North East News

WASHINGTON - A solid majority of Americans recognize the need to help the environment, although there are some things - such as buying a hybrid car or taking mass transit - that people often talk about, but don't necessarily act on.

The crash happened at the intersection of Buffalo and Hannon roads. The driver of the bike- 42 year old Robert Greiner of North East - was rushed to Hamot with serious head injuries.

The nation's Catholic bishops will address many social controversies at their meeting in Baltimore this week.

Kevin Brian Mazur, the man who torched state Rep. Bob Belfanti's Mount Carmel office, took a plea deal yesterday in hopes of a shorter prison stay that will allow him to raise his children.

Sometimes it's easier to think green than be green. A survey released Tuesday suggests people have largely embraced recycling bottles and cans, and are inclined to turn down thermostats to save energy.

United Way of the Laurel Highlands is made up of 25 member agencies, all dedicated to making the lives of residents in Cambria and Somerset counties better.

After almost a decade of asking, Mark Henry decided it was time to come to Westfield.

Michael Cropps of Chester was sentenced Tuesday in Delaware County Court to 19 to 46 years in prison for the 2004 murder of 20-year-old William Trippley in Chester.

If you're a wine-lover in Pennsylvania who also believes in buying close to home, you face what might be called a locavore's dilemma.

Visitors on Saturday's Butler County Farm Tour learned there's more to hamburgers and Thanksgiving dinner than frozen, shrink-wrapped hunks of meat.

Dorothy E. Anderson, 87, a longtime resident of Tidioute, died Wednesday afternoon, Oct.

He was a pen pal known simply as "Soldier Dan." That is, until today when some third graders got to meet their hero in person.

So, this is what we get for impressing out-of-towners, eh? During the Pennsylvania primary last year, then-candidate Barack Obama went out of his way to praise the state's beauty in general and Pittsburgh in particular.

District Attorney David Arnold, left, and Chief County Detective John Leahy walk toward the front of a home in the 1800 block of Lake Drive in North Lebanon Township on Monday.

An Erie County man was killed yesterday when the car in which he was riding crashed in Harborcreek, state police said.

First meeting: Spec. Ryan Shockey, 22, saw his baby son, Aidan, for the first time when he stepped off the bus.

Books are available for purchase at the Brownsville Library, Mt. St. Macrina gift shop, Colorama in Uniontown, and The Gallery in Hopwood.

Theft. Personnel at CS Drilling reported to Warren-based state police that between 5 p.m. May 29 and 6 a.m. June 1 someone removed locks on a truck and fuel pump, and then removed 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel from the truck, which was parked on Mohawk Ave., four and a half miles from Rt.

NORTH EAST, Pa. Jillian Halmi Behm was first in the time trial in the Women's 2 Race for the Hollyloft/El Matador cycling team in the Wine Country Classic Stage Race.

Patti and Ken Kalosky thought they were set. Teachers in Vermont, the Kalosky's already owned a home and had one child.