Hollsopple News

DEMOCRAT The Rev. Julius C. Porcher Jr. will lead the second part of the annual mission conference from 10 a.m. to noon today at Mount Sinai Baptist Church, 111 Cambria St., Johnstown.

A Westmoreland County man will stand trial for vehicular homicide and related charges stemming from a three-vehicle wreck that killed a North Star High School student.

With declining ranks hurting volunteer fire departments nationwide, local firefighters are reaching out to high school students.

The following is a partial list of criminal cases handled by judges in the most recent term of Westmoreland County criminal court.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM The 50th Fort Ligonier Days will be held from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday in downtown Ligonier and Fort Ligonier.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM From the terror of a haunted house to the relative calmness of a corn maze, the Halloween spirit is alive in the region.

The body of a Perryopolis man believed to have drowned Monday afternoon was recovered Wednesday morning in Youghiogheny Dam Reservoir in Somerset County.

BY JANICE RAINEY JRAINEY@TRIBDEM.COM The Rev. Julius C. Porcher Jr. will lead the annual mission conference from 10 a.m. to noon today at Mount Sinai Baptist Church, 111 Cambria Ave., Johnstown.

Cambria County commissioners approved 29 human services contracts Friday, but with a warning that the worsening state budget impasse could nullify them.

The second phase of a project to protect and restore native brook trout habitat in the South Fork headwaters of the Little Conemaugh River is on target for a fall start.

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.