Jul. 25—Fifty-two more positive COVID-19 cases in this eight-county region were included in Saturday's report by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. No new deaths were attributed to the virus in the region. The Department of Health on Saturday reported a total of 1,219,558 COVID-19 cases and 27,823 deaths in the state, an increase of 583 cases and three deaths since the day before. Cambria ...

Jul. 25—Area residents turned out for good music and good company on Saturday to cap Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield's free concert series at Peoples Natural Gas Park in downtown Johnstown. The concert featured Buffalo Rose, with special guests Whiskey River Panhandlers and Mama Corn. Wayne Block, of the West End of Johnstown, said he enjoys many forms of music and attending music-related ...

Jul. 25—SOMERSET — Kathy Hoffman, of Berlin, created a drawing of Clifford the Big Red Dog during a Saturday full of sunshine and art at Somerset Inc.'s Chalk the Block festival in Uptown Somerset. The event featured music, food vendors and chalk drawings all over the borough's sidewalks by professional and emerging artists, as well as younger participants. "I like it because it's for kids, so ...

Jul. 25—PRINCETON — Making going to school as normal as possible while keeping students, teachers and staff safe when they return to class Sept. 7 is the goal of a plan crafted by the Mercer County Schools system. The Roadmap to Recovery 2021 plan outlines measures for cleaning and disinfecting, evaluating large gatherings outside of classrooms, face coverings and quarantine guidance. Students ...

Jul. 25—BLUEFIELD — A Mercer County woman who pleaded guilty last year to watching the deadly beating of her toddler and doing nothing to intervene will have a parole hearing next month. Candice Dawn Jones, 34, and John Colan Powers, 49, both of Green Valley, were arrested in August 2018 following the death of Jones' 2-year-old son, Joseph "JoJo" Garbosky III. During a series of child abuse ...

Jul. 25—BLUEFIELD — One of the most anticipated attractions at the renovated Granada Theater in Downtown Bluefield is the original organ that was first installed in December 1927. The Wurlitzer Opus 1790, Style EX, played for the first movie shown at the Granada on Jan. 2, 1928, "Rose of the West," with Mary Astor. The movie was made during the waning years of silent films, which were often ...

Jul. 25—JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — The Princeton WhistlePigs flirted with a shutout victory over the Johnson City Doughboys at TVA Credit Union Ballpark on Saturday night, but ultimately settled for merely the 8-1 victory. Johnson City finally broke the drought with a run in the eighth inning but Princeton's Nathan Holt scored on a wild pitch in the top of the ninth to cancel that gain. WhistlePigs ...

Jul. 25—BLUEFIELD, Va. — Former Graham High School head baseball coach Willie Miller managed to see the best of it and the worst of it before his tenure with the G-Men program wrapped up this past spring. It might've been a little nicer if the extremes could've been placed in a different order. This past season, Graham went winless in a shortened schedule that was limited to Southwest District ...

Jul. 25—CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The 2021 Appalachian League All-Star Game will be played on Tuesday at Calfee Park in Pulaski, Va. First pitch is set for 7 p.m. The Appalachian League All-Star Game will feature 46 of the league's best players in a nine-inning game at the home of the Pulaski River Turtles. The league is in its inaugural season as a collegiate summer league after serving for over ...