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• Today's Thunder schedule

  June 19, 2013

• READY TO ROLL: Vendors prepped for rally

  Food vendors, merchandise sellers and bar operators alike spent Wednesday afternoon turning downtown Johnstown into a vibrant hub for the thousands of motorcycle riders expected to roll into the city for Thunder in the Valley.

  June 19, 2013 3 Photos

• Thunder expected to draw little rain

  Motorcyclists should encounter typical June weather when they ride into Johnstown for this year’s Thunder in the Valley.

  June 19, 2013

• Richland event gets head start

  Hundreds of motorcyclists and others got a head start on Thunder in the Valley on Wednesday evening with Richland Bike Bash.

  June 19, 2013 1 Photo

• School safety targeted Measure would boost spending by 1,900%

  A measure that would provide as much as $10 million in new grant dollars, including funding to help compensate local governments for placing police officers in schools, has been approved by a House education committee.

  June 19, 2013

Local News

• Today's Thunder schedule

  June 19, 2013

• READY TO ROLL: Vendors prepped for rally

  Food vendors, merchandise sellers and bar operators alike spent Wednesday afternoon turning downtown Johnstown into a vibrant hub for the thousands of motorcycle riders expected to roll into the city for Thunder in the Valley.

  June 19, 2013 3 Photos

• Thunder expected to draw little rain

  Motorcyclists should encounter typical June weather when they ride into Johnstown for this year’s Thunder in the Valley.

  June 19, 2013

• Richland event gets head start

  Hundreds of motorcyclists and others got a head start on Thunder in the Valley on Wednesday evening with Richland Bike Bash.

  June 19, 2013 1 Photo

• School safety targeted Measure would boost spending by 1,900%

  A measure that would provide as much as $10 million in new grant dollars, including funding to help compensate local governments for placing police officers in schools, has been approved by a House education committee.

  June 19, 2013

Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates' Starling Marte hits a triple off Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo in the third inning of a baseball game on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

• Reds nip Bucs in 13th inning

  Jay Bruce ended Jason Grilli's saves streak with a solo homer in the ninth, and Brandon Philips singled with the bases loaded in the 13th inning on Wednesday night, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  Derrick Robinson and Shin-Soo Choo singled off Vin Mazzaro (3-2) with one out in the 13th and Joey Votto was walked intentionally. Phillips singled up the middle to end it.

  June 20, 2013 1 Photo

• Patton rebounds with win over Portage

  Patton manager Ray Eckenrode was concerned about the hangover from Tuesday night’s tough 1-0 loss at Ebensburg.
  After a slow start on Wednesday night, the host Red Men started swinging the bat, producing 11 hits in a 6-1 win over Portage in Cambria League American Legion action.

  June 20, 2013

• MIKE MASTOVICH| Rookie manager righting Laurel Auto Group ship

  Casey Craig is new to his role as GM of the Laurel Auto Group franchise in the AAABA League.
  But Craig has seen enough of Mark Thomchick to realize the first-year manager has brought instant respectability to a team that finished eight games under .500 last season.

  June 20, 2013

• Local baseball in brief 6/20/2013

  June 19, 2013

• Martella's Pharmacy fashions six-inning victory over Rail Birds

  Through three scoreless innings at Point Stadium, the Altoona Rail Birds held their own against Martella’s Pharmacy in a AAABA League interleague contest.
  But Martella’s patience at the plate and aggressiveness on the base paths turned a close game into a 10-run mercy rule affair on Tuesday.

  June 18, 2013 1 Photo

Features

• Symbolic images | Exhibit will feature banners celebrating legends, customs of China

  East will come West for the first time in a new exhibition at St. Francis University in Loretto. “Stories Joyfully Embroidered: Shaanxi Folk Textiles from Northern China” will be on display from June 28 through Oct. 12 at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Loretto.

  June 16, 2013

• 'Asian Fusion' theme for SAMA's 35th annual gala
• Religion in brief | Church to observe pastor's anniversary

Lifestyles

• For pastors, tattoos as symbols of faith

  As the spiritual leader for two United Church of Christ congregations, the Rev. Richard Lindsay-Bignell found a way to combine his love of the ministry and his passion for art.

  June 10, 2013 1 Photo

• ‘Kinky Boots’ struts off with most Tony Awards
• 'Boy or Girl?' Gender a new challenge for schools

Multimedia

• US gov't collecting huge number of phone records

  The government is secretly collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top-secret court order, according to the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The Obama administration is defending the National Security Agency's need to collect such records, but critics are calling it a huge over-reach.

  June 6, 2013 1 Photo

• When nature invades: Deer where they don't belong
• Google flirts with what chairman Eric Schmidt once called 'the creepy line'

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