PUNXSUTAWNEY — National Weather Service meteorologist Jared Rackley, stressed the importance last week of weather spotters, calling them the first line of defense when severe weather threatens.
DuBois Area School District Business Manager Jeanette Buriak presented a 2019-2020 proposed final budget to the board at Thursday’s work session, a non-voting meeting.
REYNOLDSVILLE — The Reynoldsville Borough Council acted last week to apply for a grant to renovate the community pool.
RIDGWAY — Ridgway DECA students have been breaking barriers this year, earning top places in district and state competitions. At the end of the month, they’ll go international.
BROCKWAY — The German-American Partnership Program (GAPP) gives a group of German exchange students a chance to experience what American life is like, focusing on such activities as visiting New York City, high school, Easter, shopping, and petting a chicken.
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BROCKWAY — A 46-year-old Brockway teacher was arrested Wednesday on 105 counts of possession and dissemination of child pornography and the sexual exploitation of children.
BROCKWAY — A 46-year-old Brockway teacher was arrested Wednesday on 105 counts of possession and dissemination of child pornography and the sexual exploitation of children.
DuBOIS — District Judge Patrick N. Ford of DuBois presided over preliminary hearings and other proceedings April 12.
FALLS CREEK — DuBois-based state police are investigating headstones being knocked over in Taylor Memorial Cemetery in Falls Creek.
A 42-year-old Sykesville man has been charged in connection with an assault on a woman at a Sandy Township convenience store in April of last year, according to a criminal complaint filed at D…
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DuBOIS — To say the Brookville softball program has struggled against DuBois over the years would be an understatement, but for the the second time in three seasons the Lady Raiders made the trip up Interstate 80 and stunned the Lady Beavers on their home field.
DuBOIS — Despite a fairly good start, the DuBois Area High School boys’ volleyball team just couldn’t put together enough momentum to score a second victory over Bishop Guilfoyle as it fell to…
DuBOIS — St. Marys swept the three doubles matches to secure a 4-3 victory on the road over DuBois Thursday afternoon.
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BROOKVILLE — For the Brookville Raiders baseball team, it was a case of how one finishes a game being the most important factor in a game.
ALCOA — The Brockway baseball team rode the bat and right arm of senior Tyler Serafini to an 11-1, 5-inning victory at Redbank Valley Thursday.
National Travel and Tourism Week 2019 will be celebrated the week of Sunday, May 5, through Saturday, May 11. Festivities are planned in observance of the week to celebrate Clearfield County’s “Hidden Treasures.”
CURWENSVILLE — A project that has been held in Curwensville for the past several years has been expanded to surrounding municipalities.
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
Another week of moves in baseball and softball highlight this week's WDEL/ESPN930 Delaware High School rankings.
Concord's Cade Pfander drove in two runs as Concord baseball completed a 2-team doubleheader sweep with a 3-2 win over A.I. duPont.
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CLINTON, Iowa (AP) -- John Jones and Logan Farrar scored on an error in the eighth inning to help the Beloit Snappers secure a 5-4 victory over the Clinton LumberKings on Monday.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Bryce Harper bolted from the bench to angrily confront the plate umpire after being ejected, and it took three members of the Philadelphia Phillies to hold back the enraged slu…
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dexter Fowler had four-hit game in six years, hitting his first home run this season and driving in four runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Milwaukee Brewers 13-5 o…
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pirates reliever Nick Burdi left in tears with a right arm injury, a chilling low point for Pittsburgh in a 12-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Jake Lemoine and three other pitchers combined for a shutout as the Frisco RoughRiders topped the Arkansas Travelers 4-0 on Monday.
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SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 22, 2019--Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced digital component solutions, today announced an industry-leading enhancement to its mid-power LED package – the LM301H – for horticulture applications, such as greenhouse and vertical…
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 22, 2019--NextDecade Corporation (NextDecade) (NASDAQ: NEXT) announced today that it has received bid packages from each of Bechtel Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Inc. (Bechtel) and Fluor Corporation (Fluor), two of the global LNG market’s leading engineering, procure…
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 22, 2019--Paradox, the leading Assistive Intelligence platform for talent acquisition and talent experience, announces the launch of a new product, Olivia Hire for Retail & Restaurant.
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 22, 2019--Following its successful service launch, Onchain Custodian (ONC), the digital asset custodian backed by Sequoia, Fosun and DHVC, announces the on-boarding of its first customers and the establishment of important partnerships.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles when we might actually see them carrying passengers in every city, and you'll get an almost universal an…
Fourth-year Homer-Center track and cross country coach Brandon Payne can’t seem to stand still for very long.
Jody Rainey, principal of Homer-Center High School, admits his viewpoint on academics might sound to some a little radical for an educator.
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Organ donation is probably the furthest thing from your mind … unless you’re on a wait list for an organ replacement. Then it becomes literally a matter of life and death.
Speech — even in this age of social media — is still humanity's most important means of communication. The spoken word is the way the vast majority of people on our planet express their wants and needs.
Members of the Bennetts Valley Senior Center held their monthly Birthday Bash in March. The afternoon was spent playing Left Right Center, scat and socializing. The March honorees, Gerry Quickel and Gail Arrowood, received many well wishes and a great Happy Birthday tribute sung by their man…
Pictured are Landon Buchanan, 11, and his father Justin, presenting a check to Sharon Pearce of “Women at the Well Ministries” in Corsica. Landon raised funds through a Golden Gloves boxing tournament, held March 16 in DuBois, to donate to the faith-based organization.
The St. Marys Rotary Club recognized Baird Bankovic and Nathan Caggiano for their work and help with the club’s auction held this past February. Baird and Nathan were presented with Walmart gift cards. Bankovic and Caggiano are pictured with Rotarian Vern Kreckel III and club President Betty…
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on a series of town halls with five 2020 Democratic presidential candidates (all times local):
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The fight for the direction of the Democratic Party played out in prime time on Monday as some of the party's leading presidential contenders debated health care, college debt and whether President Donald Trump should be impeached.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles when we might actually see them carrying passengers in every city, and you'll get an almost universal an…
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The leader of an armed group that has been detaining asylum-seeking families from Central America near the Mexican border said two years ago that he was training supporters to assassinate Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and billionaire Democratic supporter George Soros,…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea confirmed Tuesday that leader Kim Jong Un will soon visit Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin in a summit that comes at a crucial moment for tenuous diplomacy meant to rid the North of its nuclear arsenal.
PIJIJIAPAN, Mexico (AP) — Mexican police and immigration agents detained hundreds of Central American migrants Monday in the largest single raid on a migrant caravan since the groups started moving through Mexico last year.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Volodymyr Zelenskiy's landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election has thrust a comedian and political novice into the middle of the most dangerous flashpoint between Moscow and the West since the end of the Cold War.
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Tensions escalated in Sudan on Monday after talks broke down between protesters and the country's military rulers, who called for the reopening of roads blocked by sit-ins established during the uprising that drove President Omar al-Bashir from power.
A common greeting on Christmas cards and other notes might say, “Another year has passed and here we are again!” In our case, that very thing has passed – another year has passed … since we celebrated our wedding anniversary the last time. Evelyn and I were married on the 4th of April and th…
What makes a memory take hold and stay with us? Over the years I’ve talked to people who remember what they were doing when JFK was killed. I’m not talking about people who were adults at that time but those who were children such as I. I was a toddler then and no I don’t remember where I wa…
With warmer weather more people are on the move – walking, jogging, running, etc. Many of us want to lose some weight before summer and short season arrives and still others need to watch what they eat for medical reasons.
A team I was on won a trivia contest the other week. I mean, I love the idea of trivia – my head is full of useless knowledge and trivia is a chance to bring that out. This event has inspired me to write a column about little-known facts.
