Loretto News

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM Singer-songwriter Carole King is enjoying a resurgence and Cresson Lake Playhouse in Loretto is hoping to capitalize on this icon's popularity.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM This summer, the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art will celebrate 30 Sun-Sational Years of its annual gala.

Charles Schwab is an industrialist who has ties to the Lehigh Valley area. Schwab, born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Loretto, Pennsylvania, was president of Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, Lehigh ...

Five people were placed in the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program Wednesday.

Classes in the fundamentals of acting and dance will begin in September at Cresson Lake Playhouse, 279 Shapiro Road, Loretto.

Less than a week after appointing a new dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs, Lebanon Valley College is looking for another one.

Vale Wood Farms celebrated 75 years of producing and selling milk to generations of customers in the region with hay rides, children's games and a cow-milking contest won by a Cambria County commissioner.

Rainy weather has delayed the start of the paving season for PennDOT crews in Cambria and Somerset counties, where more than $3 million will be spent to upgrade secondary state-owned roads through fall.

One Butler County community is responding to rising gasoline prices by letting some of its employees work four-day weeks.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM Men of faith will learn how to interact with others at an annual men's conference.

The Community Foundation of Fayette County will oversee distribution of a state arts grant this year for Fayette, Washington and Greene counties.

Local students receive credit union scholarships GROVE CITY -- Grove City Area Federal Credit Union has given $500 scholarships to: * Emily Robinson of Grove City, a senior at California University of ...

The day of campaigning had barely begun and Hillary Rodham Clinton was already eyeing the whiskey.

Disposition is pending. Matthew Lonas, 25, 100 block of Cooper Avenue, Johnstown, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault , and criminal mischief. via The Tribune-Democrat

“There is a possibility of economic improvement heading east, it will be much easier in access and once the work is all done it's going to be a safer highway”

Imagine a trip to a Steelers' game, the Phipps Conservatory or the Pittsburgh International Airport taking little more than an hour. via The Tribune-Democrat

“We've been fortunate for a long time, for whatever reasons, to able to connect to people who care about what we do. It means something that they can reflect upon that.”

In Italian, "penny on the floor" translates as "centismo sul la pavimento." But Clarks guitarist Rob James isn't too worried how the band's repertoire -- including their "Penny on the Floor" song -- will be ... via PittsburghLIVE.com

“The focus of our program is to educate students in areas of physical health, environmental conservation and safety issues”

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM Cresson Lake Playhouse opens its 34th season with the seventh annual Children's Theater Educational Festival. via The Tribune-Democrat

In addition to Ellis Paul's shows, the Night Eagle Cafe will host two other events this weekend: * From 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jim Donovan, founding drummer for roots-rock band Rusted Root, will offer his ... via Press & Sun-Bulletin

“I said that's what we were trying for”

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM This whodunit has two endings, and the audience will get to see both. via The Tribune-Democrat

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM Events Hot stuff The eighth annual United Methodist Men's Chili Cook-off will be held from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, 436 Vine St., downtown ... via The Tribune-Democrat