Alexandria News

If clothes make the man, can costumes create a world on a stage? What sensuous robes will create a Queen of the Nile, what armor will make a Roman hero? In the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival production of ''Antony and Cleopatra,'' opening Wednesday, ancient Alexandria and Rome are evoked with costumes as scenery and actors as architecture.

To access the Lower Trail: From Huntingdon: Take Route 22 West past Alexandria. After crossing the bridge, turn right on to Main Street, .2 mile toward Alexandria.

During his landmark address to the Muslim world last week, President Barack Obama sought to provide an evenhanded account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that emphasized both sides' historic sufferings.

Among the business and equestrian communities of Western Pennsylvania, Linda Renchko was respected for her business acumen and riding skills.

Construction has resumed on Route 22 in Westmoreland and Indiana counties as the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation inches closer to completing more than a decade of improvements to a highway once notorious for deadly crashes.

Derry Area Historical Society will celebrate the grand opening of its new Family and Community History Research Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the New Alexandria Public Library, located in the town's Keystone Plaza at routes 22 and 981.

The growing ranks of unemployed Americans are turning to the traditional fallbacks -- retail, restaurants, customer service -- to ride out a rough economy.

A couple more tracks are slated to open the 2009 season this weekend. Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway , out in Imperial, will open Saturday evening with a regular show featuring Super Late Models, Crate Late Models, E-Mods, Pure Stocks, Amateur Stocks and the Young Guns division.

Photos of Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Kevin Foley wearing an unpopular model of tennis shoe were used as evidence in his murder trial Friday, along with pictures of bloody footprints left in Dr.

Jay L. Leister, 76, a resident of Ohesson Manor Nursing Home and formerly of S. Main St., Lewistown died at 4:50 a.m. Monday, March 9, 2009, at the nursing home.

Last Friday morning, many commuters on their way to State College observed a strange event.

The Jake Erhardt International Film Series will show the Israeli film Bikur Ha-Tizmoret Tuesday, March 3 , at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.

In Jeff Reed's case, the obvious thought comes to mind that he must have been on something.

New Alexandria is having a year-long party, and everyone is invited. The borough of about 700 residents is celebrating the 175th anniversary of its founding with events such as dances, concerts and car cruises.

The following is a list of defendants charged with a first offense of driving under the influence in Westmoreland County criminal court.

A number of local youths have returned home from this week's Pennsylvania State Farm Show with top prizes.

An Alexandria man with a long history of driving while intoxicated was sentenced to serve prison time Monday in Huntingdon County Court.

A western Pennsylvania man will spend up to seven years in prison for his eighth drunken driving conviction.

The four friends were driving through Columbia early in the morning in August 2007 when the Jeep they were riding in crashed into a cement wall.

An Easton area man on a night training flight died when the plane crashed near a small, private airport in Hunterdon County , N.J., Tuesday night, officials said.