Leisenring News

Three area food pantries were given a boost this holiday season with a $1,500 contribution from the Connellsville Wal-Mart in Dunbar Township through the Wal-Mart Foundation Community Grant program.

Leisenring Presbyterian Church will hold its monthly food distribution from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

The body of the elderly disabled woman who was trapped in Friday's fire on Shamokin Street has been found, and the sister who tried to rescue her was in critical condition.

Today marks the first day of deer season. Please be careful in the woods, fields, and on the roads.

Nine-year-old Alexis Leisenring makes her way through the rings on the playground at Lincoln Park on Monday.

A combined search team located Jasper Terrence Martin, 60, of Lemont Furnace in a wooded area at 11 a.m. Friday.

The Leisenring Presbyterian Church will hold its monthly food bank from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Vernon Ohler, Connellsville Street Department foreman, said bagged leaves will be picked up starting the week of Oct.

The Dawson/Perryopolis Area Salvation Army Service Unit will hold signup for Christmas baskets and toys from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Dawson Volunteer Fire Department on Galley Street in Dawson.

The First Friday Coffeehouse at the Philip G. Cochran Memorial United Methodist Church will be held Friday with a bluegrass show, which was a hit last year.

For some soldiers, the return home is not the end of the battle. For the fourth year running, the American Legion Riders state chapter from Connellsville will be presenting a poker run to aid Jeremy Feldbusch.

Late-night bingo games at DL&V Volunteer Fire Department will begin after a summer hiatus at 10:45 p.m. Sept.

Work on sections of the water system in Dunbar and North Union townships will be funded with H20 PA Act money.

Two bridges near Layton closed Thursday. They will reopen by Aug. 28. The main bridge project involves maintenance on the bridge that carries Layton Road over Washington Run.

A 5-year-old Connellsville boy was struck by a motorcycle operated by Cindy Morris of Vanderbilt.

The Frazier High School Cross Country team wishes to recognize its senior runners.