Johnstown News

Richland Township Police charged a man with robbery after he asked a jeweler to see an engagement ring and then took off with it.

On Thursday, June 20, 2013, Thunder in the Valley festivities officially begin. In this 15th year of the area's largest motorcycle rally, you may expect the usual thousands of bikers and spectators, ethnic food, vendors, entertainment, demonstrations, displays, and a number of bike rides and runs.

The Cambria County coroner says 32-year-old Gary Gongloff, of Mineral Point, died after he was trapped under a tractor while trying to pull a tree stump from the ground late Saturday morning.

Barber had battled health issues in recent years, including stomach cancer. 'Golf has lost a great man and competitor,' Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said.

Not everyone gets to spend time with a wrestling superstar, but when Bruno Sammartino was inducted to the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame on April 6, family owners of Valley Printing and Design along Main Street in Johnstown hand-delivered to him a commemorative plaque.

Hayley Petenbrink, a recent Meyersdale Area High School graduate, knows the sorrow cancer can bring.

The rumble of bikers - and the party that comes with it - soon will make its way into town.

Among the multitude of issues impacting ongoing state budget negotiations, state Sen. John Wozniak, D-Westmont, and state Rep. Bryan Barbin, D-Johnstown, discussed two subjects at length during a State of the Commonwealth Address on Friday morning: transportation and education.

Meet Perry Wellington Real Estate Agent George Pisanick in this week's "Agent Profile."

Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner was born in 1916 in Emeigh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Nanty Glo High School in 1934.

They have names like Kimproper Konduct, Summer Shovin, Foxy Balboa, Roxie Razorblade and Daisy Duk'in.

A local city is tackling two issues at once raising money and cutting down on false alarms.

The newest restaurant in downtown Johnstown will be open in time for Thunder In The Valley.

However, when pageant winner Karissa Grossman puts down her crown and sash, she often dons military garb, and her Miss East Coast title isn't her only one.

The United Way of the Laurel Highlands will open a satellite office in Ebensburg today.

Newton, a Scottish terrier owned by Alice Stanton of Nanty Glo, won the grand champion title on Sunday during the second annual Pet Extravaganza, hosted by volunteers with the Cambria County Fair in Ebensburg.

A Johnstown woman faces charges after police said she tried to steal three air conditioners from the Wal-Mart store in Somerset Township.

How can you get the most value out of your home improvement projects? Real Estate Agent Brian Wilt reveals which home improvement projects increase the value of your home and which don't! Improvements That Increase Home Values Perry Wellington Realty is a full service real estate brokerage based in Hollidaysburg with offices around the region.

The economy added 175,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department said Friday , but the number of people out of work six months or longer remained the same as in April at 4.4 million.

When Elias Unger looked out from his front porch on May 31, 1889, he was astounded by what he saw.