CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. — Some brave local swimmers started the new year in the cold. A “Polar Bear Jump” was held in Connellsville on Wednesday. The tradition involves a dip in the Yough River ...

According to police, the robbery happened at the PNC Bank on Memorial Boulevard in Connellsville. The suspect, 30-year-old Larry Knopsnider Jr., was armed when he entered the bank around 2:30 p.m.

— The Connellsville Polar Bear Club made its 20th annual jump into the Youghiogheny River on New Year’s Day. The club holds the “Polar Plunge” each year to benefit the local food bank.