Champion News

Mountain Watershed Association is aiming to stretch the 6-mile Indian Creek Valley Hike and Bike Trail in Saltlick to 20 miles, extending north to Forbes State Park and south to Yough River Trail.

Presenting four years of progress in high-temperature materials The 11th International Symposium on Superalloys will be held September 14 through September 18, 2008, at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort in ...

Citizens Bank and WPXI-TV have named Oakland Planning and Development Corporation as its second quarter Champion in Action under the category of workforce development.

The following defendants are scheduled to appear today before District Judge Ronald J. Haggerty Sr. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“I don't try to look at the past and figure out what went wrong. ... I'm just focusing on going ahead.”

Maryann Forrester, who is facing retirement from a 25-year career as a preschool teacher, has special plans for the next phase of her life: to shift her primary nurturing energy from children to animals. via PittsburghLIVE.com

The Indian Creek Valley Lions Club annual spring auction will be held at the Indian Creek Valley Community Center at 6:30 tonight. via Connellsville and Fayette County News

“These bids should be thrown out and rebids taken”

Plans for new athletic fields near the West York Area Middle School are on hold after issues with contractor bids were raised Tuesday night during the school board meeting. via The York Daily Record

“Our guild president challenged us this year to make 300, because there were 300 kids that went through last year”

Pauline Charles spent five years piecing together 2,200 pieces of fabric to form a quilt. via The Lebanon Daily News

A Donegal Township man who was shot by a homeowner during a break-in attempt will spend up to 14 years in prison. via PittsburghLIVE.com

Evangelist Norman Stevens will be preaching a week of revival services at the Mt. via Connellsville and Fayette County News

Hannah Conrad, a senior at Mt. Pleasant Area High School, and a few of her classmates will hold a spaghetti dinner as a senior project at the Acme United Methodist Church from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Feb. via Connellsville and Fayette County News

This year's Maple Products Judging Contest in conjunction with the 61st annual Pennsylvania Maple Festival will be held March 28 in the Evaporator Building in Maple Festival Park. via The Tribune-Democrat

“Nonresidential construction exploded in the fourth quarter of 2007, with over $1.2 billion in contracts awarded or started”

With little fanfare, the commercial segment is overshadowing other types of construction work in the region. via PittsburghLIVE.com

Pennsylvania State Farm Show first-place winners from Perry County: Horses Tonya K. School, of Liverpool, from Blackmist Percherons n won six first places in the Percheron Halter classes. via Cumberlink.com

Applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program are still being accepted. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“It feels good to spread the love of animals around”

Chelsea Dale didn't expect to raise a champion, but the judges at the Pennsylvania Farm Show knew she had something special. via LancasterOnline

“That was the key, letting us talk to you about what changes you have to make”

Robert Pitts, the former mayor of Wilkinsburg and the winner of a Jefferson Award for Public Service. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Donegal VFW Chapter 6743 recently sponsored the Patriot's Pen and Voice of Democracy contests in area schools. via PittsburghLIVE.com

Two people were killed and five others injured in a two-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon in Melcroft. via Herald-Standard

Brian Dropinski of the state police barracks at Fern Ridge is among 24 troopers and 14 municipal police officers receiving 2007 DUI Top Gun Awards from the Pennsylvania Driving Under the Influence Association ... via Pocono Record