Somerset News

Amanda Schlosnagle, 17, had her photography hobby pay off recently when she was notified that one of her submissions was chosen as a finalist in a national competition.

Employer orientation meetings will be held at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday at North Star High School in Boswell, and at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday at the Somerset County Technology Center in Somerset.

Somerset Borough police are asking for the public's help in finding two robbery suspects.

A 62-year-old Somerset man pleaded guilty Thursday to three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault in a case in which he admitted to sexually assaulting eight children from May 2010 until July.

A 38-year-old Somerset man was arraigned Wednesday on 19 counts of sexual abuse of children and one count of criminal use of a communication facility, all felonies, before Somerset District Judge Ken Johnson .

The Middle East is growing, building cites and hospitals, and a local company is playing a part in the expansion.

A recent report has found that American cities are more racially integrated now than they have been since 1910, with neighborhoods in industrial cities and the growing Sun Belt states leading the charge.

A Somerset man was killed and his 9-month-old daughter was injured in this one-vehicle accident on Route 653 at Harvest Drive, Rockwood, at 10:31 a.m. Thursday.

FILE - In this June 6, 2011 file photo, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum holds his daughter Isabella before announcing he is entering the Republican presidential race, on the steps of the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerset, Pa.

Faced with a lengthy court appeal and growing legal expenses, Ursina Borough Council decided to relocate its pending sewage treatment plant at a meeting Wednesday.

Shippensburg University was the perfect fit for Somerset's Mitchell Merryman. The two-way lineman chose the Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference school because he said it felt like home.

Clarence William Richter Jr. of Somerset emphasized Tuesday at his sentencing the impact on his family since he entered a plea to indecent assault and indecent exposure charges on Oct.

A busload of Windber firefighters crowded into the courtroom Tuesday at the sentencing of a former company member who admitted he took nearly $820,000 from the organization's coffers.

Seven horses in critical condition were rescued on Thursday by the Somerset County Humane Society.

The Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a premier long distance trail in the Laurel Highlands.

The number of calls and complaints made to Somerset Borough police reached an all-time high in 2011, according to borough officials.

Lark Ramsey is on trial for an alleged rape that took place at S.C.I Laurel Highlands in Somerset County.

A man is accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl whose mother let him stay at her home because he told her he had been living under a bridge.

The Somerset Hospital Board of Directors has extended the contract of Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Farrell through Dec.

Michael was an avid Steelers fan, loved golfing and landscaping his yard, especially riding his mower.