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The Quecreek Mine Rescue Foundation today marked the construction of a new visitors center to help celebrate the sixth anniversary of the rescue of nine miners in Somerset County.

Groundbreaking for a new visitors center at the site of the Quecreek Mine in Somerset County takes place tomorrow, to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the rescue of nine miners trapped in the mine for 77 ...

Organizers are hoping the new Quecreek Mine visitors center - being built by the Amish - will tell the moving story of the nine miners rescued there six years ago.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Quecreek Mine Rescue Foundation visitors' center will be held July 26, as part of the sixth anniversary of the 2002 rescue of nine trapped miners.

Click to view larger image. A fire broke out in the Somerset Foundry building on South Edgewood Avenue Thursday around 3:35 p.m. Somerset, Rockwood, Listie and Sipesville fire departments responded and the ...

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

A Philadelphia man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a February bank robbery in downtown Johnstown. via The Tribune-Democrat

“It's one of the best things that could have happened to me.”

Louis Kopczyk, a longtime Boy Scout leader from Clymer, could not have had a brighter smile as he watched a stream of Eagle Scouts enter the Imperial Room on Thursday evening. via The Tribune-Democrat

New - Somerset County woman indicted in Social Security fraud The Tribune-Democrat JOHNSTOWN - A Somerset County woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of illegally converting ... via The Tribune-Democrat

“The people who live in small communities in rural America ... these are the people who have kept her in this race”

It may not have been a direct counterattack, but the message was unmistakably clear. via The Tribune-Democrat

“I'm offering leadership that you and your families can count on”

Less than 40 hours before polls open for Pennsylvania's primary, Hillary Clinton hopped on stage in Johnstown and pledged to fight for the middle class if voters send her to the White House. via The Tribune-Democrat

“He heard the alarm and jumped out the back door.”

A candle left burning overnight is being blamed for a fire that destroyed a Somerset Township trailer early Thursday. via The Tribune-Democrat

“Those houses aren't going to make it. People come to Ligonier for a certain ambience, and I don't think these should be built on our main street. "I'm not sure we can stop it.”

The losing bidder for the historic Ligonier Armory may turn out to be the winner after all. via PittsburghLIVE.com

Somerset County Sheriff John Mankey is passing along a new twist on an old scam. via The Tribune-Democrat

“We are excited to bring Jeremy on board, and we are confident that his experience in sales and equipment operation will contribute to the growth of our company”

J&J Truck Equipment and Lincoln Supply & Equipment, divisions of Somerset Welding & Steel, have appointed Jeremy Bartels as a construction and truck equipment sales representative for central Pennsylvania and ... via Construction Equipment Guide

“My goal is to improve the animal. At one time there were 60 to 120 million in the United States”

It isn't everyone who gets to raise once nearly extinct animals in an area where they once roamed freely. via GantDaily.com

“We're awaiting the results of those tests to further our investigation. At this point, we're leaving all options open”

Laurel Summit State Park in Somerset County has added more caution signs at the Beam Rocks site and developed better rescue plans in the wake of three recent fatalities there. via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Cambria County The following is a list of the more serious criminal cases handled by District Judge John W. Barron, Upper Yoder Township, for the period ending March 26: Robert C. Mamula, 50, 2200 block of ... via The Tribune-Democrat

“It's still too early at this point in the investigation to determine the circumstances that led up to the fall from the rocks”

April Shaffer and Mike Marisa had just started along the trail leading to Beam Rocks on Sunday morning when a woman approached and said her son and his girlfriend were missing. via The Tribune-Democrat

“They're more concerned when they call with the price”

Though oil costs have slipped from record prices set earlier in March, the $3-plus price tag that continues to glare from the service station marquees still has many drivers cutting back on mileage that isn't ... via PittsburghLIVE.com