Cambria County News

A Somerset County man pleaded guiltyTuesday to drunken driving and involuntary manslaughter for a traffic accident that claimed the life of a friend a year ago.

The incident took place Saturday morning in the cities Westend. Johnstown police say it began as an argument inside My Place bar.

Lisa Bowman, 47, of the 1300 block of Christoff Street, Nanty Glo, was arrested after trying to deliver methadone to a Cambria County Drug Task detective she thought was a friend of another woman already under arrest.

Flu shots are in short supply right now, so Cambria County Emergency officials were thrilled to have enough for a clinic Monday at St.. Francis University .

Janet Miller was concerned that her family doctor ran out of seasonal flu vaccine before she could bring in her 84-year-old father, Earl Miller of Lilly.

Having a plan is an important first step; however, testing the plan will highlight areas that needs revised, prior to an actual incident.

Election Day has come and gone, and changes are in store in Blair County and surrounding parts.

Voters in two western Pennsylvania counties have apparently elected their first female Common Pleas judges.

A Fairton man facing child pornography charges in Cumberland County recently admitted in Superior Court in Western Pennsylvania that he traveled to Pennsylvania to sexually assault a teenage girl he met on the Internet, according to reports.

W. Pa. Nursing Home Sale To Yield $317K In Taxes Share + Nov 3, 2009 8:45 am US/Eastern W. Pa.

A suspected DUI accident in Johnstown happened just minutes after the Cambria County DUI Task Force began its countywide roving patrols to catch drunk drivers.

A panel of judges has dismissed a lawsuit against a utility company for a western Pennsylvania fire that killed four people.

With only a few hotly contested local races and some state judgeships at stake Tuesday, election officials and a political analyst are expecting a low voter turnout at the polls in Cambria and Somerset counties.

The Johnstown Cambria County Airport has been criticized about their financial state but theyre pushing a campaign called The Plane Truth to get their message across.

Three Cambria County woman, including two sisters, were arrested Wednesday and face felony charges of distributing tens of thousands of dollars worth of prescription pills in small communities in much of the county.

The Johnstown Cambria County airport authority is searching for more passengers thats the reason behind a special meeting Thursday night.

A panel of judges has dismissed a lawsuit against a utility company for a fire that killed four people.

In a split 2-1 decision, Cambria County judges have dismissed a civil lawsuit against Penelec in a 2005 Hastings house fire that claimed the lives of four people.

In mid September, the Cambria County Library in downtown Johnstown made some changes.

Johnstown officials have a proposed budget for next year, but there's a giant hole in it.