Johnstown News

The United Way of the Laurel Highlands is opening an office in Somerset. The Tribune-Democrat newspaper in Johnstown said the announcement was made Tuesday at the agency's 2012 annual meeting in Johnstown.

A Memorial Day celebration took place at the Sandyvale Memorial Gardens in Johnstown.

Heavy lightning and rain were causing flash flooding and downed trees. A friend and I went to the top of the overlook of the Johnstown Inclined Plane to get some pictures.

Police say a Clearfield County woman is on the run after allegedly stabbing a man.

The title of "Pepperoni Roll Eating World Champion" will again be on the line during the 33rd Annual Three Rivers Festival in Marion County.

Martin Baker is one of the sucess stories of the defense industry in Johnstown. They are the world's leading manufacturer of ejection seats for jets and helecopters.

Three men waived their right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday before District Judge Susan Mankamyer in a case involving the throwing of propane tanks, flower pots and a television from an overpass onto traffic on Route 219.

A federal judge has sentenced an Ohio man to just over six years in prison after he and his wife pleaded guilty in a plot to ship money to a Mideast terrorist group.

The storied statue was swept away by the Great Flood of 1889 and dumped onto a debris pile at the Stone Bridge.

Kevin Gleason of Johnstown, Pa. won the featured sprint race at the Spring Vintage Weekend for the Pirelli Cayman Interseries Endurance Cup Championship Sunday at Road America.

The 22nd Annual Showcase for Commerce kicks off Tuesday afternoon in Johnstown. On Monday vendors began setting up their booths inside the Cambria County War Memorial.

Area farmers are predicting a bounce-back year for their crop harvests after suffering through one of the worst growing seasons in recent memory.

Sheriff's Deputy Dustin Weir escorts Samantha Jo Humbert into the Somerset County Jail Friday after a week-long hunt by the Sheriff's Office personnel.

A proposal for a Rockwood Amtrak station is gaining momentum through legislators' support, but borough council members are hoping to drive the train stop out of town.

A 25-year old Johnstown woman said she was rape and abused for years, until she had the courage to walk away.

The defense industry in Johnstown is gearing up for the 22nd annual Showcase for Commerce.

One of five men charged with throwing propane tanks, flower pots and a television from the Carpenters Park Road overpass onto traffic on Route 219 nearly a year ago showed up for a preliminary arraignment Monday.

Officers from the U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force in Cambria County arrested Bryant Grayson-Ward in Johnstown early Monday morning after a brief foot chase.

"It was just the idea of thinking of things we could do that didn't cost anything that would give us fresh ideas about problems that would come up, could come up or have come up in our work with council," he said.

The Cambria County A.B.A.T.E chapter is sponsoring its fourth annual motorcycle awareness event.