Fulton County News

A manure spill earlier this month has been blamed for the death of more than 1,000 fish in Big Cove Creek in Fulton County.

Hunters bagged 1,897 black bears Monday during the first day of Pennsylvania's three-day statewide season, according to preliminary figures from the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

A Spring Run accountant has been charged with pocketing more than $40,000 intended as payroll tax payments from an agricultural company in Fulton County.

Barb Truax of Hustontown didn't have a family history of breast cancer, nor did she have any early warning signs.

BURGLARY: Pennsylvania State Police, McConnellsburg are unsure how a burglar managed to enter 132 Covalt Road, Needmore.

A McConnellsburg couple was flown to the trauma center at the Altoona Regional Health System after a two-vehicle crash Monday on Pa.

Stephanie Robinson, a sophomore marketing and finance major with a minor in Spanish at Lycoming College, has been inducted into Delta Mu Delta, an honor society for business and accounting students.

Franklin and Fulton voters gave the thumbs up to Court of Common Pleas Judge Carol Van Horn Tuesday, with an overwhelming majority of the voters in the two counties choosing to keep her on the bench for another 10 years.

A Three Springs man is facing charges of theft, criminal trespass and numerous Game Law violations after an incident Monday in Fulton County.

By MARCUS RAUHUT and ROB LUFF Staff writers -------------------- H1N1 vaccines have started to trickle into Franklin and Fulton counties.

State police in McConnellsburg said one person was injured in a crash in Union Township Tuesday.

Through her 10 years on the bench, Judge Carol Van Horn has seen the amount of juveniles involved in serious crimes increase.

Joblessness in Franklin County rose during September to 8.9 percent, its highest level in 25 years.

There has been a serious accident. Emergency crews make haste to get the injured to the hospital.

Ayr Township, Fulton County HARASSMENT: A 16-year-old McConnellsburg High School bully was charged with harassment after continually threatening to beat up another 16-year-old boy, according to Pennsylvania State Police, McConnellsburg.

The county's three judges intend to fill the district attorney's position as quickly as possible now that Jack Nelson has been laid to rest.

Winds are predicted to gust to 50 mph on Wednesday in central Pennsylvania, including Franklin and Fulton counties.

Two people suffered minor injuries in a weekend crash in Brush Creek Township. State police in McConnellsburg said John M. Zajc Jr., 44, and Mary C. Smythe-Zajc, 53, both of Cleveland, were driving west on U.S. 30 on Sunday when they lost control of their Mercury Cougar on the wet road.

Sector growth: Paul Unruh teaches a German class Monday at Chambersburg Area Senior High School.

Three woman from Franklin County face Medicaid fraud charges in Penn Township after the state Attorney General's Office alleged they filed false time sheets accounting for more than 1,000 hours of work at the local office of United Cerebral Palsy of South Central Pa.