DuBOIS — The Sandy Township Supervisors approved the 2019 preliminary municipal authority and state fund budgets at their meeting earlier this month.
RIDGWAY — Charges were filed Wednesday against a Ridgway man over a drug bust in July.
DuBOIS — The preliminary 2019 budget for Sandy Township does not include a tax increase despite its inclusion of funding for the hiring of two additional full-time police officers.
JOHNSONBURG — A man wanted on a warrant was found inside a Johnsonburg home which was being marketed and supposed to be vacant.
RIDGWAY — The fate of individual cafeteria employees within the Ridgway Area School District is uncertain after contractor The Nutrition Group was approved to take over food services beginning Jan. 1, 2019.
CLEARFIELD — Clearfield County Jail saw inmate population drop and for the first time in months — Clearfield County doesn’t have inmates housed in other county jails.
DuBOIS — District Judge Patrick N. Ford of DuBois presided over preliminary hearings and other proceedings Friday.
DuBOIS — A Brockport man is facing charges of assault and harassment involving his ex-girlfriend, according to a criminal complaint filed at District Judge Patrick Ford’s office in DuBois.
DuBOIS — A DuBois woman is facing drug-related charges, according to a criminal complaint filed at District Judge Patrick Ford’s office in DuBois.
DuBOIS — A 27-year-old DuBois man has been charged in connection with threatening to kill his girlfriend, according to a criminal complaint filed at District Judge Patrick Ford’s office in DuBois.
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DuBOIS — The DuBois rifle team opened its season with a 1312-1155 victory against Northern Cambria Thursday at the DuBois Rifle and Pistol Club.
BROCKWAY — Brockway welcomed Port Allegany for its second home dual meet of the season Thursday night, and it was the new-look Gators who came away with a 40-23 victory.
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BROCKWAY — Four different Brockway players scored in double figures as the Rovers led from start to finish on their way to a 58-40 victory at home over Kane Wednesday.
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DuBOIS — DuBois used a strong defensive effort, holding Ridgway under 10 points in all four quarters, to secure a 51-27 victory at home Thursday.
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DuBOIS — The DuBois rifle team climbed back to the top of the mountain last year, capturing a pair of state titles — the program’s first since the 2014-15 season — while also collecting three …
An Indiana attorney has been honored by two prestigious groups of trial lawyers.
Meetings of municipal governments, school boards and county governmental bodies scheduled this week are at the following times and locations:
AVONMORE — Fire destroyed a social club in this northern Westmoreland County borough Saturday afternoon.
Playground opens at Duckery School
Sherrill Mosee is the creative force behind MinkeeBlue — a travel and work bag brand designed to eliminate the hassle of carrying multiple purses and diaper, lunch or laptop bags for women.
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WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Francesco Friedrich drove his four-man sled to a World Cup victory on Sunday, as Germany continued its perfect start to the bobsled season with a medals sweep.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 16, 2018--It's the season of giving again! Are you thinking of the loved ones and making a gift list? According to the latest survey, 56% of Americans were disappointed with the Christmas gifts that they received over the holidays. You’d rather get yourse…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A real estate investment firm co-founded by President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, is betting big on the administration's Opportunity Zone tax breaks but isn't that interested in steering its investors to the poorest, most-downtrodden areas that the…
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May and former Prime Minister Tony Blair have exchanged sniping attacks as Britain's divorce from the European Union keeps getting uglier.
PARIS (AP) — Yellow vest protesters are occupying dozens of traffic roundabouts in France, even as their movement for economic justice appears to be losing momentum on the fifth straight weekend of demonstrations.
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate talks have agreed upon universal, transparent rules on how nations can cut greenhouse gas emissions and curb global warming, putting the principles of the 2015 Paris climate accord into action.
You wouldn’t think Jon the Giant and a group of students from York Central Elementary School would have much in common. But they have an unlikely connection in ninja warrior training.
Electronic devices are a common part of today’s world, and each one of them — from cellular phones to tablets — require batteries to function.
As it gets chillier, you may notice the cooler weather has begun to wreak havoc on your skin, hair and nails. While cold temperatures can definitely play a role in this, it’s also possible that your diet has something to do with it.
As the wintry atmosphere has settled outside and the heat gets cranked up indoors, the dry air can wreak havoc on the body — particularly your eyes. Your sight is an especially important sense; it’s important during these cold months to keep up on the health of your vision. If you’ve noticed that your eyes seem redder than usual, you have blurred sight or watery eyes, or you have a hard time making tears, the culprit could be something a bit more serious than the dreary outdoors.
Instructor Amita Bhagat walks us through this traditional-style, physical and spiritual workout
Highland View Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center presented eight turkeys to The Helping Hands Food Pantry in Brockway recently. “We are very happy to help give back to our community, especially during the holiday season!” Administrator Terry Lopus said. Pictured are Steve Sickeri and Chris…
Pictured are Brockway Elementary’s November Students of the Month, from left: Jaxon Decker, Kyera Fabry, Michael Steele, Sadie Cherubini, Berlin Thompson, Lailah Clark, Madison Mortimer
The employees of Metco Industries, Inc. and Pro Process, LLC recently donated $2,000 to Penn Highlands Healthcare in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The funds donated will support breast care services for women throughout the region. Shown holding the check are, from left, Connie C…
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police were concerned about Pete Davidson after he wrote "I don't want to be on this earth anymore" on Instagram. And they visited the "Saturday Night Live" star to make sure he was OK.
SAN ANTONIO SECORTEZ, Guatemala (AP) — Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin received her first pair of shoes several weeks ago, when her father said they would set out together for the United States, thousands of miles from the small indigenous community in Guatemala where she spent her days plo…
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Republican who lost the U.S. Senate race last month and also lost primaries for two statewide races in recent years says he's stepping back from statewide elections.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Croatian authorities are denying a report by an international watchdog group that the country's police are illegally and sometimes violently pushing migrants back into neighboring Bosnia.
MOSCOW (AP) — A human rights activist says Moscow police have arrested at least five protesters at an unsanctioned rally outside the headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor agency to the KGB.
LONDON (AP) — A zoo in northwest England says insects, frogs, fish and small birds perished in a fire that broke out in an enclosure devoted to exotic tropical habitats.
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — In his first liturgy as head of the newly christened Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Epiphanius called for Ukrainians to unite under the new church and pray for peace in Ukraine.
Christmas is only a couple weeks away. And this year our sister newspaper, the Jeffersonian Democrat is decorated for the season.
WASHINGTON — A word can be worth a thousand pictures. In the movie “Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer,” the mild word “snip” describes what the camera, demonstrating the eloquence of reticence, does not show in gory detail: Kermit Gosnell’s use of scissors to cut the spin…
We’ve entered the holiday season, that magical time of the year that causes a child’s eyes to light up with wonder as they spy houses decorated with Christmas lights, trees with boughs hung with baubles galore and of course the sight of that old jolly elf – Santa.
With all the political tension and social evolution we are experiencing now, it is no wonder that anxiety disorders “are the most common mental illness in the United States” (Medicalnewstoday.com). I think this is why we are seeing an increase in hate crimes. Anxiety can lead to fear, and fe…
