Friedens News

It took almost 54 years, but Pennsylvania state Trooper Stephen R. Gyurke, who was killed in the line of duty, now has a bridge named after him.

Britta Musser, 18, is finding her roots one distant relative at a time. The Somerset Area High School senior has been tracing her family line all the way back to their arrival to earliest days of the nation.

Jeff and Lisa Richards watched in shock from across the street as flames darted from the windows of their newly remodeled two-story home in Lavansville Sunday morning.

FRIEDENS, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Department of State has named a longtime southwestern Pennsylvania polling place its first "Keystone of Democracy." The department, which oversees elections, on Wednesday gave the designation to the Election House in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, about 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Nearly a year after Friedens and Sipesville elementary schools saw the last groups of students walk out of their doors, the buildings have found new life through two new owners.