Новости за 29.04.2016

Alex Vezza, 65, of Clearfield, died Thursday, April 28, 2016. He was born June 2, 1950, a son of the late Frank and Mary (Macaluso) Vezza. Mr. Vezza was employed his entire life as a math teacher, beginning at Bald Eagle Area School for his first nine years and then retiring from the Clearfield High […]

HYDE — The Clearfield Area High School baseball and softball Mountain League games with Bellefonte scheduled for Friday afternoon were rained out. Athletic director Robert Gearhart announced that Wednesday, May 11, is the make-up date for the baseball game. Both teams will be at home Monday, the Bison (6-4, 5-4 ML) going against Tyrone in […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday U.S. Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-5) announced the 5th District winners of the 2016 Congressional Art Competition. The annual competition allows young artists to submit their work before an independent panel. The first place winner has the opportunity to have his or her artwork on display in the U.S. Capitol for one […]

Good Samaritans were joined by firefighter and police to rescue a woman trapped in her sinking car. CNN’s Jessica Schneider reports.

KERSEY – Officials from the state departments of Transportation (PennDOT), Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and Community and Economic Development (DCED) last night discussed the state’s transportation and economic development, as well as outdoor recreation, heritage and tourism opportunities at the annual PA Wilds dinner and awards banquet. During the event, PennDOT announced plans that […]

State police at DuBois State police responded to a DUI-related crash Thursday on Hormtown Road in Winslow Township. Further, a DuBois woman was traveling north when she lost control of her vehicle, and it spun off the roadway into a field. Her vehicle sustained disabling damage and was towed from the scene. No injuries were […]

Jay Roy Shaffer, 76, of Wilmington, Ohio died Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at his home. Born July 9, 1939 in DuBois, he was the son of the late Guy Allen and Mary Velma (Owens) Shaffer. He graduated from Sandy Township High School in 1957. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served from […]

CURWENSVILLE – Exciting things are happening at Curwensville Lake Recreation Area with some of the old things getting a fresh look, and some new things coming into the lake for visitors to experience. Park Manager Patricia Hixon said almost all of the staff is new this year, and they are working hard to get the […]

CLEARFIELD – The award-winning crime prevention and personal safety seminar, Refuse To Be A Victim®, will be conducted on May 27, at the Clearfield Arts Studio Theater (CAST) Inc., 112 East Locust St., Clearfield from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The seminar is open to women, age 18 and over with a fee of $26.75.  To […]

DUBOIS – One of the men arrested during the “Operation Ice Storm” investigation was scheduled for a preliminary hearing during a special session of centralized court Thursday before District Judge Patrick Ford. Hank C. Petrillo, 28, 314 Shaffer Ave, DuBois, is charged with felony counts of manufacture/delivery/possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, criminal […]

Richard Lee Bess, 73, of Glen Richey died Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 at Penn Highlands Clearfield Hospital. At the request of Mr. Bess, there was no public visitation. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Primitive Methodist Church in Glen Richey with the Rev. Duane Stiner officiating. Burial will be […]

William M. Peters, 89, a resident of the Hollidaysburg Veterans Home, Altoona and formerly of Philipsburg, died Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at the veteran’s home. Born Oct. 18, 1926 in West Decatur, he was a son of the late Winfield and Iva (Price) Peters. Mr. Peters was a member of the Gospel Tabernacle in Hudson, […]

Generous donation – Murray’s Ford of DuBois recently donated $1,550 to Big Brothers Big Sisters in Clearfield County through Bowl for Kids’ Sake. Several teams participated from the various Murray’s divisions.  Held in Clearfield and DuBois, Bowl for Kids’ Sake is the signature fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters. In total, the events raised more […]

CLEARFIELD – Student council members at Clearfield Area Elementary School recently held their annual pet drive to benefit the Allegheny Spay & Neuter Clinic. They would like to thank all the students and staff that donated to help the pets in the area.  Shown are members of the student council with some of the collected […]

An Apple employee found dead at the company’s Cupertino headquarters this week committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. The cause of death of the 25-year-old man was determined by a medical examiner, the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. Deputies were called to 1 Infinite Loop on Wednesday morning. They found a man […]

China has passed a controversial law imposing new regulations on foreign nongovernmental organizations and charitable groups. The more than 7,000 foreign NGOs operating in China will have to submit to police supervision and declare their sources of funding. While Chinese officials say regulation is long overdue in this sector, human rights groups and U.S. officials […]

Chris Sacca was an early Twitter investor — but he’s still waiting for it to live up to his expectations. During tech conference Collision, super-angel investor Sacca called Twitter “a series of missed opportunities.” Sacca, who has also invested in tech giants like Uber and Instagram, joked that Twitter was like a misbehaving child. “That’s […]

I am generally not a fan of the fashion for demanding the removal from buildings of the names of people of the past whose views about disadvantaged groups wouldn’t pass muster with enlightened folk today. Yet Yale University, in refusing student protesters’ demand that a residential college named after John C. Calhoun be renamed, has […]

Federal authorities have arrested three people in a criminal marriage fraud investigation linked to San Bernardino, California, terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook, the U.S. attorney’s office said Thursday. Prosecutors said the trio, along with a former friend of Farook’s, engaged in a conspiracy to obtain immigration benefits for a sibling of Farook’s sister-in-law. A grand jury […]

Last year Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker floated a tough new law he hoped would curb the state’s growing opioid epidemic, a societal crisis the state shares with the rest of the country. The idea: Emergency rooms can hold patients against their will if doctors determine someone is in the grips of a psychiatric crisis that […]

Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker on Thursday stopped short of endorsing Donald Trump, but in another sign top Republican elected officials could be coming around to the party’s front-runner, he praised Trump’s evolution as a politician. Calling Trump’s foreign policy address the day before a “really good transition in the campaign,” Corker in an interview with […]

Palm Beach Zoo officials on Thursday released a timeline of a tiger’s fatal attack on a zookeeper and defended the decision to tranquilize the animal, rather than shoot to kill. It took rescuers at the Florida zoo more than 10 minutes to reach 38-year-old Stacey Konwiser on April 15, according to the timeline. Sometime after […]

North Korea’s attempted missile tests Thursday are just the latest in a string of muscle-flexing and trash-talking provocations out of Pyongyang. U.N. officials gathered later Thursday to address North Korea’s behavior, which Pentagon officials say has led to levels of tension in Asia unprecedented in modern memory. Since North Korean leader Kim Jong-un assumed power […]

Bangladesh has become a dangerous place for anyone who dares to cross an invisible line set by Islamic extremists intent on silencing dissenting voices with knives and guns. In the last two years, at least eight atheists and gay rights campaigners have been killed in attacks in the majority Muslim country. CNN approached three bloggers […]

China is planning to build nuclear reactors that will take to the sea to provide power in remote locations, possibly including the controversial man-made islands in the contested waters of the South China Sea. These small power plants will be built in Chinese shipyards, mounted on large sea-going barges, towed to a remote place where […]