Portage News

A suburban Pittsburgh man has been charged with simple assault and terroristic threats following an attack on a 28-year-old woman.

The new mayor of Ashville may be young - he's only 19 - but he says that he's eager to work for borough improvements while realizing that money is tight for the small community of about 280 residents.

A Portage man admitted in Cambria County court Wednesday that he started a fire earlier this year that endangered the lives of three people.

Stealing is an age old problem, but for Calcutta businesses shoplifting hasn't been a major problem until this year.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM Music, mirth and merriment are key ingredients in the third annual Portage WinterFest.

Two Mainline communities will soon have, well, a main line. Representatives of Portage and Washington townships will meet in coming days to establish a temporary marker showing where one locality ends and the other begins.

The Portage Township supervisors say they want to hire a professional manager. In a rare display of unity, the three-member board has agreed to investigate the role a manager could play in the township of nearly 4,000 people and look at ordinances needed to create the post.

A Cambria County man was killed yesterday in a two-car crash in Indiana County. State police said David McKrush, 49, of Portage, was a passenger in a pickup truck when the accident occurred shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Route 286.

A Cambria County man died Tuesday afternoon after a two-vehicle crash on Route 286 in Young Township in Indiana County.

With the grieving families of four young men killed in a crash sobbing in the courtroom, a Portage man was sentenced Monday to three to 15 months in prison, plus suspension of his driver's license for 15 months, in the wreck which authorities said was not his fault.

Downtown Portage has been a bit brighter since Bonnie Fox came back to town. Since the Portage woman came home in 2005, she's been a big part of efforts that brought the now-annual Winterfest celebration downtown and boosted Main Street's light-up night.

The following have been sentenced in Cambria County Court on guilty pleas to criminal charges : Kristy Lee Koval, 32, 1300 block of Springhill Road, Portage, forgery.

A long-running boundary dispute between Portage and Washington townships appears to have been resolved during an informal meeting Wednesday.

A push for improved physical fitness among students in Portage Area High School has prompted a partnership with St.

Someone backed a pickup into the Double K Convenience Store in Reade Township to gain entry, then tried to smash open an ATM, state police said.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM A local university is delving into the history of its namesake.

BY JANICE RAINEY JRAINEY@TRIBDEM.COM The Polish Heritage Council will hold a Pulaski Day Mass at 4:30 p.m. today at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Mountain Avenue, Portage.

The rich history of the railroad in Cambria County will be played out in song and story Sunday at the Portage Area Historical Society.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM The 50th Fort Ligonier Days will be held from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday in downtown Ligonier and Fort Ligonier.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM From the terror of a haunted house to the relative calmness of a corn maze, the Halloween spirit is alive in the region.