove Memorial Park wrapped up the summer swim season Saturday with a pup party for a bunch of good boys (and girls). The annual Doggy Dip held at Hershberger Memorial Pool draws about 50 sociable pups each ...
State Sen. Wayne Langerholc Jr., R-Cambria/Centre/Clearfield, is hosting his annual Senior Expo in Johnstown this week. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Galleria Mall (Lower Level), 500 Galleria Drive, Johnstown. Admission is free and the expo will include door prizes, health screenings and exhibitors from government agencies and senior citizens organizations. Call 814-266-2277 with any questions.
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is in the process of establishing its first tattoo artist training program for inmates at the state prison in Frackville. The department released a request for proposals on Sept. 4 seeking a vendor to provide an instructor to work 32-40 hours a week ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hundreds of people gathered Friday at the Jaffa Shrine Center to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks and honor first responders for their courage, bravery and heroism. Prior to the main show, which started about 7 p.m. and lasted a little more than 90 minutes, the ...
