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DuBOIS — Volunteering may not have been part of Manda Shaw’s life while growing up, but her husband, Chris J. Shaw, modeled it to her, said 2018 Silver Ribbon Committee Chairwoman Claudia “Coo…
DuBOIS — DuBois Area Middle School students will miss the second consecutive day of school Friday due to concerns about indoor air quality and mold, according to the DuBois Area School Distric…
DuBOIS — Manda Shaw, this year’s recipient of the 2018 Greater DuBois Chamber of Commerce’s annual Silver Ribbon Award, believes that every person has a gift, a skill or an ability they can share.
DuBOIS — The DuBois City Council authorized Manager John “Herm” Suplizio, at Thursday’s work session, to send a letter to state Sen. Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, about a possible project to recon…
BROOKVILLE — Two former nursing home aides accused of abusing two residents of Laurelbrooke Landing were sentenced to time in the Jefferson County Jail Wednesday.
KERSEY — Local and state officials honored 132 Elk County voters who were inducted into the Pennsylvania Voter Hall of Fame at a ceremony Thursday at the Fox Township Firemen’s Club in Kersey.
DuBOIS — Divorce Care, a 13 week support group program, is set to begin Sept. 27 and continue Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. at the Tri County Church of God on Old Route 255.
FALLS CREEK — Two contests were held in August to attract email contacts via the DuBois Regional Airport’s website and Facebook page, according to Marketing Committee Chairman Joe Varacallo.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — Members of a Jefferson County organization are dedicated to making the Punxsutawney community the best place it can be for the people living and visiting there.
FALLS CREEK — The Falls Creek Borough Municipal Authority will be flushing water hydrants in the Red Mill Section on Tuesday, Sept. 25 and in the borough on Wednesday, Sept. 26.
ST MARYS — St. Marys native Jim Baumgratz stirred up a community full of spooky stories and lurking legends when he released his very first book this summer.
DuBOIS — A proposal by the Treasure Lake Property Owners’ Association to build a new comfort center at the Cayman Landing Campground moved forward Monday night with the approval of a lot conso…
DuBOIS — Sandy Township police officers have been busy training recently, Officer-in-Charge Sgt. Kris Kruzelak told the supervisors at Monday’s meeting.
DuBOIS — The City of DuBois has received a $423,169 Pennsylvania Small Water and Sewer Program grant, according to state Sen. Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — An upcoming event at the Punxsutawney Community Center will showcase local businesses and give job seekers the chance to explore future options.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Shanin Specter, who met his wife playing squash, said his late father loved the racket sport so much that he often joked that nothing on his crowded U.S. Senate schedule was as significant as his daily hour on the court.
ARNOLD, Pa. (AP) — Mackinly "Mack" Adams avoids the sun at all costs.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — At 86 years old, Bill Priatko jump-starts every workday with a vigorous three-mile walk and 155 Marine-style pushups, getting energized for another five-hour shift working th…
FORTY FORT, Pa. (AP) — Customers entering REDCON Tactical Simulation Training in Forty Fort never know what to expect when they walk through the door.
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Outside The Bon-Ton, a clerk in a blousy Oxford shirt and dark gray slacks takes a few last drags of his cigarette on the second-to-last day he'll serve customers here.
BROOKVILLE — Two former nursing home aides accused of abusing two residents of Laurelbrooke Landing were sentenced to time in the Jefferson County Jail Wednesday.
DuBOIS — District Judge Patrick N. Ford of DuBois presided over preliminary hearings and other proceedings Friday.
CLEARFIELD — Donald J. Wise, 29, of Williamsburg, who was found with two stolen handguns, had all charges bound over to court following a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge …
CLEARFIELD — A Morrisdale couple arrested for growing marijuana at their home waived their rights to preliminary hearings before Magisterial District Judge Jerome Nevling at Centralzied Court …
DuBOIS — Michael W. Miles, 40, DuBois, has been charged by DuBois City Police with a felony count of possession of a controlled substance, contraband/inmate and a misdemeanor count of intentio…
DuBOIS — If Thursday night’s Brookville-DuBois Central Catholic volleyball match had been a prize fight, the Lady Cardinals would have been on the verge of a 10-count and a knockout loss.
Another week down for the Tri-County Area teams, as all 11 are back in action again for Week 4 this week as they near the midpoint of the season.
BROCKWAY — We’re now a month into the high school football season, with that opening four-game stretch setting the stage for some key matchups over the second-half of the year.
DuBOIS — The 12th Annual DuBois Area Golf Tournament was held Wednesday at Treasure Lake’s Silver Course, and despite wet conditions, some of the top boys and girls golfers from this half of t…
DuBOIS — A late-overtime goal led Brookville to a 2-1 victory over DuBois Central Catholic Wednesday.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 21, 2018--Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) from October 25, 2013 through September 18, 2018, inclusive (the “Class Period”). Th…
CINGAPURA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--set 21, 2018--A Afton Chemical Corporation, líder global no mercado de lubrificantes e aditivos para combustíveis, anunciou hoje a conclusão da expansão da Fase II de sua fábrica de aditivos químicos na Ilha Jurong, em Cingapura. Este acontecimento foi marcado pel…
FREIBURG, Alemania--(BUSINESS WIRE)--sep. 21, 2018--El consejo de supervisión de Jedox AG, proveedor líder de software de inteligencia empresarial y planificación empresarial, nombró a Florian Winterstein para el cargo de gerente general, que ejercerá a partir del 2 de octubre de 2018. Este …
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago commodities trading firm has agreed to pay a $1.5 penalty after admitting to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission it created and instantly canceling fake orders to induce favorable transactions.
SINGAPUR--(BUSINESS WIRE)--sep. 21, 2018--Afton Chemical Corporation, un líder mundial en el mercado de lubricantes y aditivos para combustible, anunció hoy la finalización de la expansión fase II de su planta de fabricación de aditivos químicos ubicada en la Isla Jurong (Singapur). Este hit…
Jonathan “Jon” Levitt spent the last years of his promising young life battling the grips of a merciless addiction to opioids. Jon was an attractive and athletic young man. He excelled in sports, particularly hockey, was academically successful throughout his high school years, with a particular fondness for history, and was a gifted artist. By all accounts, Jon was the son most people dream of raising.
Flavorings used in e-cigarettes harm blood vessel cells in a way that could trigger future heart damage, according to a study published recently in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.
The dilemma is all too familiar: It’s Monday morning, and you walk into your office to see someone has left a big box of donuts in the break room. Then, your coworker tells you there will be cake later, for yet another birthday celebration.
SPEAK OUT!® and LOUD Crowd® therapy program for individuals with Parkinson’s disease now at Thompson
Since he was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2002, Dr. John Paul has done whatever he can to assure others in the community have the knowledge and resources they need to deal with the progressive neurological disease.
Research shows certain risk factors can increase the chances of developing cancer. Some of these factors, such as tobacco use, can be controlled. Others, like age and family history, are beyond our control, so F.F. Thompson Hospital is now offering cancer genetic testing to empower patients in minimizing risk.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fight for the House majority is over.
ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) — Law enforcement officials said Friday they might never know the motive for a female shooter's violent rampage that killed three people and wounded three at a sprawling Maryland warehouse before she turned the gun on herself. It's little consolation for grieving relatives…
DALLAS (AP) — The surprisingly close U.S. Senate race in Texas is growing more combative, and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Congressman Beto O'Rourke are staking their chances on two sharply different visions of America.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says 20 wounded in attack on military parade in Ahvaz.
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russia will be the elephant in the room as Pope Francis begins a four-day visit to the Baltics amid renewed alarm about Moscow's intentions in the region it has twice occupied.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state television says gunmen have attacked a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, killing and wounding several people.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state television says gunmen open fire on military parade in Ahvaz, causing casualties.
