Fulton County News

With a quick turn of the shovel, Fulton County Medical Center marked the start of a multimillion-dollar expansion project Tuesday in McConnellsburg.

The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania estimates that several thousand jobs would be lost if $280 million in proposed hospital payment cuts are not restored.

Unemployment in May inched upward in Franklin and Fulton counties. Warmer weather brought back workers in the hospitality and construction industries, but Franklin County saw slight drops in the transportation, warehousing and utilities sector and in state government jobs.

The four candidates who ran for Franklin County judge in the May primary election together spent nearly $200,000 in the race.

The following reports were compiled from information provided by area law enforcement agencies Tuesday: CHAMBERSBURG THEFT: Chambersburg police are investigating the theft of a solar powered light from Cherie Kauffman's 1112 Scotland Ave.

While school officals were handing out awards at Southern Fulton Elementary School, two boys earned criminal citations from state police.

The following reports were taken from information provided by area law enforcement agencies Sunday: CHAMBERSBURG FOUND: A purse belonging to Shelby Flythe of Melbourne, Fla., was found in the area of 57 W. South St.

You're riding along on your bike. The multiple lanes of straight paved highway are there.

Students from the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Club at McConnellsburg High School recently hosted a dress-down day and raised $1,000 for the New Patient Services Building to be constructed at the Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg.

A McConnellsburg man has been accused of sexually assaulting two girls earlier this year.

Franklin Learning Center appears to be taking the right approach to an investigation of its practices which found some deficiencies in compliance with educational regulations.

Monthly unemployment fell for the first time since 2007 as some construction workers returned to work and other service sectors saw modest gains.

A Hustontown Volunteer Fire Company tanker truck was damaged Thursday while responding to a fire in Taylor Township.

While plans for the Tuscarora Regional Community College are at a halt, the local college committee is considering a partnership with Harrisburg Area Community College to provide services in the area.

A Somerset County native has been chosen to lead the new, consolidated Catholic church in Johns-town's Cambria City neighborhood.

PennDOT Secretary Allen D. Biehler, P.E., encourages motorists to drive safely and obey the state's traffic laws during the Memorial Day weekend.

The following reports were taken from information provided by area law enforcement agencies Monday: Chambersburg HIT AND RUN: Chambersburg police are looking for the driver of a car that hit a pedestrian in the Southgate Mall parking lot Sunday afternoon.

It's countdown time for Tuesday's primary election, with the race for two seats on the bench in the 38th District of the Court of Common Pleas and a single magisterial district judge spot being the most hotly contested races.

ROAD RAGE HARASSMENT: A 70-year-old man has been charged with harassment in connection with a road rage incident in Fayetteville on Thursday, Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, report.

Three local projects are among the 11 transportation stimulus projects announced recently by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the region.