Winfield News

State Rep. Russ Fairchild and Rep. Merle Phillips, along with Sen. John Gordner and 10 other members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly were joined Thursday by three congressmen as they met with the Federal Highway Administration to express strong opposition to the proposal to enact tolls on Interstate 80.

Two Snyder County commissioners recently appeared at a state House committee hearing about the state's handling and oversight of federal stimulus money.

Newly married and raising a baby girl is a lot for anyone to handle. In addition to that, Matthew, 18, and Ayla Stoner, 19, live in public housing and struggle to meet their bills with the government assistance they receive each month.

Money is tight for today's Needy Family Fund recipients, who live in the city on disability payments and Social Security income.

Josh Kurtz helps Jayme Hendricks, of Winfield, tie down two Christmas trees for her family Sunday afternoon.

Between 30 and 40 gallons of a tar-like road substance was spilled on the two Route 15 southbound lanes and caused a traffic backup for almost an hour Tuesday.

The woman injured in a buggy accident that claimed the life of her son has been discharged from the hospital, and the condition of a second child, also injured in the crash, has improved, authorities said.

A 7-year-old Winfield boy was killed Saturday and his mother seriously injured when the horse-drawn buggy in which they were riding was struck from behind by a sport utility vehicle on Route 304 in Union County.

The country meets the "city" Saturday as the 12th annual Butler County Farm Tour puts the spotlight on the rural southeastern area of Butler County.

Six to 12 students will serve suspensions in the South Butler County School District when the teachers' strike is finally over, the district said.

Teachers at the South Butler County School District picket outside of Knoch High School and Middle School yesterday morning.

Hours before she was planning to leave to join her husband in Maine on vacation, the wife of Union Township Fire Chief David Allan Anderson escaped unharmed from an early-morning electrical fire that broke out in the downstairs living room, causing heavy damage to their Winfield home.

More than a hundred people turned up at a town hall meeting in Northumberland County to hear how one U.S. Congressman would vote on the issue of health care reform.

We all know dogs can be trained to sit and stay, but square dance? At the Public Library for Union County on Wednesday, square dance they did.

The design of the northern section of the proposed Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway is about 40 percent complete, a spokesman for U.S. Rep.

After serving nearly 14 years of a life sentence, convicted murderer Sherry L. Ryan may get a second chance at freedom.

Not that long ago, most people may have considering a bald eagle sighting a once-in-a-lifetime thrill.

These simple words can defuse resentment and raise credibility but too many are lousy at saying them, a new book's author says WALLACE IMMEN 00:00 EDT Friday, July 03, 2009 I'm sorry.

Detour Adds to Travel Woes on Route 6 - 6/18/2009 The construction activity on state roadways in this area is heating up as summer officially arrives.

A 92-year-old Montgomery man died following a two-vehicle collision Monday afternoon on Route 15 at Col.