Nanty Glo News

BY JANICE RAINEY JRAINEY@TRIBDEM.COM St. Michael Roman Catholic Church has begun a Stephen Ministry, which allows it to reach out to more people with one-to-one Christian care.

It's been known as an almshouse, a poorhouse - and once was home to a sprawling farm where inmates sowed crops to earn their keep.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM Five veterans of Johnstown's music scene have united to form an energized group they call Fuse.

Fourteen area soldiers received a hero's welcome Tuesday evening when they arrived home after serving a tour of duty in Iraq.

A Nanty Glo police officer has been charged with illegally recording a conversation between two fellow police officers.

Mother Nature dumped 2 to 7 inches of snow throughout most of the region Wednesday morning - and if that alone wasn't a sign winter is almost here, the chilling temperatures expected through Friday night just might.

BY JANICE RAINEY JRAINEY@TRIBDEM.COM Light House Morning Star Ministries, Route 240, Cherry Tree, will sponsor a weekend In-Gatheringtoday and Sunday with John and Rebecca Polis of Fairmont, W.Va. The program will begin at 10 a.m. today with praise and worship and two sessions of Bible teaching.

Police rounding up suspects were able to tally an additional arrest in each of two recent drug sweeps, thanks to the suspects' actions.

Three Cambria County woman, including two sisters, were arrested Wednesday and face felony charges of distributing tens of thousands of dollars worth of prescription pills in small communities in much of the county.

The Jeannette School District can proceed with the sale of the property where Jeannette Middle School once stood.

Linda Hardin of Nanty Glo gives a thyroid doctor credit for her surviving breast cancer.

A Nanty Glo family escaped injury Sunday after their home caught fire. A state police fire marshal is investigating what started the 10:30 a.m. fire at 1060 Vine St.

BY JANICE RAINEY JRAINEY@TRIBDEM.COM A spiritual revival will be held at 10:30 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. today and at 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Belmont United Methodist Church, 107 Coldren St., Johnstown.

The Labor Day holiday afternoon was marred by reports of an attempted kidnapping on Caldwell Avenue, borough police said.

If you have a dream, go for it and make it a reality. That's exactly what Cathy Homer and her husband, Mike Mahalko, did when they decided - despite some people calling them crazy - to build a medieval castle and call it home.

From Sept. 15 to Dec. 5, the University Museum at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will host the exhibit "A Walk Through Time: Pennsylvania Coal Culture, Featuring the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company Collection." A reception, free and open to the community, will be held at the museum at 6 p.m. Sept.

Jackson Township police Officer Kenneth Smith said he was just doing his duty. His boss said he did much more.

The Nanty Glo First BaptistChurch located along at Second Street in the borough is holding Bible school from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. through Friday.

The following have been sentenced in Cambria County Court on guilty pleas to criminal charges : James Joseph Ardary, 52, 200 block of Sell Street, Johnstown, receiving stolen property.

Paul Lehman of Boswell has a doctorate in plant pathology, but on Saturday, at a celebration of the 175th anniversary of the opening of the Allegheny Portage Railroad, he confessed that apprenticing himself as a primitive woodworker sounded appealing.