Port Matilda News

No injuries were reported following a single-vehicle accident at 11 a.m. Friday at the Weis Market parking lot in Rush Township.

A 61-year-old Howard woman was transported to the Mount Nittany Medical Center and treated for a head injury following an alcohol-related, single-vehicle accident at 2:25 a.m. Friday along state Route 3042 in Worth Township.

Janice Marie Wyland, 61, of Howard, lost control of her vehicle on state Route 3042 east of state Route 3040 after a deer ran onto the roadway at 2:25 a.m. Her car struck the guardrail and came to rest against a barrier.

It happened at 12:50 p.m. in a parking lot at 905 University Drive, according to a police report.

An incident of harassment occurred at approximately 7:57 p.m. Thursday at a North Front Street residence in Philipsburg Borough, Centre County.

Chase Lykens, 13, aimed down the handle of a bright orange hatchet Saturday, wound up, flicked his wrist and let the tomahawk fly.

As soon as the public memorial service for Joe Paterno replaced it Thursday on Bill Pickle's Tap Room's five flat-screen TVs, the bar hushed.

Penn State wrestling fans Gary Reed, left, of Huntingdon, Pa., and George Hoover, righ, of Port Matilda, Pa., applaud after a moment of silence in honor of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno before a wrestling match against Iowa, Sunday, Jan.

The Girls Scouts of Troop 4-1230 in Port Matilda had a remarkably productive year in 2011.