Meyersdale News

Sharon S. Clapper was named outstanding Person of the Year at the 69th Somerset County Chamber of commerce dinner held Wednesday at Seven Springs Mountain Resort.

A triple fatal accident in Meyersdale left a community devastated but now the High School Drama Club is looking to remember one of the teens who excelled on their stage.

In this Sept. 14, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama speaks about the financial crisis on the anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse at Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York.

A prisoner has been charged with mailing a menacing communication - a signed letter that threatened to "place explosives around fed.

The Southern Alleghenies Planning and Development Commission Board of Directors Wednesday approved loans for the following area businesses: -- $175,000 for E.B. Endres Inc., 10630 Fairgrounds Road, Huntingdon, to help pay for a $350,000 project to purchase new machinery and equipment.

Three women with a history of volunteerism were honored Friday during the 10th annual "Salute to Women" luncheon held at the Bakersville Volunteer Fire Department hall to benefit the Penn's Woods Council of the Boy Scouts.

Driver charged with DUI BERLIN, Pa. - Gary L. Strope, 56, Meyersdale, was charged with driving under the influence by Pennsylvania State Police after his vehicle struck a utility pole on state Route 2031 about 5 p.m. Thursday.

Students at Meyersdale Area High School's Elective History class are getting their hands dirty - and loving it.

Doreen Fogle's advice to women battling breast cancer is to have faith and maintain a positive attitude.

A house fire early Sept. 19 has been ruled arson, state police said Thursday. No one was hurt in the blaze at 6407 Cumberland Highway in Southampton Township.

A Somerset man is facing charges that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl early Thursday morning, according to police.

A Somerset County man is accused of interfering with the arrest of another person at the Wal-Mart in Somerset Township, state police said.

A Rockwood business closed Tuesday after a fire forced workers to evacuate. Aluminum powder caught fire in an exhaust ventilation unit at Rockwood Manufacturing Co., Rockwood fire Chief Jim Miller said.

Wind turbines rise above the 150-mile-long Great Allegheny Passage near Meyersdale, Pa.

Visitors to the Springs Museum can now follow the family history of Jacob J. Otto, who arrived in Somerset County in 1831 from Germany via the port of Baltimore.

The Somerset County Fair, set for Saturday through Aug. 29 at the Meyersdale fairgrounds, showcases animals as part of its agricultural heritage.

Drug-testing policy session mandatory KEYSER, W.Va. - Keyser High School will conduct student, parent/guardian and coaches orientation concerning the new Mineral County drug testing policy Aug.

The owner of a personal care home in Meyersdale faces charges that she neglected an 82-year old woman in her care, authorities said.

The owner of a personal care home in Meyersdale faces charges that she neglected an 82-year old woman in her care, authorities said.

Regulators plan to approve an underground coal mine that would tunnel beneath the Casselman River, a popular western Maryland trout stream near Grantsville, a Bureau of Mines official said yesterday.