Providence Heights Alpha School's chess team won first place for the second year in a row at the 2008 Pennsylvania State Scholastic Chess Championships held in Carlisle earlier this year.  read more »

A team of six students from the Pine-Richland School District will compete in the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. The competition will be held at the University of Maryland in College Park, May 31 to June 3.  read more »

Students from Pine-Richland School District will be participating in the North Pittsburgh Musical Show-case 8 p.m. on Saturday at Seneca Valley Intermediate High School.  read more »

Hampton High School competed against students from 121 schools at the Technology Students Association's State Conference last month and placed near the top in a wide variety of categories.  read more »

Pine-Richland's Rene Clark got her first taste of organized baseball/softball when she would go to her brother's T-ball games and tournaments.  read more »

church calendar: The last Super Bingo of the year will be on May 9.  read more »

When Nick Majoris was a little boy in Johnstown, Pa., the kids in his neighborhood would call him "big head" because his noggin looked big on his skinny body.  read more »

A Pine-Richland Middle School eighth-grader earned first place in the Daughters of American Revolution (DAR) 2007-2008 Essay Contest.  read more »

The year was 1917. Three children in Fatima, Portugal, reported receiving monthly visits from the Virgin Mary, who told them to pray the rosary for peace.  read more »