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Childhood passion leads to uncommon calling

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:17:36 -0400

SOMERSET, Pennsylvania - As a second generation photographer, Chuck Wagner has always had a passion for pictures.

Woman, 100, remembers Pa. farm now part of park

Sun, 12 May 2013 13:11:27 -0400

SOMERSET, Pennsylvania - Leona Shaffer remembers more than 90 years ago, back when her family ran a farm, raising Jersey and Guernsey cattle and growing and harvesting hay and crops with little mechanical help.

Senators: USS Somerset commissioning in Philly

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:56:06 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey say the Navy has agreed to commission the USS Somerset in Philadelphia.

2 jailed after police raid alleged Pa. meth lab

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:58:40 -0400

SOMERSET, Pennsylvania - Two men have been jailed after state police say they found a methamphetamine lab in their southwestern Pennsylvania residence.

State police: W. Pa. man ran Camp Cadet fund scam

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:37:16 -0400

SOMERSET, Pennsylvania - A man has been jailed on charges he went door-to-door pretending to collect money for the Pennsylvania State Police Camp Cadet program.

School, church official pleads in Pa. fetish case

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:13:32 -0400

SOMERSET, Pennsylvania - A former southwestern Pennsylvania school board member and church official has pleaded guilty to corruption of minors and unlawful conduct with minors for inappropriate contact involving a foot fetish with at five boys at his church and other locations since 2007.

Ex-WPa. state prison guard charged with smuggling

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:52:23 -0400

SOMERSET, Pennsylvania - A former guard at a southwestern Pennsylvania prison has been charged with conspiring with two inmates to smuggle marijuana, pornographic magazines and Muslim religious oils into the lockup.