Somerset News

The following have been sentenced inCambria County Court on guilty pleas to criminal charges : Brennan James McGough, 19, 400 block of Everhart Street, Johnstown, firearms without a license, possession of drug paraphernalia, DUI first offense and public drunkenness.

The Somerset County Blind Center is in the midst of its biggest fundraising event of the year - just in time for the Christmas season.

Two scam artists stole a lockbox containing personal items from an 88-year-old Somerset County woman after they said they were there to insulate her house.

A resident of a Somerset County group home died in a one-vehicle accident Monday morning while traveling in one of the agency's vans.

A 19-year-old Somerset County man is facing attempted homicide and other charges after authorities said he struck another teen with a glass, causing several cuts to the victim's throat.

The Department of Environmental Protection cited 72 waste-hauling trucks for operational and safety violations during recent inspections in Westmoreland, Somerset and Allegheny counties.

Sharon S. Clapper was named outstanding Person of the Year at the 69th Somerset County Chamber of commerce dinner held Wednesday at Seven Springs Mountain Resort.

Two people accused of stabbing a man and stealing his truck early Sunday are wanted on arrest warrants.

A good story needs a good idea. And for author Robin Moore, it could always use some good buckskin, too.

A retired minister was recently designated pastor emeritus of two churches he served for more than a quarter century.

Anglers fishing Lower Twin Lake have been picking up a few trout on wax worms, maggots and paste baits.

A 50-year-old man was killed yesterday when his motorcycle struck a deer on Route 31 in Somerset County, state police said.

Three women with a history of volunteerism were honored Friday during the 10th annual "Salute to Women" luncheon held at the Bakersville Volunteer Fire Department hall to benefit the Penn's Woods Council of the Boy Scouts.

Borough police continue to search for the woman who robbed 1st Summit Bank on Thursday.

A Halloween prank was costly for a Somerset woman, whose car sustained $1,500 in damage when someone hit it with a pumpkin, police said.

Police say a homeowner's deer camera captured two men burglarizing his home. They have identified the man on the left and are seeking the identity of the other.

A Somerset County man faces aggravated assault charges after he allegedly punched another man unconscious after an argument over a citizens band radio system while at work, state police said.

Share + Oct 31, 2009 9:23 am US/Eastern SOMERSET, Pa. A western Pennsylvania jury has acquitted a man of homicide but convicted him of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his fiancee.

The prosecutor in Bruce Emerick's murder trial Thursday picked apart the accused killer's statement to police in the death of his fiancee, in which he told the cops, "I tried pulling the gun away.

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