Bedford County News

In the 2014 primary election, the names of state representatives Gary Haluska, D-Patton, and Rep.

Kaleb Rightenour of martinsburg WOULD HAVE TURNED 16 IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS. HE WAS KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT after crashing his A-T-V during a race on The Blair-Bedford Dirt Track in New Enterprise.

A local woman is now in Russia waiting to see how a medical treatment there will affect her multiple sclerosis.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike will close both eastbound and westbound starting at 11:59 p.m. Saturday through 4:30 a.m. Sunday between the Somerset and the Bedford .

A Bedford County woman faces three weeks to a year in jail for allowing her teenage son to freely carry a handgun used in his friend's 2012 accidental shooting death.

The City of Jeannette Friday asked Westmoreland County detectives to investigate a Washington County contractor who accepted $65,000 in public money to build a recreation center and will not repay the money, said the city's attorney.

New federal funds could help Pennsylvanians without medical coverage. Four million dollars is now available to Pennsylvania health centers to help people sign up for medical coverage.

The long battle over redistricting in Pennsylvania has come to an end. The State Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld new legislative maps supported by the Republican majority in the General Assembly.

State Police want to find the person responsible for breaking into a bar. It happened at Tony and Lola's between April 25 and May 2. The bar is near the intersection of Six Mile Run Road and Route 26 in Riddlesburg, Bedford County.

Shade-Central City School District residents may be facing a tax hike for the seventh consecutive year.

Every two weeks, Esther Baker picks up her phone and sets out to cover what might be the smallest reporting beat in Pennsylvania.

There's a battle taking place at the Penn State Fruit Research Extension. On one side is the Brown-Marmorated Stink Bug, on the other, Penn State researchers hoping to stop it.

PennDOT District 8 announced today that saw cutting and roadway base repair work begins May 1, weather permitting, on a 1.14-mile section of Route 394 in Biglerville Borough and Butler Township, Adams County.

Editor's note: This is another story in a series looking at the Altoona Regional Health System's proposed affiliation with UPMC.

Tensions grew heated Wednesday at a Bedford County man's preliminary hearing on a rape charge, culminating in a confrontation and a disorderly conduct charge for the suspect's brother.

A local woman with multiple sclerosis is heading to Russia for a procedure she's not able to undergo in the United States.

A Centre County man was killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday AFTERNOON NEAR MILESBURG.