Windber News

Case pending. Jason Andrew Watson, 27, of the 100 block of South Cherry Street, Ebensburg, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and public drunkenness.

The Greater Johnstown School of Music held its annual summer performance and picnic Saturday afternoon.

PennDOT announced that work will begin on Monday on the Route 160 bridge structure in Windber Borough.

As bikers rumbled out and storms rumbled in, Lisa Rager and the Thunder in the Valley organizing crew took time to sit, eat and come up with a strategy: How to clean up downtown Johnstown in the pouring rain.

Shane Fleegle was so impressed by the motorcycle stunt team StarBoyz the 14-year-old was itching to duplicate the stunts on his dirt bike.

As tens of thousands of motorcycle riders roll into town for Thunder in the Valley, few may notice 19-year-old Cody Gibson pedaling his 26-inch Roadmaster bicycle around downtown.

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Borough Council on Tuesday approved $9,215 from the sewer fund to help pay for the 13th Street surge box project to stop flooding in the borough.

Three area BiLo Foods stores are being sold. "The stores are not closing," said Chuck Beeler, spokesman for BiLo Foods-owner Penn Traffic Co.

Robert Roza Sr. has two starkly contrasting memories of his early life in the Seventh Street neighborhood: Playing darts and his father's mining-accident death.

Sheena Endress is a fancy dresser. When it comes to dressing a wound, nothing washes away the pain better than a colorful bandage dotted with cartoon characters, she says.

David Garrety's first visit to Windber Coal Heritage Center's "Rescue@Quecreek" exhibit took him back to those three harrowing days in July 2002.

Darrin James Melius, 21, of the 500 block of Cambria Avenue, Revloc, charged with possession of controlled substance by person not registered and manufacture/deliver/possession with intent to manufacture or ...

Nancy Bollinger, Wolf Clan mother of the Thunder Mountain Lenape tribe, stood on the edge of the Stonycreek River and tossed blessed tobacco into the wind.

A 46-year-old Somerset County resident accused of killing a man in an argument early Monday was jailed without bond Monday.

This is the ninth year for the Miners' Memorial Day celebration, held in Windber over Father's Day weekend, June 13, 14 and 15.

Right now students in two area school districts are sitting in front of a standard-sized blackboard learning.

Sen. Barack Obama has raised about $265 million in his bid for the presidency, but has yet to receive a single substantial contribution from Somerset County, according to the Federal Election Commission.

Are you looking for exciting, fun-filled opportunities for your kids this summer? Then Laurel Arts' Summer Camps might just be the ticket for you.

North Star East Elementary students involved in a Trout in the Classroom program will soon have easier access to the Stonycreek River.