Effort News

Craig Smith is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-380-5646 or via e-mail. Growing up, Elaine Effort thought Tuskegee Airmen were everywhere.

Latinos in poor communities are among those who stand to benefit the most from the 2010 Census, and yet they are the group that is least likely to participate.

Brian Bumbarger said that in all likelihood, York County already has lots of different people working to prevent truancy and juvenile delinquency.

Two juvenile boys received knife wounds last night in a fight in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant on Route 209 in Monroe County, according to state police at Fern Ridge.

Either Justin Campbell can't stop pulling out a gun or police can't stop accusing him of doing so based on witness accounts.

A fire marshal will look for the cause of a fire that destroyed a garage and damaged the home attached to it.

Police are investigating the theft of several power tools from a trailer on Hickory Run Lane in Penn Forrest Township, Carbon County, between Jan.

You never know what a family pet might do. An Effort man reported the possible theft of four prescriptions.

An Effort man reported the possible theft of four prescriptions, including one for a powerful narcotic- although he admits his dog may have eaten them.

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The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, has allocated a total of 4,003,100 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine to Pennsylvania to date, said the state Department of Health.

AN argument led to shots fired Sunday afternoon in Monroe County. It happened at the UniMart near Effort.

State police arrested two men after witnesses reported shots fired outside a Chestnuthill Township gas station on Sunday evening.

9 Fort Dix Six plot hatched in Poconos At least five of the six people arrested in connection with the "Fort Dix Six" plot to attack the New Jersey Army base lived and trained in the Poconos.

Editor's note: This column features some of the high and low spots in recent news.

A string of three burglaries, one of which involve the theft of gold-colored Presidential coins, plagued the western section of Monroe County this morning.

Lelia Dowd of Effort has been waiting in a cold house for help with her heating bill since applying for government assistance in October.

In an effort to increase awareness of potential dangers associated with holiday traffic, the Pennsylvania State Police will participate in National Lifesaver Weekend, Dec.

Two Erie students will be among marshals for Penn State Behrend's fall commencement, coming up Friday at 6 p.m. in the Junker Center.

A motorcyclist who led police on a high-speed chase through parts of Hamilton Township Thursday night is cooling his wheels in jail.