A 32-year-old man was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Somerset County Sunday evening.

The stage is set for the biggest romance Somerset County has ever seen. But only one of the two players is certain: Jackson, the bull elephant who lives at the International Conservation Center.

The Philadelphia Zoo's two female African elephants have arrived at a southwestern Pennsylvania sanctuary run by the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.

A trio of animal-rights groups is railing against the pending move of two elephants to Pittsburgh Zoo's conservation center in Somerset County.

Allison M. Heinrichs can be reached via e-mail or at 412-380-5607. Bette and Kallie, two 27-year-old African elephants at the Philadelphia Zoo, will move to the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium's International Conservation Center in Fairhope, Somerset County, "shortly after the July 4th weekend," the Philadelphia Zoo announced today.

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PennDOT District 9 announced the award of another transportation stimulus project in Somerset County that is funded with federal funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act .