It’s not often police can say they got caught in a sting, but one crew of officers has quite the tale after a 33-year-old man fleeing from them tried to hide next to a beehive.

The hills of Chemung County rang with the echoes of musket shots and cannon fire Sunday afternoon, as they do right around this time every year.

The Litchfield Fire Department returned for an 11th year with its biggest fundraiser of the year, a Chinese auction and pancake breakfast.

The Bradford County Democratic Party made its presence in downtown Athens official Saturday with a ribbon cutting at its new campaign headquarters along Main Street near Teaoga Square.
This headquarters is the only official one in Bradford County currently, said party Chairperson Joan Gustin, and is a place where people can pick up promotional materials, commiserate, and speak to party members about the issues.

“Who’s the best band in all of the land?” and the chants of “Hillman” could be heard throughout the Waverly High School grounds during the last day of band camp Friday, as Senior High Band Director Jim Hillman and his band prepared their annual “Get Psyched” tradition.

Many not only came together for a good meal Thursday at the First Church of God on Keystone Avenue, but also to share in the spirit of giving the Legacy has inspired within the Valley for seven years now.

Bradford County District Attorney Dan Barrett has concluded that the Pennsylvania State Police troopers involved in the shooting death of Norman Fuller, 44, of Ridgebury, last month were fully justified in their use of deadly force.

At their regular monthly meeting Thursday night the Waverly Central School District Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution setting Oct. 28 as the date for a public vote on the district’s Capital Assets Preservation (CAP) Project.

Joe Corleone, owner of the Rustic Grotto on state Route 199, is angry over the fact that the township board of supervisors is again considering banning all parking along the portion of the state highway within the township.

The Diocesan Planning Comission for the Diocese of Scranton has recommended that four local parishes in the Valley area be consolidated.

Tioga County Legislator Andy Quinlan of Waverly Wednesday expressed his desire for a moratorium to be placed on gas drilling in the county, stating that the county “has never encountered a threat of the magnitude (it) now confronts.”

A business development may be coming to the former Tubbs farm on White Wagon Road, according to Chemung County Executive Tom Santulli.

After many years as a pastor and a teacher the Rev. Thelma Wright of His Majesty Fellowship has retired and will now be pursuing a lifelong dream — ministering to people in need around the world.

The families of Oliver Brown and Bradley Gilbert would like to invite the public to remember their sons and support their local emergency personnel this weekend at the Third Annual Gilbert/Brown Memorial Softball Tournament.