Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Wed Nov 04
Land surveyor Lee Geisler was researching old property records not long ago when he spotted a criminal record from Fulton County in the 1890s.
Sentenced To Humiliation For Their CrimeWWCP Fox 8 TV - Wed Nov 04
It's a new method of punishment for people accused of stealing in Bedford county - public humiliation Downtown Bedford is where a mother daughter duo, accused of stealing and spending a 9-year-old girls Wal-Mart gift card on her birthday is now serving a bizarre sentence by taking pictures.
Bedford women left at intersection holding signs that shame themPittsburgh Tribune - Wed Nov 04
Tina Griekspoor stood Tuesday on the corner of Penn and Juliana streets in Bedford, struggling to hold a large cardboard sign as the wind whipped it.
Unusual Sentence For Stealing From Little GirlDigtriad.com Piedmont Triad, Winston-Salem, Greensboro Home Page - Tue Nov 03
In exchange for no jail time, a woman and her adult daughter have agreed to stand outside a Pennsylvania courthouse holding signs saying they stole a gift card from a 9-year-old girl on her birthday.
Pa. woman, daughter hold signs admitting theftMinneapolis Star Tribune - Tue Nov 03
In exchange for no jail time, a woman and her adult daughter have agreed to stand outside a Pennsylvania courthouse holding signs saying they stole a gift card from a 9-year-old girl on her birthday.
Mother, daughter hold public signs of shameDanville News - Tue Nov 03
A woman and her daughter are outside a western Pennsylvania courthouse holding signs saying they stole a gift card from a 9-year-old girl on her birthday.
Village awaits tax decisionAltoona Mirror - Fri Oct 30
Old Bedford Village Executive Director Roger Kirwin traded in his Revolutionary War reenactment costume for a business suit Thursday morning, pleading with county leaders to rescind an $18,000 property tax put on the living history museum earlier this year.
Some will see 35% tax breakAltoona Mirror - Wed Oct 28
Areas of Bedford County hit hard by environmental and economic factors will see a 35 percent reduction in tax values for residential and mobile home sites after the long and controversial reassessment process in the county.
Blair unemployment rate increases a.....Altoona Mirror - Tue Oct 27
The unemployment rate in September increased in Blair and three other counties but decreased in neighboring Huntingdon County.
Autopsy blames trucker's August crash on heart attackPittsburghLIVE.com - Mon Oct 19
State police today said an Indiana County truck driver died of a heart attack before a fiery turnpike crash in August.
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