Harold Eugene Schmidt, 77, was a retired farmer who taught his children to work hard and never give up - qualities he displayed for 10 days after the storm as he lay in a Pratt hospital room. In his later years, after retiring from farming, Schmidt still made the morning trip to the co-op or the farm equipment store, where he would drink coffee with his friends. Schmidt, a lifelong resident of Greensburg, spent most of his life - except for serving in the Korean War - on a farm, growing...

A large tractor-trailer carrying hay caught fire early Saturday morning in Somerset, shutting down a portion of Tayman Avenue for more than an hour and filling the area with heavy smoke. After the driver unsuccessfully tried to snuff the growing flames with a hand-held fire extinguisher, the load of hay also caught fire, he said. When the department's two engines arrived just moments later, the truck was fully involved and so was about one-third of the cargo, he said. In order to ensure...

By Joe Napsha TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, May 2, 2007 Cleveland Brothers Equipment co., which moved its headquarters to Murrysville when it bought the former Beckwith Machinery co., is adding 400 jobs in a $30 million expansion of its 26 operations across the state. By Joe Napsha TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, May 2, 2007 Cleveland Brothers Equipment co., which moved its headquarters to Murrysville when it bought the former Beckwith Machinery co., is adding 400 jobs in a $30 million expansion of...

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The trade gap widened in March, mostly because of higher prices for imported oil, but the vast disparity between what Americans import and export is expected to narrow, which would allow trade to contribute to economic growth in the United States for the first time in more than a decade. This year, for the first time, Standard & Poor s expects the 500 companies in its benchmark stock index to generate more than half of their sales in foreign countries. The trade gap widened in March,...

Published May 24, 2007 11:12 pm - Welcome to Valdosta By Kelli Hernandez VALDOSTA With the sounds of progress in the background, members of the Valdosta community took the opportunity to welcome Roberts Irrigation to the area and to see first hand the renovation efforts being poured in to the company s newest production facility during the official announcement ceremony Thursday. Valdosta Daily Times - Welcome to Valdosta. Published May 24, 2007 11:12 pm - Welcome to Valdosta By Kelli...

Army jeep, some innovative tree farming equipment and a fond remembrance of how things used to be, Haralson has created the perfect blend of trees and wildlife. Haralson grew up in a small town in South Carolina and spent most of his early years either working in the family grocery store/lumber business or following bird dogs. Working from seven to seven and seven days a week left little time for quail hunting, and the idea of tree farming hadnt even begun to formulate. An early morning...

Zimbabwe is also the only mineral-producing country in the world that failed to benefit from high global metal and minerals prices, said Jack Murehwa, head of the chamber, an umbrella group for the country's private and state mining operations. TheSouthernAfrican.com - Zimbabwe's gold production plunges to 90-year low Skip to content. The answer, he said, lay in what he called "policy inconsistencies" in the economy that led to hyperinflation, acute shortages of gasoline and hard currency...

This is what Wyoming is Saying. Stegal of Union City, Georgia, was traveling east on Hwy 22 when his van-type trailer failed to turn into the first runaway truck ramp and continued downhill with "heavy smoke coming from his overheated brakes," according to the Wyoming Department of Transportation. Stegal of Union City, Georgia, was traveling east on Hwy 22 when his van-type trailer failed to turn into the first runaway truck ramp and continued downhill with "heavy smoke coming from his...