Friedens News

Thousands of miles from the village she serves in El Salvador, Guadalupe Cortez's soft smile spoke volumes in any language.

Firefighters from four departments responded when fire broke out in the basement of a Westmont home around 8:20 p.m. Friday.

A local man reported a hair-raising situation that has led state police into an investigation involving animal cruelty.

The Charlie Company Family Readiness Group, a volunteer group of family, friends and soldiers from Charlie Company, 1-110 Infantry Regiment from Connellsville and Friedens, is holding its Third Annual Troop Support Poker Run Saturday.

At least two people were injured and a section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was closed for several hours Tuesday after a tanker truck carrying vegetable oil crashed in Dublin Township, Fulton County.

Two hurt when car strikes tree SOMERSET, Pa. - Two people were injured in a Friday night crash just outside Somerset proper.

State Police in Somerset have arrested a suspect who they said beat a man twice his age to death.

Visitors to the Berks County Heritage Center on Sunday can spend the day reliving the center's earliest days as a working farm.

Berks County, PA - Reading Eagle Reading Hospital will present the following classes and support groups: FLOW for Cancer Survivors, Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., Conference Center.

In Lincoln Township, Somerset County, officials are permitting new water taps for the first time in years.

A Cresson man died early Saturday when he failed to negotiate a curve on Level Road, authorities said.

Frequently parched Somerset County thinks it has a game-changer in a new $23.5 million pipeline that connects the water-rich Quemahoning Reservoir to a half-dozen communities and rural neighborhoods in the county.

School districts from Portage to Somerset are finding in this economy that - if you've got the money - it's a terrific time to order needed construction projects.

Reading, PA - Age: 23. Address: Reading. Family: Parents, Dana and JoAnne Kase, Ruscombmanor Township; and one sister, Gina, 16, Ruscombmanor Township.

Melissa Paul, 16, a junior at Berlin Brothersvalley High School, has a strong family heritage in the dairy industry and agriculture.

A Somerset County man is recovering from injuries he suffered when a sport-utility vehicle allegedly struck his motorcycle from behind, then ran him over Tuesday morning in Somerset Township.