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APRIL 30, 2011 A Fayette County man will stand trial for attempted homicide for allegedly firing upon three people in the parking lot of a bar and restaurant in Donegal. After listening to testimony at a preliminary hearing on Friday, District Judge Denise Snyder-Thiel...
APRIL 24, 2011 Teacher Daniella Bellanca tried to prepare her students for the worst after a March 23 tornado cut power for four hours to an incubator warming 26 chicken eggs. West Hempfield Elementary School’s third-graders were tending to the eggs as part of...
When it rains, it floods. At least that’s how it works in Ligonier. The few stormwater sewage drains in the borough quickly fill up and soon after water falls from the sky, it’s also flowing onto the streets, saturating yards and sometimes flooding basements....
DEC. 31, 2009 Thirteen-year-old Victoria Draovitch stepped onto a modest stage with just her unplugged guitar. More than 120 people grew silent as she began to sing “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses. In the past five years, Coffeehouse, a monthly fundraiser...
DEC. 31, 2009 Despite more than 100 lodging rooms, a theological library of more than 30,000 volumes, amphitheater and museum, the Antiochian Village Camp and Conference Center was missing something, according to executive director Paul Finley. The camp was built in 1979, pioneering a...
DEC. 31, 2009 Rector residents want their post office back, and after what the United States Postal Service is calling a “temporary closure” in 2005, residents will get a chance to plead their case. In a letter sent to former Rector post office customers,...
DEC. 24, 2009 Twenty-one third-graders squirm in hard plastic chairs, searching their keyboards for the right letters. In front of them, a blank Microsoft Word document glows on the screen as they nod their heads from the keyboard to the screen with each letter,...
DEC. 24, 2009 Ligonier Valley School District support staff received 50 cents more an hour, on average, after district directors approved a contract at the Dec. 14 school board meeting. The district had been involved in negotiations with the group since January and the...
DEC. 24, 2009 A New Florence man charged with homicide by vehicle, drunken driving and related charges waived his right to a preliminary hearing last Friday. Police allege Brandon G. Behie, 24, caused a crash that claimed the life of 15- year-old John Austin...
DEC. 17, 2009 Mikayla Baker rushed back and forth between a desktop computer and a large table littered with Lego pieces in a small Ligonier Valley Middle School room. As she approached the table for the 10th time, Baker, 14, sighed.