Bolivar News

A Bolivar man faces up to 27 years in prison when he is sentenced later this year for raping a teenage girl nearly three years ago.

It's been more than 60 years since Clement Rolling, now 89, was discharged from the Army Air Corps.

“I did so much research, and it actually helped me find my favorite animal, the penguin.”

Skyrocketing fuel prices and the debate over global warming have encouraged many people to adopt "green," or ecologically conscious, practices. via PittsburghLIVE.com

Partly cloudy, 70F, wind is from the southwest at 9 mph, visibility is 10 miles SUNDAY: Leisure We have 964 guests online Written by The Indiana Gazette Friday, 02 May 2008 BOLIVAR - The Bolivar Fire Company ... via Indiana Gazette Online

“We're interested in building the society's membership, particularly with anyone who would want to become a docent”

Jim Koontz terms his style as "telling history with a smile." "That can involve letting people in on how catch phrases they've always heard actually came to be," said Koontz, the recently appointed innkeeper at ... via Leader-Times

PennDOT has two public plans displays scheduled in the coming weeks. Plans will be shown for the Stanton Bridge project over Tubmill Creek in Fairfield Township in Westmoreland County from 5:30 until 6:30 p.m. ... via PittsburghLIVE.com

A fire destroyed a detached, two-car garage late Saturday afternoon, ruining tools and equipment stored inside. via Indiana Gazette Online

A one-vehicle accident Monday in Indiana County claimed the life of an Allegheny County woman. via PittsburghLIVE.com

A local woman was killed shortly after 1 p.m. Monday when the car in which she was riding went out of control and crashed on Route 259 in West Wheatfield Township. via The Tribune-Democrat

Depending on how you look at it, the Pennsylvania Game Commission's controversial deer management plan and the health of the state's woodlands are two sides of the same coin. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“We just received two applications today, and we expect a few more”

Six unidentified applicants -- all from Pennsylvania -- are vying to replace Ligonier Valley Superintendent Stephen J. Whisdosh, who will retire June 29. via Leader-Times

“We just had to watch for anything freezing on the road”

TUESDAY: Health TUESDAY: We have 1217 guests online Tom Peel/Gazette photo 9.50" to copy edit 0916 MON 21 JAN 08: BOLIVAR - Volunteers from seven fire departments took turns in frigid weather battling a fire ... via Indiana Gazette Online

A Norfolk and Southern train derailed in Westmoreland County Friday afternoon. Rudy Husband, Norfolk and Southern Railroad spokesman, told Channel 11 the accident occurred about 12:50 p.m. on the tracks just ... via WPXI

“He requested medical attention at the scene”

A Norfolk Southern railroad employee was injured Friday when two westbound trains collided on a rural stretch of track between Bolivar in Westmoreland County and Blairsville in Indiana County. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“What a perfect family it has been.”

When Michelle Parrish asked her good friend and WQED-TV video photojournalist Paul Ruggieri to devote his free time Sunday to documenting the final Mass at the Bolivar chapel of Holy Family Parish, Seward, ... via Leader-Times

Lots of changes are coming for the Catholic Diocese of Greensburg, church officials said. via ThePittsburghChannel

“Some of the others developed leaks and there were small fires in the others.”

Norfolk Southern Railroad crews worked this morning to upright the last of eight tanker cars that derailed and caught fire Friday near Climax Road in southern West Wheatfield Township, a fire official said. via Indiana Gazette Online

“We think it's beneficial to the customers of both”

The days are numbered for Lower Indiana County Municipal Authority, the public water provider serving sections of Burrell and Center townships. via Indiana Gazette Online

“It's going to be sad. It's a very special little chapel with a strong sense of family down there”

Linda Horrell understands the Diocese of Greensburg needs to close six chapels because of an ever-dwindling priest population. via Pittsburgh Tribune

“People stop to give us bottles of water, candy and cookies. I don't know what I'm going to do in the winter. I'm going to have to open a coffee stand here so I can have someone to talk to.”

Many of them lost their lives while fighting for their country, but the residents of this small southern Indiana County village have found a way to remember them. via Indiana Gazette Online