Somerset News

Egg vandals were busy in the early-morning hours of July 4 in Somerset County. State police at Somerset said "numerous" vehicles were egged by unknown vandals in Rockwood and Milford primarily along Main Street and Casselman Road.

Retired state police Lt. John Rock may have left the job last year, but he knows there's no retirement for criminals.

The Flight 93 Federal Advisory Commission nominating committee members expect to make recommendations to fill two open seats before the Aug.

A federal panel is deciding whether a judge fairly assessed $110,000 in fines against two companies cited for negligence in an accident at Pennsylvania's Quecreek Mine that trapped nine coal miners underground for 77 hours before their dramatic rescue.The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission's decision is expected Wednesday on ...

A much-anticipated Somerset County whitewater project will move forward after state officials issued a permit this week.

Frequently parched Somerset County thinks it has a game-changer in a new $23.5 million pipeline that connects the water-rich Quemahoning Reservoir to a half-dozen communities and rural neighborhoods in the county.

The government has made "substantial progress" in negotiating with the seven landowners whose property is needed so the Flight 93 National Memorial can be built by the 10th anniversary of the Sept.

The Philadelphia Zoo's two female African elephants are moving to southwestern Pennsylvania.

Bridget Mayak, of Somerset, Pa., works on making a clay bird Saturday at the Gettysburg Festival while Linda Schorer, of Maryland, watches.

A Somerset County man was jailed Friday on rape charges, state police said. Michael Eugene Lisbon, 28, of Jennerstown, was arrested after a 10-year-old girl accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2006, said Somerset state police Trooper Todd Sherle.

A fire termed "suspicious" destroyed a vacant, two-car detached garage at the rear of a vacant house in the 300 block of Beatrice Avenue on Thursday evening.

A family of four fled their burning home early today after fire started in the living room of their one-story house in Somerset Township, authorities said.

School districts from Portage to Somerset are finding in this economy that - if you've got the money - it's a terrific time to order needed construction projects.

State police liquor control officers have charged a Somerset County club with illegally selling take-out alcoholic beverages and food concession violations.

Less than four years after Harold W. Wheeler lost his battle with cancer, his wife's dream of a home-like setting with care for terminally ill patients has become a reality.

Richard Robbins can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-5660. Chris Williams had her doubts, but a last-minute deal to sell the land she and her husband own in Somerset County avoided the necessity of the government seizing it for the Flight 93 National Memorial.

A Central City man was injured in his second alcohol-related crash in less than six months, authorities said.

Somerset's giant flag will unfurl once again to wave as Pennsylvania Turnpike drivers pass by.

An Ebensburg man was arrested on assault and related charges after being involved in a fight in which another man was injured early Saturday outside the Castle Pub on North CenterStreet.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, center left, and US Sen. Arlen Spector, D-Pa., answer questions after meeting local land owners and family members of victims of Flight 93 at the Somerset Trust Building in Somerset, Pa.