Houtzdale News

State Rep. Camille "Bud" George, D-74 of Houtzdale, today said a Philipsburg firm will reclaim a mine abandoned in Morris Township more than 40 years ago.

State police in Clearfield announced that a marijuana growing operation was found at the scene of a structure fire that occurred in late October.

Six of seven SCI-Houtzdale inmates accused of assaulting guards had a joint preliminary hearing on Friday.

State Rep. Camille "Bud" George, D-74 of Houtzdale, said work should begin in early December to clean up the abandoned Lake Street mine in Bradford Township.

Manno said the event is open to children from pre-kindergarten to grade four. agreed to donate $100 to Clearfield County Children and Youth Services and to pay the $176 fee to the Pennsylvania State Borough's Association for dues.

Two children and one adult were injured in an automobile accident over the weekend.

A Clarendon man incarcerated in state prison in Houtzdale, Pa., was held for further court proceedings on Tuesday in Warren County for allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy on multiple occasions.

Winners of the 2009 Clearfield County Fair Hershey's Cocoa Classic Chocolate Cake Baking Contest, Hershey's Cocoa Classic Cookie, Brownie or Bar Baking Contest, PEQAP Angel Food Cake Contest and the Blue Ribbon Apple Pie Contest are eligible for competition at the 2010 PA Farm Show.

Two critical budget bills passed the Pennsylvania House Wednesday, but on the eve of the budget impasse's 100th day disputes remained over proposals to drill for gas on state land and tax table games at casinos.

The first time State Rep. Camille "Bud" George had to wrestle with a Pennsylvania budget, Ed Rendell was a political unknown, more than two years shy of winning his first election in Philadelphia.

State police at Clearfield No injuries were reported in a one-vehicle accident Tuesday in the Glendale Sportsman's Club parking lot in Jordan Township when Byrone Reese of Houtzdale backed his vehicle and it struck a parked vehicle.

State Rep. Camille "Bud" George, D-74 of Houtzdale, said he was notified that the Clearfield-Lawrence Township Airport has been approved for $243,750 in federal and state grants to expand and improve the facility's apron.

A 28-year-old Houtzdale man who has been accused of furnishing alcohol and then fondling two girls waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Wednesday at the Clearfield County Jail.

After 101 years of being a family owned and operated business, Fullington Trail-ways has announced it has entered into an agreement to sell a controlling interest in the company to a French transit company, Ratp Dev.

State police at Clearfield The investigation continues in an assault yesterday between two inmates at the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale.

A social service office that handled assistance requests from more than 1,400 households in Centre County last year closed Tuesday because of this year's state budget impasse, agency and county officials said.

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.

F or a temporary escape from the hard-knock times, look no further than the "Artists in Our Midst" exhibit at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona.

An 18-year-old Philipsburg woman testified Wednesday that she was just walking her bike on a sidewalk near Presquiesle Street in Philipsburg July 23, trying to get to a friend's home, when a man named "Jim" abducted her and took her to a wooded area where he raped her.

State police in Clearfield announced the arrest of a Houtzdale man for allegedly forging pre scri ptions.