Clearfield County

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has designated a new Wild Plant Sanctuary in Bloom Township, Clearfield County. Bilger’s Rocks, a property managed by the Bilger’s Rocks Association, has been accepted into...

Flaming fall foliage is reaching a zenith in the northern Lehigh Valley areas, according to the weekly fall foliage report of the Department of Conservationa and Natural Resources - Bureau of Forestry. The Lehigh Gorge Trail from White Haven to Jim Thorpe...

Governor Tom Corbett has signed an execution warrant for Mark Newton Spotz, convicted of kidnapping, robbing and brutally murdering a York County woman during a four-county homicide spree in 1995.   This execution warrant is for the murder of Penny...

South Fork resident and 1989 Shade graduate Sean Wechtenhiser took over the high school principal position at Shade-Central City school district July 2. He replaced Allan Berkhimer, who accepted a job at a school district in Indiana County. Wechtenhiser...

Jerry Feaser of the Pennsylvanai Game Commission reports the following: As Pennsylvania hunters and trappers begin purchasing their 2011-12 licenses (as of Monday, June 11), Pennsylvania Game Commission teams of land managers, foresters and Food and Cover...

Mary A. (Wolfe) Bowden, 91, of The Patriot, Somerset, formerly of Somerset Pike, died June 27, 2012 at In Touch Hospice House, Somerset. Born Oct. 1, 1920 in Burnside, the daughter of Joseph and Faye (Sturgeon) Wolfe. Preceded in death by parents; husband...

Rebecca Fetchu of the Hagerstown Police Department was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant during a ceremony Tuesday morning at Hagerstown City Hall, becoming only the second woman in the history of HPD to earn that rank. “I’m excited and...

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Gov. Tom Corbett’s Cabinet secretaries supplemented their state salaries in 2011 with rental properties, investment income and other ventures, according to financial disclosure forms filed with the Pennsylvania...

Mildred A. (Hunt) Simmons, 91, Somerset Pike, Boswell, died May 4, 2012, at the home of her daughter, LaRue. Born April 18, 1921, in Carnwath, Clearfield County, daughter of Joseph P. and Bertha May (Hutchings) Hunt. Preceded in death by parents;...

First-time campers may borrow gear as part of a Pennsylvania program involving Caledonia State Park and 18 other parks. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is partnering with Gander Mountain to provide first-time campers...

HARRISBURG _ The chairman of Monroe County’s board of commissioners urged a legislative panel on Monday to honor the region’s decades-old wish for its own state Senate seat. “My citizens can no longer afford to pay school property...

Even as the state of Harford County's land use policies increase the potential for increased suburbanization, its worth celebrating the county's rural viability this Christmas season. Last week a 20-foot evergreen from the Deer Creek Valley Tree Farm...