Claysburg News

Though a long-awaited lighting project began months ago, the walking trail at Johnstown's Roxbury Park remains dark.

The residents of Claysburg, PA got angry because police killed a bear in their neighborhood .

Awakened from his slumber, with the front of his family's SUV smashed in and a baseball game to get to, 9-year-old Jerrett Imler cared only about one thing: Was the bear OK? A black bear had charged out from ...

The state Game Commission is investigating the shooting death of a bear by police in Blair County.

RYAN DOYLE FILLS IN FOR JIM RICHARDS ALL WEEK MONDAY JUNE 23RD, 2008 Ryan says you should never send food back when ordering at a restaurant Man to sue cops for early morning wake-up call Ryan says the bear cub ...

CLAYSBURG, Pa. -- From Rex's gas station, where a stuffed bear greets visitors at the window with a sign around its neck saying 'Please do not shoot,' to Shenanigan's Bar, across the street from the scene, this ...

The state Game Commission is investigating the shooting death of a bear by police in Blair County.

A Blair County man has pleaded guilty to stealing timber or the proceeds from it and not paying state income taxes from 2003 to 2005.

Overcast, 27F, feels like 15F, wind is from the southeast at 15 gusting to 25 mph, visibility is less than 1 mile SUNDAY: The Mahoning Medical Center is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and three doctors have ... via Indiana Gazette Online

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PennDOT said Friday that, beginning next week, weather permitting, work will begin on the Scalp Avenue signal improvements project in Richland Township and Geistown Borough. via The Tribune-Democrat

We can't figure out what was going on in the mind of Richard Way Jr. as his Ford Mustang careened down a mountain. via Autoblog

“None of us are trying to do music for a living, so we never let music interfere with more important things like family and work”

Holy smokes ... it's the blues.

Classic rock and blues fans are in for a treat as local band Holy Smoke Blues takes the stage today at Blue Knob Ski Resort in Claysburg and New Year's Eve at the First Night State College celebration.

Formerly called Anthony Stauffer and the Holy Smoke, Holy Smoke Blues is a blues and classic rock group that has played in the central Pennsylvania area with its current lineup since the spring.

'Our overall sound resembles guitar-driven artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan, ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd, but we've also got a great keyboard-organ player that rounds out our style quite a bit,' vocalist and lead guitarist Stauffer said. 'We put a lot of energy into our music and try to give each crowd a great show.' Read more

A Claysburg man is facing criminal charges after what police say was a scheme to fake the theft and destruction of his own vehicle. via Consumer Fraud

Agents from the Attorney General's Insurance Fraud Section have filed criminal charges against a Blair County man accused of filing false police reports and insurance claims after allegedly staging the theft of ... via Attorneygeneral.gov

A man pushed his Ford Mustang down a mountain as part of a scheme to claim it was stolen, authorities said.

Richard Way Jr., 28, pushed the car down an embankment along Wopsy Mountain in Blair County last year, then reported it had been stolen from the parking lot of a hot dog restaurant, the Pennsylvania attorney general's office said.

Way, of Claysburg, was arraigned last week on charges of filing false police reports, theft and insurance fraud.

A cousin, Travis Knox, told police he saw Way remove stereo equipment from the Mustang and was asked to help push the car off a cliff, according to the arrest affidavit. Knox said he refused to help, and told investigators that Way confessed the crime to him a few days later. Read more

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Fast Fingers Yield Big Prizes In Some Circles Thirteen-year-old Morgan Pozgar of Claysburg, Pa., has been named the LG National Texting Champion. via Twice