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Ripley Central School senior athletes Samantha Eimers and Trent Johnston were honored as the 2008 recipients of the Wallace L. Johnson Senior Athlete Award.

Ripley Central School senior athletes Samantha Eimers and Trent Johnston were honored as the 2008 recipients of the Wallace L. Johnson Senior Athlete Award.

Industrial employment in Pennsylvania dropped 1.2% over the last year according to the 2009 Pennsylvania Manufacturers Register published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc.

At its summer quarterly meeting yesterday, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission voted to allow anglers to fish in lakes and ponds approved as year-round trout waters without possessing a trout/salmon ...

Wendy was scared and confused in her new surroundings. She couldn't find food or shelter.

The circus is coming to Westfield next week. On Tuesday, July 22nd and Wednesday, July 23rd, the Kelly Miller Circus will be in Westfield at the North Lake Family Recreation Center for performances at 4:30 and ...

The 2008 Salem Grande Parade steps out at 6 p.m. July 19. Parade units will line up on North Union Avenue and East Sixth Street with a possibility of Highland Avenue being utilized as well.

The sun's been beating down on Erie for the last few days. And today's been the hottest, with barely a cloud in the sky.

On July 22 and 23, the Kelly Miller Circus will be in Westfield at the North Lake Family Recreation Center for performances at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. each day.

Got questions about the environment? Ask Umbra . Dear Umbra, My husband asked me this one the other day and I didn't know the answer, so I thought I'd ask an expert.

Editor's note: This column highlights some of the high and low spots in the recent news.

On this date in 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a statement announcing that the thirteen colonies were no longer part of the United Kingdom.

The 63rd Annual North East Firemen's Cherry Festival starts Tuesday, July 8 and runs through Saturday, July 12.

Two Planned Parenthood affiliates, including the one serving Centre County, will merge Tuesday to create an affiliate that will serve 19 counties in central and northern Pennsylvania.

Rising health care costs have prompted two Planned Parenthood agencies to merge.

The headline on an otherwise first rate story in the Post-Gazette Monday was: "Coal may hold solution to gas prices." The story was about technologies to convert coal to gasoline and diesel fuel.

Pillowcasegram & Other Things announces the June 12 opening of its new store at 3 W. Main Street, North East, Pa.

Before her daughter was born, Kelly Shubert of Fleetwood knew little about the Easter Seals Society except that it held a yearly radio-thon. But when her daughter Emma, now 9, was diagnosed with Rett syndrome, ...

It's a small group, but a church nonetheless. And the work of God is being done even in small numbers.

Two suspects in recent Philadelphia homicides were listed today on the Pennsylvania State Police's updated "10 most-wanted fugitive" list.