Ligonier News

Rashad Clemons has learned a thing or two about culture shock. He drove his family cross-country from Los Angeles to live and work in Pittsburgh with the East Liberty-based Coalition for Christian Outreach in 2006.

Thursday 7 a.m. -- Depart from Ligonier. 3 p.m. -- Arrive in Blairsville. 5 p.m. -- Dinner at the Blairsville Community Center.

A Melcroft man who lost his arm in an automobile accident is accusing Greensburg Hose No.

Higher prices, shorter hours and fewer employees have marked the 2009 season at Idlewild & SoakZone parks.

A former basketball coach from Cambria County has been sentenced to 10 years of intensive probation for indecent assault charges and other offenses related to her interaction with a female player from Westmoreland County.

A western Pennsylvania physician and a painting contractor who was his patient are charged with obtaining thousands of painkillers using phony prescriptions.

A Ligonier family practice physician and an Indiana County painting contractor were charged Wednesday with conspiring to obtain thousands of painkillers over a four-year period by writing and passing prescriptions in the names of the contractor, family members and employees.

Dawn Law is a stringer for the Tribune-Review. Happy 50th, YWCA Women looking for friendship, knowledge, fitness or social-service programs, quality day care or a reasonably priced work ensemble can find it all at the YWCA.

Most people in their 30s and 40s will remember "Conjunction Junction," "I'm Just a Bill" and the other educational "Schoolhouse Rock" cartoons that once were a regular part of Saturday morning television programming.

Additional information about local plans for the PA Hero Walk come via Jennifer Varrato, aide to state Rep.

It's been almost six decades since the Darlington Station was last open for business.

Mandy Kull has a little fun with Ed Dzenis, right, at the East Winds Symphonic Band rehearsal at Trinity Christian School.

When the original 1938 Serro's Diner car "reopens" in Ligonier Township, visitors won't be able to get a hot roast beef sandwich or eggs and hash browns.

Admission: $25. Tickets can be purchased at Web site , by mail from the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor at PO Box 582, Ligonier, PA 15658 or in person at the LHHC office at 215 E. Main St.

A string of car thefts committed by juveniles in Ligonier late last month convinced borough police Chief John Berger a curfew was in order.

Michael Matrunics has endured a baptism by fire since becoming Ligonier Township's interim police chief in January.

When: Thursday through June 27, with performances at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. June 17 Admission: $16; $14 for senior citizens and students.

Deb Theis is very busy with her work, yet she still has a lot of time on her hands.

A 24-year-old Indiana County man is in Westmoreland County Prison on charges of aggravated assault after he allegedly rammed his sport-utility vehicle into a 21-year-old woman's car while she was still inside Sunday.

Taken for a ride: Among recipients of Westmoreland County's Annual Tourism Grant Program was Idlewild & SoakZone park in Ligonier, which received $20,000. Grants are funded by one-third of the revenues from the county's 3 percent hotel room tax.