Coalport News

State police in Clearfield reported a robbery that occurred at a Coalport business early Tuesday morning.

The Coalport Area Coal Museum will host guest speaker Robin Lighty from the PA Bureau of Mine Reclamation on Tuesday, October 27th at 7:00 PM at the Coalport Community Building.

This small northeastern Cambria County town near the Blair County border swelled with pride Saturday as residents held Operation Welcome Home to pay tribute to six area Pennsylvania Army National Guard soldiers who returned in September from Iraq.

State police at Clearfield Gary Hess of Mahaffey reported someone damaged his mailbox between 9 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. yesterday.

State Rep. Camille "Bud" George, D-74 of Houtzdale, said that the Beccaria-Coalport-Irvona Municipal Authority has been awarded $175,000 for waterline extension work in the Village of Tubbs Crossing, Bigler Twp.

State police at Clearfield Yesterday, police apprehended four illegal aliens following a traffic violation on Interstate 80 in Bradford Township.

The investigation continues into a burglary that happened on Blackburn Road in Bigler Township yesterday.

The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program provides eligible, older citizens of Pennsylvania with free vouchers worth twenty dollars to purchase fruits and vegetables at registered Farmers Markets.

The Fall deadline for the Clearfield County Recreation and Tourism Authority Tourism Promotion Assistance Grant is Oct.

Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging, Inc. and Clearfield Colonial Courtyard staff gathered together recently to plan for their Summer Celebration.

A state House bill that would charge municipalities lacking police departments $156 annually for each resident to cover the cost of state police protection is so unpopular, it may necessitate police protection at upcoming municipal meetings.

Once again the Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging, Inc., in cooperation with the PA Department of Agriculture, will be distributing Farmer Market Nutrition Program food vouchers.

According to Charlie McQuown, deputy chief, Reade Fire Co., he went past the barn at about 9:45 p.m. and nothing was showing, but about 45 minutes later it was fully engulfed.

A 69-year-old Coalport man's residence was burglarized sometime between 11 a.m. May 15 and 7 p.m. Saturday, the Clearfield State Police reported.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, police responded to a report of a burglary at the Osceola Hotel on May 16.

Four people accused of breaking into the Osceola Hotel were scheduled to appear at Centralized Court on Wednesday.

In conjunction with the Morris-Cooper Regional Police Department, troopers conducted "Operation My Safe Prom Night" in the West Branch area.

Troopers are investigating an incident of disorderly conduct Friday at the Winburne firehall when someone used their vehicle to throw stones at another vehicle driven by an 18-year-old man.

A pair of Amish families have been evicted from their homes for failing to follow a judge's order to get their properties' sewage systems into compliance.