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The Penn State allure coaxed offensive line coach Mac McWhorter out of retirement
From the easy grin and silver hair to his gentlemanly Southern drawl, new Penn State offensive line coach Mac McWhorter has a likeable, paternal air to him. View full sizeJoe Hermitt, The Patriot-NewsPenn State offensive line coach Mac McWhorter chats with reporters in the Lasch Building. Sit down with McWhorter for 15 minutes, and you [...]
Read More >>Fire destroys two Johnstown homes – The Tribune
February 11, 2012 Fire destroys two Johnstown homes By PATRICK BUCHNOWSKI PBUCHNOWSKI@TRIBDEM.COM The Tribune-Democrat Sat Feb 11, 2012, 04:34 PM EST JOHNSTOWN — A Johnstown man fled his burning home Saturday in the Prospect section of the city, authorities said. The three-alarm blaze on McCabe Street also destroyed the house next door which was unoccupied [...]
Read More >>Cambria County Court Report 02/19/2012 – The Tribune
— The following defendants have been sentenced in Cambria County Court on guilty pleas to criminal charges (cost and fine amounts may include restitution): Sean Dwayne Andrews, 42, 600 block of Sherman Street, Johnstown, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. Ordered to pay $525 in costs and fines. No further sentence. Daniel Anthony Anstead, 23, 2200 [...]
Read More >>Johnstown’s first ‘State of Village’ address slated
By JENNA GANT ThisWeek Community Newspapers Friday February 17, 2012 11:35 PM Jim Lenner will speak to residents on March 12 as Johnstown’s village manager gives the town’s first State of the Village address. Lenner said he would give the address at 6 p.m. before the next all committee meeting at the village council chambers, [...]
Read More >>PRIMARY ELECTION: Park district eyes development of Pataskala-area preserves
PATASKALA — The Licking Park District wants voters, especially those in southwestern Licking County, to know it offers a bounty of parks and trails, many of them just a short drive away. With a tax levy on the March 6 ballot, it also wants area voters to know the issue would provide the district with [...]
Read More >>CASA program helping abused, neglected children beat the odds
While Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) have been operating in Cambria County since 1997 and in Somerset County since 2010, many people are not familiar with the mission and people behind the program. “We are trying to spread the word. I think people do need to know more about us,” said program director Vicki Wilson. [...]
Read More >>Prospect blaze destroys two homes – The Tribune
February 11, 2012 Prospect blaze destroys two homes Patrick Buchnowski pbuchnowski@tribdem.com The Tribune-Democrat Sat Feb 11, 2012, 11:24 PM EST — A Johnstown man fled his burning home Saturday in the Prospect section of the city, authorities said. The three-alarm blaze on McCabe Street also destroyed the house next door, which was unoccupied and boarded [...]
Read More >>Cambria County Court Report 02/12/2012 – The Tribune
— The following defendants have been sentenced in Cambria County Court on guilty pleas to criminal charges (costs and fines amounts may include restitution): James D. Brothers Jr., 19, 200 block of Gelotte Drive, Nanty Glo, criminal mischief, simple assault and corrupting the morals of a minor. Sentenced to three to nine months in county [...]
Read More >>Police investigate string of break-ins
Police investigate string of break-ins The Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a string of break-ins officials believe may be connected. Five burglaries are thought to have occurred between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday, Maj. Scott Proctor said. They occurred in the 4000 block of Wolf Gap Road, Edinburg; the 200 block of Spring [...]
Read More >>Freda V. Smith
Freda V. Smith, 86, Johnstown, died Wednesday at Pennknoll Village, Everett. She was born in Johnstown, daughter of the late Paul and Anna (Sabo) Hahn. She married Charles R. Smith on Oct. 11, 1949, and he died in 2011. Surviving are four children: Charles J. and wife, Betsy (Hoover), of Johnstown, Rebecca Factor and husband, [...]
Read More >>Regional development fees not ruled out
By NICK GARDINER THE RECORDER AND TIMES Posted 8 hours ago Facing the prospect of paying for major road projects in the near future, a United Counties council committee is considering the establishment of regional development charges to help offset costs. “We may have to look at it,” Ron Holman, public works committee chairman, told [...]
Read More >>Oakhurst suspect to face trial – The Tribune
January 31, 2012 Oakhurst suspect to face trial Seen speeding from shooting David Hurst dhurst@tribdem.com The Tribune-Democrat Tue Jan 31, 2012, 04:41 PM EST JOHNSTOWN — An alleged accomplice in an October murder in Johnstown’s Oakhurst neighborhood will face trial. Charges against Anthony Harvey, 29, of Philadelphia, were sent to court Tuesday after a 2 [...]
Read More >>Gov. Corbett’s Budget Address: Politicians, Party Chairmen and Candidates React
Reactions from across the political spectrum have come in the wake of Gov. Corbett’s Budget Address this morning in Harrisburg. House Majority Leader, State Rep Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny County) Let’s be honest. The days of endless spending are definitely over, but we are still climbing out of the mess created by the previous administration, where [...]
Read More >>Students get WWII living history
By Josh Jarman The Columbus Dispatch Tuesday February 7, 2012 4:54 AM Enlarge Image Fred Squillante | Dispatch Don Jakeway, left, and Bert Jakobs urged students to show tolerance. GRANVILLE, Ohio — An American veteran of World War II and a German Jew whom he helped to rescue in Nazi-occupied Holland shared the stage at [...]
Read More >>6 News investigates rise in copper thefts
Copper and scrap metal prices are again on the rise and more thieves are on the hunt. They’re breaking into construction sites and even ripping pipes and wires out of homes. 6 News investigated the rising crime. “You can do this considerable amount of damage in only a half an hour,” said West Hills Police [...]
Read More >>Pet Tales: Hello Bully gives pit bulls 2nd chance
Linus had a rough start in life. He was one of 20 fighting dogs that lived in cramped cages or on short chains attached to posts in Union County, Fla. Last April, the dogs were freed when police, acting on an anonymous tip, broke up the dog-fighting ring, seizing dogs and other property and arresting [...]
Read More >>Taking aim at hunters – The Tribune
February 2, 2012 Taking aim at hunters City bans sportsmen from Incline hillside Anonymous The Tribune-Democrat The Tribune-Democrat Thu Feb 02, 2012, 01:00 AM EST — Johnstown City Council is doing the right thing in banning hunters from the hillside around the Inclined Plane. Yes, it is a wooded area. And yes, we suspect many [...]
Read More >>Outraged councillors in legal challenge threat over homes
COUNCILLORS in Carmarthen may launch a legal challenge to the proposed 1,200-plus housing development in West Carmarthen. Plaid town and county councillors argue they are outraged by Carmarthenshire Council’s intention to proceed with the planning process over the scheme between Travellers Rest and Johnstown before the impending public examination of the Local Development Plan (LDP) [...]
Read More >>School fire considered suspicious – The Tribune
JOHNSTOWN — For more than a decade, the dilapidated former Maple Park School has provoked controversy in Johnstown’s Walnut Grove area. Early Tuesday, the hulking, vacant building was the neighborhood’s focus yet again – this time as residents watched it burn in a massive fire that has been declared suspicious as officials continue to search [...]
Read More >>Philly man to face trial on Oakhurst murder role – The Tribune
JOHNSTOWN — A man police believe was the getaway driver in a murder last year in Johnstown’s Oakhurst neighborhood will face trial for his alleged role. Anthony “Mack” Harvey apparently had been on the losing end of a fistfight with the man who was later killed, a Johnstown police detective indicated at Harvey’s preliminary hearing [...]
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