Claysburg News

The owner of a Claysburg-area logging company was sent to prison for at least four years and ordered to make almost $500,000 in restitution to property owners who say he took their timber but never paid for it.

Two state officials traveling the state to gain insight and raise public awareness on food in the commonwealth issues brought their tour to Bedford, Blair and Centre counties today.

A judge says a central Pennsylvania man must leave the timber business for life, and sentenced him to four to nine years in prison for stealing timber or the proceeds from it from his customers.

A state appeals court has upheld a Blair County Court decision requiring a Claysburg couple to tap into the Greenfield Township Municipal Authority's water system.

Two Blair County Prison inmates face new charges in an attempt to pass drugs concealed in a deodorant container.

Those who attended Sunday's natural gas and drilling workshop were asked to sign a petition requesting laws to protect consumers and their property rights.

Locations and hours for food banks in Blair County: 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday 9 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday; 6 to 8 p.m. on the third Thursday of ...

Matt Shaffer is the new coordinator of Judicial Residential Education for Clarion University.

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of five stories on each of the businesses being inducted this year into the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame.

Blair County logger Francis I. Ritchey will be permitted to remain out of jail on bail until his scheduled November sentencing, according to a decision late Monday by Judge Tim Sullivan.

Robert E. Stuart of Falls Creek reported a burglary took place at his camp along Firebreak Road in Pine Township between Thursday and yesterday when someone used a blunt object to pry open the front entrance, ...

The brother of Debra K. Trenkle of Hollidaysburg is disputing the possibility that his sister committed suicide last month by consuming antifreeze while working at Wyland's Garage near Claysburg.

The autopsy of a Hollidaysburg woman who died after being found unconscious inside a Claysburg garage last month showed she had a substantial amount of antifreeze in her body.

The owner of a Claysburg-area logging company was found guilty Thursday of 20 charges, including the theft of almost $400,000 worth of timber from local properties.

Dunnings Highway in Claysburg was partially closed Monday afternoon following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection with Oakdale Road in Greenfield Township.

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 ...