New Castle News Feature Stories

Hey, kids! Take a photo with Santa!

2010-11-10T08:30:04-05:00

Hey, Parents! Hey, Kids! Want to take a photo with Santa? Then be sure to stop in at the New Castle News between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m., on Thursday, Nov. 18, just before the Light-Up Night Parade begins in the downtown.

Small towns across the country bear the scars of Iraq

2007-02-21T10:00:08-05:00

Small towns across the country bear the scars of Iraq

MCKEESPORT (AP) -- Edward "Willie" Carman wanted a ticket out of town, and the Army provided it. Raised in the projects by a single mother in this blighted, old industrial steel town outside Pittsburg

IRS raids tax preparers in seven cities

2007-02-17T02:45:23-05:00

IRS raids tax preparers in seven cities

WASHINGTON (AP) -- IRS criminal investigators this week conducted raids in seven cities to shut down tax preparation businesses suspected of abusing a one-time telephone tax refund.

The Internal Revenue Service, i

Recordsraise more questions about tissue taken from body of Alistair Cooke

2006-09-19T07:23:26-04:00

Records raise more questions about tissue taken from body of Alistair Cooke

NEW YORK (AP) -- The medical records that accompanied the body of "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke were wrong in just about every possible way. His name was misspelled.

North Beaver orchard wins compliments

2006-08-25T23:53:10-04:00

North Beaver orchard wins compliments

By MARYALICE MELI mameli@ncnewsonline.com

For one dairy farmer, Thursday's inspection of the 43-acre Dawson's Orchard in North Beaver Township was an eye-opener. "You learn a lot on these tours," said Blanche Kind,

When piercings aren't enough, some go extreme

2006-08-12T15:23:11-04:00

When piercings aren't enough, some go extreme

TREND: Extreme body modification features a wide range of alterations, including some people who get horns implanted on their heads or remold their ears to make them pointy.

DALLAS (AP) -- Allen Falkner's t

BODY MODIFICATION: Common Terms

2006-08-12T15:23:10-04:00

BODY MODIFICATION: Common Terms

Here's a look at some common terms in the underground trend known as body modification:

*Transdermal implants: Implants that begin beneath the skin but protrude outside, such as metal spikes or beads.

*Subdermal implants:

Dog parks have fur flying in some communities

2006-08-07T08:08:05-04:00

Dog parks have fur flying in some communities

BOWWOW: Dog parks are a product of increasing dog ownership, growing recognition that exercise and socializing can reduce canine misbehavior, and the lure of rubbing elbows with fellow dog lovers.

DAYTON, O

Slave's story undergoes scientific scrutiny

2006-07-29T01:53:11-04:00

Slave's story undergoes scientific scrutiny

EAST HADDAM, Conn. (AP) -- Archaeologists have begun digging up the 200-year-old graves of a slave family in hopes of separating fact from fiction in the legend of "the black Paul Bunyan."

The dig has the bless

Residents turn out for 30th annual Enon Valley Community Day10 years later, TWA families still in pain but trying to move on

2006-07-18T08:23:03-04:00

Residents turn out for 30th annual Enon Valley Community Day

By JOSIAH LOCKLEY jlockley@ncnewsonline.com

In Lawrence County, community events don't come much quirkier than Enon Valley Community Day. But it's a good kind of quirky. There was something t10 years later, TWA families still in pain but trying to move on

NEW YORK (AP) -- Andy Krukar boarded TWA Flight 800 with a diamond ring in his pocket. He was planning to place it on his fiancee's finger at the Eiffel Tower during a romantic weekend in P