Cumberland County

News of the Weird: Milk a Rattler!

2013-05-21 07:05:00

The beauty pageant each April at the Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater, Texas, requires traditional skills like interview poise, evening-gown fashion and talent, but also some ability and inclination to milk and skin rattlers. High school senior Kyndra...

Central Virginia Bank open to all strategic alternatives

2013-05-18 00:14:02

Central Virginia Bankshares Inc., parent company for Central Virginia Bank, said it is open to all strategic alternatives as it struggles to deal with payments related to its participation in the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program. That could...

Greenway plan cuts a path from Fayetteville to Wilmington

2013-04-27 02:04:02

A planner envisions hikers and bicyclists using a scenic trail from Fayetteville to Wilmington, stopping to see the sights and eat along the way. Joel Strickland, a rural transportation planner in Fayetteville, is leading an effort to study how to...

Some districts oppose schools as voting places, cite Sandy Hook slayings

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Some school board members are worried about more than getting enough votes on Election Day. Officials in three Allegheny County school districts are joining others across the state and nationwide in an attempt to remove polling places from schools...

Washington County location major plus in economic development strategic plan

2013-02-16 13:30:00

Editor’s note: This is one in an occasional series of stories about findings and recommendations in the Hagerstown and Washington County Economic Development Strategic Plan. “Location, location, location” is an old real estate adage...

#Pa. #Fall #foliage beginning to show

2012-09-25 16:24:46

Carrie Underwood coming to Roanoke

2012-10-29 10:46:00

Country superstar Carrie Underwood �is coming to Roanoke. Underwood will appear March 23rd at the Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum. The Roanoke stop is one of 40 new North American dates added to Underwood's 2013 schedule and is part of her "Blown Away...

Habitat work underway on Pa. State Game Lands

2012-06-12 16:24:14

Thursday Morning Coffee: The five things you need to know this morning.

2012-06-21 16:22:43

What are the healthiest counties? 3 in Central PA are in the top 10

2012-04-03 09:18:00

The third annual County Health Rankings were released today. The Rankings are an annual check-up that measure how healthy people are and how long they live in nearly every county in every state, including Pennsylvania. Central Pennsylvania has three...

Police briefs - Jan. 22

2012-01-22 13:01:00

Walmart evacuated after bomb threat The Walmart in Spring Mills, W.Va., was closed temporarily after someone called in a bomb threat at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department said. The store was evacuated while deputies...

Abortion Bill Stirs Up Tempest: Lawmaker would require women to get an ultrasound 24 hours before having an abortion.

2012-02-20 04:22:30

Ian Drive, South Middleton Twp. Wayne and Judy Yaw hang dozens strings of lights around the trees, shrubs and house on Ian Drive in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County. In fact, Wayne is still adding to it. It took about seven hours to put it all together.

2005-12-03 21:00:46

Clerk of Superior Court in Cumberland County N.C. Linda Priest in 2002. Linda Priest was married to former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik from 1978 - 1983.

2004-12-13 20:02:41

A member of the Cumberland County, Penn., Fire Department stands at attention during presentation of the colors.

2004-08-31 00:00:00