Rockwood News

A former Somerset County resident was sentenced Thursday to more than 10 years in state prison for his role in an elaborate multimillion-dollar fraud.

A fire at a two-car garage on Bridge Street early Wednesday was caused by an electrical problem, said Rockwood Fire Chief Jim Miller.

A Nanty Glo family escaped injury Sunday after their home caught fire. A state police fire marshal is investigating what started the 10:30 a.m. fire at 1060 Vine St.

The American Red Cross has been called in to assist a family of three burned out of an upstairs apartment early Friday.

A Rockwood woman was chargedwith robbery after a failed attempt to steal smokeless tobacco from S&S Quick Stop outside Rockwood around 11:30 a.m. Friday.

A hostel usually offers only the basics -- a bunk bed in a shared room, a bathroom at the end of the hall and a no-frills kitchen.

Now that children are back to school, they may or may not realize that behind nearly every corner a camera is capturing their every move.

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.

While down by about $46,000 from last year, the Somerset County Fair's livestock sale on Aug.

ROCKWOOD, Pa. - A 34-year-old man has been found dead after a camper fire in southwestern Pennsylvania, though his fiancee and the couple's children managed to escape.

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.

A former Rockwood resident and head of Kaiser Himmel Corp. pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to securities fraud, said the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

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.

A Somerset County judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Rockwood parents fighting to keep a rural elementary school from closing.

Police say they have a suspect in an arson at a vacant house in the borough. The fire broke out at 132 Cannell Drive at 1:10 a.m. Borough police, a state police fire marshal and borough fire officials believe the blaze was the work of an arsonist.

A West Virginia man and his son have filed a lawsuit alleging a security guard unjustifiably detained one of them and pepper-sprayed the other after they reportedly had racing equipment stolen from them two years ago at the Fayette County Fair.

Some much-needed help is on the way for the county's new Quemahoning Pipeline system.

A family of four fled their burning home early Friday after a fire started in the living room of their one-story house in Somerset Township, authorities said.

State police liquor control officers have charged a Somerset County club with illegally selling take-out alcoholic beverages and food concession violations.

A fire that destroyed a large barn on Skyline Drive north of Glasgow in Reade Township late Wednesday was caused by an electrical malfunction, a state police fire marshal ruled.