Rockwood News

A grand jury in New York has returned an indictment naming Eric Skys, formerly of Rockwood, in an elaborate, multimillion-dollar fraud.

A grand jury in New York has returned has returned an indictment on Eric Skys, formerly of Rockwood, who claimed to be the chairman, president and CEO of Kaiser Himmel Corporation, the U.S. Attorney's Office ...

During Tuesday's meeting, the commissioners: paid $4,160,742.80 in bills, which included payments for the Quemahoning pipeline and the county's annual contribution to the county employees' retirement fund.

Somerset and Cambria are among 13 counties that have experienced deadly domestic violence incidents in the past 23 days.

Plans for a proposed truck pull-off and escape ramp for Springfield Pike will be revealed Thursday at a public meeting with PennDOT officials in Connellsville Township.

A more than seven-hour standoff with police in Somerset County ended early Monday when the man took his own life.

After hours of attempting to contact a man who had retreated inside his home with a weapon, state police entered the home early Monday to find Rex Younkin dead of an apparently self-inflicted shotgun wound.

State police are investigating the death of a woman found lifeless in her home along Somerset Avenue.

As a former resident of Connellsville -- 1939 to 1963 -- I had to write to tell you of my reaction upon entering the city June 20 after completing a bicycle trip from Cumberland to Connellsville.

This summer, seniors won't have to look far to get a glimpse of the good old days.

ASSA ABLOY has acquired Rockwood Manufacturing Company, a leading US producer of standard and custom decorative and speciality door hardware.

A disturbance in front of an Ebensburg tavern ended early Thursday morning when state police charged a Sidman man with public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

A Somerset County woman was charged with illegally owning a firearm after reporting it stolen to police.

A security guard patrolling the Hidden Valley Golf Course was hospitalized Sunday after he pursued an ATV on the grounds and drove over an embankment and into a pond.

State police in Somerset have identified the private security guard injured after his SUV crashed into a pond while chasing a trespasser at Hidden Valley.

A Somerset County lumber yard employee is dead after wood fell off a dolly he was pushing into a conveyor.

County commissioners other business Tuesday includes: * The commissioners paid $720,040.48 in bills.

Members of a national group that works to preserve Revolutionary War history are to remember a local patriot Saturday.

Firefighters quickly extinguished a small fire at Somerset Foundry & Machine Co.

BY TED POTTS TPOTTS@TRIBDEM.COM The 11th annual Rockwood River and Rails Festival will be held June 19-22 in the Somerset County borough of Rockwood.