Monroeton News

“We have many more runs. Our run between Towanda and Dushore used to go three times a day. Now it goes six times a day”

Why drive to work when you can hop a bus? That is the question in parts of the northern tier where, starting Monday, commuters have more options when it comes to ditching the car and boarding the bus. via WNEP-TV Moosic

“We're in the middle of major nationwide expansion right now. People around the country and here in Chambersburg have been sending us e-mails, begging us to open a store near them, so we're excited to be opening here”

The wait is over for a new Steve & Barry's store in the Chambersburg area. The casual apparel retailer will celebrate its grand opening today at Franklin Center on Lincoln Way East. via Chambersburg Public Opinion

“The only thing you can do is hope and pray that we don't murder you in your sleep.”

POSSIBLE SCAM: Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, said they have received several complaints from individuals in the Greencastle area regarding an automated telephone message about their bank account. via Chambersburg Public Opinion

Police have identified the driver in a fatal car crash Wednesday afternoon in St. via Evening Sun

“His friends and family have been helping me comb the creeks for, they've been helping me for three days comb up and down the creeks. We've had flood waters and my first thought that went through my mind is that he was going to fall in there”

Police in Bradford County are investigating the death of a 15-year-old boy whose family said he has been missing for days. via WNEP-TV Moosic

Local crude prices take big jump By JUDITH O. ETZEL Photo by Jerry Sowden - Bill Huber walks CBS news correspondent Mark Strassmann around his oil lease. via The Derrick

Another record for oil prices By JUDITH O. ETZEL And the one-day price jump of $4.50 is one of the largest ever. via The Derrick

“We really don't know what happened to him. We've looked at all avenues and examined as much as we can right now. We're at a loss...we're pretty much at an end and that's why we're reaching out to the public for their help”

Reported by: Tanya Foster Email: tanyafoster@clearchannel.com Last Update: 6:14 pm Slideshow Steven Baird A local man, leaves for work not to be heard from again. via WHP-TV Harrisburg

“She was in his lane when the crash occurred”

A crash between a freightliner and an Oldsmobile just west of Meshoppen shut Route 6 down for about four hours on Wednesday and sent one woman to a hospital. via New Age Examiner

Escalating fuel prices at the pump continued this week, setting a new record high in Western Pennsylvania. via WPXI

Taxpayers spent almost $483,000 to provide a legal defense for Donna Moonda, the Pennsylvania woman convicted last summer of arranging her husband's murder on the Ohio Turnpike. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Crews today are painting stripes on Interstate 81 in Antrim Township, Franklin County. via Chambersburg Public Opinion

“It was a small amount of fire in the wall, mostly heavy smoke”

A small fire suspected to have been caused by a malfunctioning dryer broke out at the laundromat on Main Street in Towanda Sunday. via Daily and Sunday Review