Greg Rager was failing high school in the early 1960s when he devised a plan that would change his life.

“I struck a deal with my mom,” the 71-year-old Cambria County native said. “(I said,) ’If you’ll sign for me to quit school, I will immediately upon turning 17 join the military and get ...

A 24-year-old woman was arrested Monday in Ohio in connection with the disappearance and deaths of Damian Staniszewski and James Smith, whose remains were found in a wooded area in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, on Sept. 29.

Jasmine Marie Browning, of Galloway, Ohio, formerly of ...

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos tour of struggling schools took her to a Johnstown elementary school earlier this week. There she observed an anti-bullying lesson for fourth-graders and sat in on a counseling session held privately in the school’s library. Her visit is also part of the ...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made good on a promise to visit struggling schools with a stop in Johnstown on Monday.

Greater Johnstown School District welcomed DeVos to Johns­town Elementary — an unusual honor and a chance to review the school’s program for supporting students at risk ...

A federal jury in Johnstown Thursday awarded $47 million to a 5-year-old girl and her parents after U.S. District Court Judge Kim R. Gibson found Dr. John O. Chan and Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center liable for disfiguring injuries the girl suffered following her premature birth at the ...

State police in Greensburg allege that a former psychiatric aide at Torrance State Hospital sexually assaulted a patient at the Derry Township facility late last year.

Donald Pepley, 61, of Johnstown was arraigned Wednesday before Derry District Judge Mark Bilik on charges of institutional ...

A suspended Johnstown pediatrician has been charged with molesting a second girl.

Dr. Johnnie “Jack” Barto, 70, of Delta Drive, was arraigned Thursday on two counts of indecent assault and single counts of endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors. He is free on 10 ...

Dakota DesLauriers, Steve Edwards, Corey Falleroni and Damon Greenwald didn’t make it to the PIAA individual wrestling championships in their one season together at Burrell, but they will have a high school reunion at the NCAA championships.

All four Burrell alumni qualified for the NCAA ...

A 23-year-old Berlin man who made a threat against Vice President Mike Pence was sentenced to six months in jail, followed by six months of home confinement on an electronic monitor. The ruling also includes three years of federal probation.

William Robert Dunbar, a former National ...

RICHLAND TOWNSHIP — Corrections officers, emergency responders and state officials were at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown on Wednesday to remember the life of Mark J. Baserman, a corrections officer who was assaulted by an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Somerset and ...

Corrections officers, emergency responders and state officials were at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown on Wednesday to remember the life of Mark J. Baserman, a corrections officer who was assaulted by an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Somerset and later ...

NEW CENTERVILLE — Paul Kendrick, 22, of Pittsburgh, was arraigned Monday on felony murder and aggravated assault charges in connection with the death of Sgt. Mark Baserman, 60, of Johnstown, and the injury of correctional officer William McDowell, 40, of Friedens. Baserman died Feb. 26 at ...

Criminal homicide charges will be filed against an inmate accused of attacking a guard at the State Correctional Institution at Somerset.

Paul Kendrick, 22, of Pittsburgh, will be charged with the death of Sgt. Mark Baserman, 60, of Johnstown. The charges will be added at his preliminary ...

Criminal homicide charges will be filed against an inmate accused of attacking a guard at the State Correctional Institution at Somerset.

Paul Kendrick, 22, of Pittsburgh, will be charged with the death of Sgt. Mark Baserman, 60, of Johnstown. The charges will be added at his preliminary ...

Construction on the University of Pittsburgh’s Chemical Engineering Building has begun and is expected to be completed by December, in time for occupancy in spring 2019.

Pitt-Johnstown added chemical engineering to its degree program in 2015.

“The new chemical engineering program and ...

State Rep. Bryan Barbin said he has more work to do in Harrisburg.

The 61-year-old Democrat from Johnstown announced he will seek a sixth term in office.

Barbin said that during his 10 years in office he has worked to help make Johnstown stronger, which in turn makes the 71st ...

(Editor’s note: This story is part of the “Rosedale Oral History Project,” a concerted effort to tell the stories of African-Americans who came to Johnstown before Mayor Joseph Cauffiel ordered black people who had lived in the community for less than seven years to leave the city following a ...

U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus spoke to a collection of media outlets Tuesday about the potential impact congressional redistricting will have on communities in the area he represents.

Rothfus, R-Sewickley, talked about that matter and others in front of Gautier Steel in downtown Johnstown. ...

U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus spoke to a collection of media outlets Tuesday about the potential impact congressional redistricting will have on communities in the area he represents.

Rothfus, R-Sewickley, talked about that matter and others in front of Gautier Steel in downtown Johnstown. ...

A gun shop co-owner said a man who was charged with lying on paperwork to purchase a gun was approved by the state at the time of the purchase.

State police in Ebensburg charged Samson Washington, 25, Lunen Street, Johnstown, Monday with the crime, which allegedly happened in November at ...

A 25-year-old Johnstown felon has been charged with lying on paperwork while trying to obtain a gun in Conemaugh Township.

State police in Ebensburg charged Samson Washington, Lunen Street, Monday with the crime, which allegedly happened in November at Dustoff Tactical along Tire Hill ...