Cresson News

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM A local house of worship is making its building more uplifting with the addition of an elevator and redesigned sanctuary.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM Who said the learning process only is for youngsters? More than six stress-free courses are being offered from Aug.

About 1,300 properties - 100 businesses, houses and trailers more than last year - are headed for the auction block for unpaid property taxes in Cambria County.

A Portage man is accused of racking up more than $5,000 on a company credit card during a weekend binge when he was angry at his boss.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM In an attempt to enlighten residents about the Mexican War, the Allegheny Portage National Historic Site near Gallitzin will be transformed into a military encampment dedicated ...

A former part-time police officer for a western Pennsylvania town says she was fired because she complained officials bought bulletproof vests only for men.

An Allegheny County man will face Cambria County Court action on charges he stole a laptop computer from a dormitory at Pitt-Johnstown on April 18.

Classes in the fundamentals of acting and dance will begin in September at Cresson Lake Playhouse, 279 Shapiro Road, Loretto.

BY FERN YARNICK FYARNICK@YAHOO.COM Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM The 62nd annual Oakland Volunteer Fire Company Jubilee continues today and Saturday at the fire company grounds on Bedford Street in the Oakland section of Johnstown.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM A local benefit motorcycle run has grown from four riders to almost 300 in five years.

For Janelle Dahlgren, 23, of Fairchance, the furthest and longest she'd ever been away from home was a week and a half-long trip to Mexico in 2004, offered by the language department at California University of ...

Vale Wood Farms celebrated 75 years of producing and selling milk to generations of customers in the region with hay rides, children's games and a cow-milking contest won by a Cambria County commissioner.

A benefit garage and bake sale will be held beginning at 7 a.m. Sunday at 440 Goucher St.

New - Two teachers assaulted at Cresson juvenile center The Tribune-Democrat CRESSON - Two teachers at the Cresson Secure Treatment Center, a corrections facility for juveniles, were assaulted by the same ...

Roger Brown, 21, of the 200 block of South Street, Ebensburg, waived his charges of drug use and possession to county court.

High winds sweeping through the region Sunday left in their wake a damaged roof at Penn Cambria High School and district officials scrambling to get repairs made.

A charge of false identification to police was withdrawn against Delfon Chatman, 33, of Bldg. via The Tribune-Democrat

“We are really pleased to celebrate the partnership of Penn Highlands and Mount Aloysius, and our hope is to continue with our strong ties”

It's being called a win-win situation. Pennsylvania Highlands Community College and Mount Aloysius College announced Friday they are entering into an agreement that will advance the relationship between the two ... via The Tribune-Democrat

“He was interrupted by a man and his son, so he was unable to complete his attack.”

A Fayette County man who mailed sexually explicit materials from his jail cell to a young girl has been deemed a sexually violent predator and will serve six to 14 years in state prison. via Connellsville and Fayette County News