Ridgway News

Democrat Shawn McMahon beat current Elk County District Attorney Brad Kraus in the primary election.

A jury of 12 Elk County residents, ready to hear the case of a Ridgway man charged with growing marijuana at his home, were sent home after an 11th hour plea bargain and sentence were entered behind closed doors in Elk County Court Tuesday.

The Ridgway-based state police are investigating the discovery of a "small, homemade" explosive device Monday on the west berm of Boone Mountain Road in FoxTownship.

Two people were taken by ambulance to UPMC Hamot after a rollover crash Sunday on the Bayfront Connector in Erie.

Photo submitted by Dave Woods A black bear was spotted at the bird feeders of Joyce and Dave Woods on Metoxet Street in the Borough of Ridgway on Tuesday, April 30.

State police at Ridgway said someone entered the basement of a seasonal residence along Spring Run Road in Jay Township sometime between Thursday and Saturday.

A 38-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl were injured when the all-terrain vehicle they were riding collided with a minivan in Elk County.

Photo by Gian DeLoia - A ceremony was held at the Ridgway Reservoir to unveil educational signage.

The man charged with holding up a bank accepted a plea deal. Elk County Prosecutors say Corey Feronti will spend 5-to-10 years in jail for robbing the CNB Branch on Market Street in Johnsonburg, Elk County.

A 24-year-old man acknowledged he set a house on fire in rural northwestern Pennsylvania at his father's request, even though the older man has already been acquitted in the same blaze.

Edward C. Anderson, 70, of 421 N. Tionesta Avenue, died Tuesday morning, April 9, 2013 at The Lutheran Home at Kane, where he resided.

Photo by Gian DeLoia - St. Marys resident Missy Straub Jacobs ties a green ribbon to a parking meter in downtown Ridgway in recognition of Lyme Disease Awareness Month.

A fire destroyed a seasonal dwelling after igniting at 8:24 p.m. Sunday in the Straight Creek area in Jones Township, according to the state police at Ridgway.

Search warrants issued in the investigation into the murder of a Ridgway teen reveal key insights into what evidence police were looking for, and what they found, as they worked to tie their primary suspect, her 22-year-old boyfriend, to the killing.

The man charged with murdering a Ridgway teen and dumping her body in a remote, swampy corner of an area park was in District Court Wednesday where a preliminary hearing saw charges of criminal homicide, aggravated assault and abuse of a corpse upheld against him.

Twenty-two-year-old Nicholas Martin of Johnsonburg is charged in Elk County with homicide, aggravated assault and abuse of a corpse in the March 23 death of 18-year-old Alyssa Forsyth of Ridgway.

State police have charged a young couple with burglarizing a northwestern Pennsylvania home and taking an 11-month-old baby in the process, but are releasing few other details in the case.

File photo by Joseph Bell - Officials at the Ridgway YMCA are preparing for the 32nd Annual Ridgway Triathlon scheduled for Saturday, April 27, starting at 11 a.m. This is the scene at the starting line of last year's event.