Ebensburg News

“Residents there are in an uproar”

An Amish schoolhouse in Barr Township has unpermitted outhouses that are illegally emptied onto farm fields, sewage enforcement officials say. via The Tribune-Democrat

A Mineral Point man was arrested Wednesday by Ebensburg police on 10 counts of statutory rape and other charges, claiming he brought a 15-year-old North Carolina girl here and had sex with her. via The Tribune-Democrat

State police have released a photo from a surveillance tape of an attempted Portage robbery and are asking the public's help in identifying the suspect. via The Tribune-Democrat

A system of turnpikes provided most of the roads over which our ancestors traveled in southwestern Pennsylvania in the early 19th century. via PittsburghLIVE.com

Though the Butler County jurors hearing a capital murder case against Joseph W. Clark said they're stalemated, the judge around 6:30 p.m. Friday ordered them to return to deliberate one more day, Saturday. via The Tribune-Democrat

MHS To Host District Chorus Festival This Friday, Saturday via Fulton County News

An Ebensburg man has been charged by Summerhill Township police with sexually assaulting a boy more than three years ago. via The Tribune-Democrat

State police accident reconstructionists have been called to investigate Friday's fatal crash that killed a former Northern Cambria school board member. via The Tribune-Democrat

“She's only in sixth-grader and young, so it's a great accomplishment.”

Dorothea Oller said that she when she's spelling a word, she goes through it in chunks and tries to think if she's ever seen it before. via The Tribune-Democrat

“Our investigation showed it was not just the West End, but reached into the Ebensburg area of central Cambria County”

A major drug ring operating out of Johnstown's Oakhurst section has been broken up, and a large stash of crack cocaine and marijuana was seized, District Attorney Patrick Kiniry said Friday. via The Tribune-Democrat

Traffic accident closes Nicktown road The Tribune-Democrat NICKTOWN - A ongoing winter storm that began early Friday morning has contributed to a possible fatal two-vehicle crash that closed Nicktown Hill Road ... via The Tribune-Democrat

The borough's new tennis center has been so popular since its opening in August that another instructor is being hired. via The Tribune-Democrat

“The incident occurred while he was joking around with one of the wrestlers”

Thursday, January 31, 2008; Page E02 A high school wrestling coach in Ebensburg, Pa., accused of biting a wrestler in the leg has agreed to resign rather than face possible criminal charges, police said. via The Washington Post

“It's important to the businesses in those blocks and to visitors to the courthouse who have wrestled for years with where to park”

Steps are being taken toward the long-awaited demolition of a fire-damaged building in downtown Ebensburg to make way for badly needed parking spaces. via The Tribune-Democrat

Police concerned over missing Portage man The Tribune-Democrat PORTAGE - State police at Ebensburg have issued an alert for a missing 28-year-old disabled Portage man who was last seen around 2 p.m. Friday. via The Tribune-Democrat

The Tribune-Democrat : A former employee of a Pizza Hut in Ebensburg, Pa., was arrested after she allegedly used credit card information of restaurant customers to make $6,700 in fraudulent charges. via Pizza Marketplace

Students from three Cambria County schools will be participating in district mock trial competition for the Statewide Mock Trial Championships. via The Tribune-Democrat

'Foreign' Is Not A Dirty Word - a Jan 24 Commentary by Todd Malan for the Commonwealth Foundation By Todd Malan In the debate over leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike, it's about time people stopped using the ... via The Bud Angst Report

A masked black man armed with a hundgun got away with an undisclosed amount of money early today in a robbery at the Comfort Inn along Route 22 in Cambria Township. via The Tribune-Democrat

“After questioning (Roush), the officer found out she was an employee of Pizza Hut in Ebensburg”

A Mineral Point woman was placed in Cambria County Prison after Jackson Township police said she had used customer credit-card accounts to make $6,700 in charges via the Internet. via The Tribune-Democrat