Hollsopple News

Editor's note: The following letter was written by Somerset County native Chester Thomas of Honduras and sent to relatives and friends to present his perspective on the coup that resulted in the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya.

BY RENEE CARTHEW RCARTHEW@TRIBDEM.COM Parishioners at Kaufman Mennonite Church, 916 Miller Picking Road, Davidsville, will celebrate the church's 100th anniversary with a community picnic at 5 p.m. today.

As if $23,000 in fossils and replicas weren't enough, Michael and Barbara Sincak of Hollsopple, Pa., have given St.

BY RENEE CARTHEW RCARTHEW@TRIBDEM.COM "An Evening of Sacred Classics" will be presented by the Blair Concert Chorale at 8 tonight at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Altoona.

Police continue to investigate a weekend crash that killed a Somerset County teen, and officials say it could be weeks or months before they decide whether to file criminal charges in the incident.

Friends built a roadside memorial Sunday along Route 30 in Laughlintown for a classmate killed early Saturday morning while returning from a Britney Spears concert at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh.

North Star School District is in mourning this weekend after one of its students was killed in an automobile accident in Laughlintown on Friday night.

A high school freshman who was returning home from the Britney Spears concert at Mellon Arena died in a three-car collision early Saturday morning on Route 30 in Ligonier Township, authorities said.

The Conemaugh Valley school board on Thursday night elevated the assistant high school principal to replace Superintendent William Rushin, who will retire June 30.

Placed on probation for 12 months and ordered to pay $3,810 in costs, fine and restitution.

Sixteen employees of North American Hoganas, which has laid off more than 70 workers since Christmas, returned to work Tuesday, The Tribune-Democrat has learned.

Interim pastor to speak in Hollsopple "Everybody Needs an Aaron" will be the topic of the Rev.

For years, local boating enthusiasts have argued that a five-mile stretch of the Stonycreek River has potential to become a whitewater Mecca.

Veteran Community Initiatives has named John Hugya, a retired Marine colonel, as its 2008 veteran of the year.

Young Sam Acitelli had some Christmas money burning a hole in his pocket. So his grandmother, Nancy Acitelli of Boswell, took him to Walmart Friday morning to purchase a toy, a Tech Deck skate set, that Santa ...

The driver of a coal truck has been charged with homicide, stemming from the two-vehicle crash near Stoystown a year ago that killed a woman and injured her 3-year-old son.