Author Archives: Rob Carolus

Another area soldier died this week during operations in Iraq, according to U.S. Army officials. Media relations officer Benjamin Abel at Fort Drum, N.Y., reported this morning that Army Spc. Timothy Van Orman, 24, formerly of Port Matilda, was killed … Continue reading →

A truck driver from northeastern Pennsylvania was rushed to Altoona Regional Health System Monday evening for burns and other injuries he suffered after the tanker truck he was driving crashed near the rural village of Warriors Mark, causing his load … Continue reading →

Flight 93 crash site Visitors stop to view a portion of the memorial in Shanksville I’ve relived the events of Sept. 11, 2001, over and over in my head as much as the rest of America has. I took it … Continue reading →

Convicted child killer Nathan Shaw was already set to spend the rest of his natural life behind bars in a state penitentiary. Friday, a jury added to that sentence, finding him guilty on several criminal counts, stemming from an assault … Continue reading →

On Sept. 11, 2006, as the nation was observing the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America, now-convicted child killer Nathan Shaw, 27, Tyrone, was in a Blair County jail cell awaiting his trial for the brutal knife murder … Continue reading →