Scott Township News

A carelessly discarded match or cigarette ash is being blamed for causing $100,000 in damage to the upper levels of a large apartment house off Millville Road near the Irondale Inn and Bloomsburg Water Company pumping station.

Santa Claus visits the John Kane Center in Scott Township as part of the Presents for Patients event.

Firefighters lend Santa a hand By Terry Kish For The Almanac writer@thealmanac.net While Santa usually travels by sleigh and reindeer, if there would ever be a breakdown, fire departments across the South Hills could help if needed, especially since they work closely with the man of the hour all through December.

A 19-year-old lost control of his pickup early Friday, went over a guard rail, and would have tumbled down an embankment into Fishing Creek if he hadn't hit a tree, a rescuer said.

Officials said residents of a Scott Township apartment complex were evacuated for a short time late Thursday night.

When a Scott Township teenager goes to sleep, it can be for weeks at a time as she struggles with a rare sleeping disorder for which her family's prescription drug plan won't pay.

A Scott Township couple saw the family more than double when Alissa Conklin gave birth to quintuplets Thursday.

With less than a month to go before PPL rates spike, new competitors are creating advertisements that offer to save customers money.

Danielle Hileman, 27, and Doug Mueller, 28, wed on July 25, 2009. They now reside in Butler.

A group fighting tolls on Interstate 80 is seeking taxpayer money to help fund its effort.

It's been one big misadventure on the roads for many drivers. While conditions improved by late morning, it's little consolation to many commuters who had to head out first thing Wednesday.

Expecting a shortfall of about $100,000 by the end of the year, township officials have laid off three full-time employees and cut a fourth's hours back to 10 per week.

An attorney and three police officers are interested in becoming Berwick's district judge now that Richard Cashman is retiring.

Celebrate Chanukah at the JCC The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh is the place to be for Chanukah, with activities for all ages at the JCC in Squirrel Hill and the South Hills.

When a stockpile of 125,000 bullets went missing from Bloomsburg University, campus police never alerted other local officers to be on the lookout, confirmed several police chiefs.

If you enjoy dogs, physical exercise and lots of positive feedback, pet grooming could be a career for you.

At age 20, with five to 10 years in prison stretching out in front of him, "Everything's hit bottom," David F. Nolte said.

The Breakfast Club a ' Veterans share war stories By Roxanne Hale For The Almanac writer@thealmanac.net Once a month they get together to share stories of their remarkable backgrounds and varied feats both here and abroad.

Three people were taken to the hospital yesterday after an octogenarian smashed into another car while trying to turn into Wendy's restaurant here, police say.

A 26-year-old New Castle man has been charged with assaulting a 13-year-old girl.