Stoystown News

This Somerset County community paid special tribute Sunday to the convoy that is retracing the route of the first U.S. Army transcontinental motor convoy that crossed the country from east to west in 1919.

Cody Miller is climbing the rungs in the Boy Scouts through a project others can see as they slide downhill.

Harrisburg is imposing more paperwork on businessman Roger Harmon. He says it's about time.

Bob Frye covers the outdoors for the Tribune-Review. He can be reached via e-mail . * Fish and Boat Commissioners are -- for the first time -- bringing their quarterly meeting in Somerset County.

The Conemaugh Valley school board on Thursday night elevated the assistant high school principal to replace Superintendent William Rushin, who will retire June 30.

About $13,000 spent by the state Legislature on religious texts for House and Senate members could be called the wages of salvation.

John Hamman of Connellsville joined fellow workers at a job fair Friday at the Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh plant in East Huntingdon -- the sprawling television assembly plant that will close in April ...

It's no secret Brianna Lasure was fashion-conscious. "She was always into the up-to-date fashion, whether it was shoes, jewelry or clothing," said Leanne Snyder, her friend and fellow teacher and cheerleading ...

A Stoystown man has been charged with cruelty to animals after troopers said they found pets at his home without food or water.

State police in Somerset charged James Ansell with cruelty to animals. Troopers said they found a Labrador, a cat and mice abandoned for several days in Ansell's residence.

A Somerset County man will be fined for killing a 600-pound black bear. Mark Blough, 49, of Stoystown, pleaded guilty to illegally killing a bear in Shade Township in November.

For Carrolltown firefighters, a much-needed federal grant will literally provide a breath of fresh air.

The Central City Volunteer Fire Company says it will stop providing service to its section of Shade Township on Thursday unless a contract is reached with the township.

A burglary between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 6:15 p.m. Friday in Brothersvalley Township netted the thief or thieves about $1,000 in merchandise.

State police are investigating about two dozen vehicle break-ins over the past week in central Somerset County.

The driver of a coal truck has been charged with homicide, stemming from the two-vehicle crash near Stoystown a year ago that killed a woman and injured her 3-year-old son.

A Lancaster County woman with ties to this region died of injuries suffered in a two-vehicle wreck on her way home for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Linda Moyer was a veteran English teacher known for pushing her Pequea Valley High School seniors to their full potential whether they were heading to college or not.