Julian News

The two day trial has begun for a Centre County man accused of repeatedly raping and torturing a girl for 6 1/2 years beginning when she was 10.

There appears to be all sorts of news coming out of Julian these days. From sightings of Hollywood stars and runaway trains to a local business doing well and looking to expand.

Editor's note: "Helping Neighbors" features an exceptional volunteer in Centre County each Monday.

Milesburg resident Paula Ghaner and her grandson Norman Paul, 2, walk around the set of the movie "Unstoppable" today so Norman can see the train, helicopters, firetrucks and other emergency equipment brought in for the last day of filming in Pennsylvania.

Chandler Walk, of Julian, was recently recognized by Con-way Freight for safely driving 1 million miles as a professional truck driver, starting in July 1993.

In the late 1800s, the villages of Unionville and Julian along Bald Eagle Valley benefited from the railroad that tied the towns together.

The National Association of Postmasters of the United States has elected Stephen Kochersperger, the postmaster of Julian, the organization's national vice president.

Students walk past a tree still covered in its fall leaves as snow falls at University Park on Thursday.

Allison Albinski awoke early Friday morning to the sound of a tree crashing into her roof.

Robert Weiss, a resident of Julian, said the snow began Thursday "and it's still coming down" Friday morning.

More than 10,000 Allegheny Power customers in Centre County -- about 18 percent of the county homes and businesses served by the company -- are without power this morning.

All practices, open gyms and other after-school activities at Mount Nittany Middle School have been canceled due to a power outage.

Power lost in State College About 3,650 State College households lost power Sunday night, according to an Allegheny Power spokesman.

State police at Philipsburg are looking for the person or people who partially cut two trees next to area roads, but left them standing to fall at a later time.

For the price, this concert's tough to beat. Ten bands from the Bald Eagle valley and the region will stage a country music extravaganza Sept.

Doris Grove pilots a glider near the Bald Eagle Ridge above the Julian and Unionville areas.

They're civilians again, on their own time. CDT file photo Ed Hall stands with his wife, Melissa, and their sons, Tyler, left, and Zach, at their Julian home in 2008.

Soldiers of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, marked the official end of their mission in Iraq with a transfer of authority ceremony Monday.

When Spc. Julian Taylor returns from his tour in Iraq, his mother will pounce. Craig Houtz Cindy and Jim Taylor, of Bellefonte, talk about their son National Guard SPC Julian Taylor's return from Iraq after a family readiness meeting on Saturday, August 15, 2009.

A 21-year-old Bellefonte man was accidentally shot while he was target shooting with three others Saturday evening at the end of Bennett Road in Julian, the Philipsburg State Police reported.