Sybertsville News

A crash involving a tractor-trailer and the resulting fire caused emergency crews to shut down the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 west of the Conyngham exit this afternoon.

ELLEN O'CONNELL/Staff Photographer George Walter, also known as Pilgrim George, walks along West Butler Drive in Butler Township on Wednesday as he continues his pilgrimage that would lead him to the Holy Dormition Monastery in Sybertsville for Wednesday night and eventually take him back to Pittsburgh.

A fire destroyed a barn and an adjoining structure along West County Road in Sugarloaf Township this afternoon.

A state police fire marshal will meet with Sugarloaf Township firefighters today and work to pinpoint the cause of a small fire that broke out in the sanctuary portion of a monastery along Route 93 in the township on Monday afternoon.

A Sugarloaf Township establishment that was allegedly found to have insufficient funds when it wrote checks for buying malt or brewed beverages was cited for a liquor law violation, the state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement reported.