Markleysburg News

In Mayberry, N.C., when Floyd the barber learned the vacationing visitor was from Pennsylvania, he asked if he knew where Coopersburg was.

Junior Williams was busy with cooking 5,000 pounds of potatoes that Susie Marietta, at left, was slicing into home fries the day before the start of the famous Ohiopyle Buckwheat pancake breakfast that began Friday.

High winds propelling a cold front southeast over the Great Lakes region early Monday pushed trees and wires down onto numerous roadways throughout the area "The winds are strong, it will stay windy tonight and, because of that, it will be colder tomorrow," said National Weather Service meteorologist Brad Rehak.

The body of a Perryopolis man believed to have drowned Monday afternoon was recovered Wednesday morning in Youghiogheny Dam Reservoir in Somerset County.

Authorities are investigating the reported drowning Monday of an unidentified man at Yough Dam Reservoir in Somerset County.

Paul Paterra can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6220. A Fayette County man has been identified as the drowning victim divers are searching for at Yough Dam Reservoir in Somerset County, authorities said today.

A Uniontown man was killed last night when the motorcycle he was operating struck the rear of another vehicle in Fayette County.

The UFo Race Championship tour, featuring dirt late models, makes its first appearance today at Lernerville Speedway for the "Lunarville 33." Tonight's 33-lap race features a grand prize of $2,000 and kicks off a huge weekend for local late model drivers.

The UFo Race Championship tour, featuring dirt late models, makes its first appearance today at Lernerville Speedway for the "Lunarville 33." Tonight's 33-lap race features a grand prize of $2,000 and kicks off a huge weekend for local late model drivers.

State police said two Markleysburg teens were walking through the parking lot from Lowe's to Super Kmart at 12:20 p.m. Friday when they were approached by two black men who asked if they could make change for a $10 bill.

A black bear was struck by a vehicle and killed Sunday in Fayette County, said Fayette 911.

Paul Paterra can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6220. A Fayette County woman has been charged with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence for causing a three-vehicle crash last month in Henry Clay that killed a Somerset County woman.

Investigators in Somerset County are looking into a fatal fire in Addison Township.

One person died in a fire that destroyed a trailer in Somerset County early Sunday, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.