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Local constable accused of 'impersonating public servant,' illegally removing farm animal
SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — State police in Somerset County say a Meyersdale man is facing charges, accused of "impersonating a public servant" and "illegally removing an animal" from a local farm. Investigators say on April 6th, troopers were dispatched to a farm along Greenville Road, in Greenville Township,...
Springfield Man Indicted on Fentanyl Distribution Charges, Faces Up to 40 Years in Prison
A Springfield man faces serious time behind bars after being cuffed on fentanyl distribution charges. Emilio Garcia-Cappas, 27, was indicted on counts related to the conspiracy and distribution of the potent synthetic opioid, law enforcement officials said. The accused, nabbed yesterday and taken to federal court in Springfield, was slapped...
Somerset company mourns loss of 3 workers killed in I-83 work zone crash
SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Three construction workers killed Wednesday morning in eastern Pennsylvania all worked for Somerset-based CriLon Corp, company officials confirmed. State police say the three workers were killed just before 4 a.m. in an active York County work zone along Interstate 83. They say a box...
Somerset Area High School honor roll students for third quarter
SOMERSET ― Somerset Area High School lists its honor roll students for the third quarter grading period. Jeremiah Anderson, Layla Baker, Addison Buttermore, Maria Cacciotti, Ruari Egal, Bentley Garrety, Hunter Hackwelder, Chance Harmon, Helena Hinton, Quinlan Jones, Lindyn Lynch, Libby Marteeny, Mesa Mishler, Anna Moon, Jacklyn Richard, Kendall Sanner, Diem Shultz, Max Shumaker, Kaycee Stairs, Molly Stoy, Madilyn Swinger, Ella Thompson, Nathan Topper, James Walker, Jacob Zawisza, Summerlyn Ziegler, Lincoln Zimmerman.
Tasty deal: Utz manufacturing facility in Berlin, Somerset County, sold
BERLIN, PA. — Utz Brands Inc. has announced plans to sell its borough plant to Our Home, an operating company of Better-for-You (BFY) brands that includes Real Food From the Ground Up, Popchips and Food Should Taste Good. ...
Why WQZS FM 93.3 went off the air
MEYERSDALE — One year after the Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau revoked WQZS FM 93 radio station owner Roger Wahl’s license and then immediately stayed that decision while an appeal was ongoing, the FCC finished what it started. The 33-year-old local radio station transmitter on Mount Davis was...
New business specializing in house plants to open in Uptown Somerset
SOMERSET ― Byers Botanicals, Somerset’s first business specializing in house plants, is opening in Uptown Somerset this weekend. The shop, located in the newly renovated historic 152 W. Main St. building, is owned by Logan Byers. “The shop is based on the plants and everything that compliments them,”...
Maple King Cody Lynch loves being in the woods
SOMERSET TWP. ― At the end of the day, reigning Pennsylvania Maple King Cody Lynch of the Somerset area is a woodsman through and through. That's why he enjoys being a part of his family's maple sugar camp called Baer Brothers Maple on Sugar Cake Road in Somerset Township, a heritage operation that...
Sign up to join local Girl Scouts troops
SOMERSET ― Girls entering kindergarten through 12th grade in the fall and adults are invited to join Girl Scouts by participating in an early-registration program with Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania. New members can purchase an extended-year membership at a discounted price, which will cover the remainder of the 2024 membership year through September 2025.
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