PSP trooper arrested for strangulation, false imprisonment, officials report

 Posted on May 27, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1812 words  |  Brenda Moya

A Pennsylvania State Police Trooper has been charged with multiple violent acts including strangulation and false imprisonment, among others, and is being held in Dauphin County Jail Thursday after being denied bond. Court documents say Ronald Keith Davis, 37, of Williamstown, is currently faces charges of: Strangulation - Applying Pressure to Throat or NeckUnlawful Restraint/ Serious Bodily InjuryFalse ImprisonmentSimple AssaultOff'l Oppression-Arrest Search EtcRecklessly Endangering Another PersonThe Initial Incident The following is according to an affidavit: [Read More]

SCASD approves multimillion-dollar project for Mount Nittany Middle School

 Posted on May 27, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  328 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

STATE COLLEGE – The State College Area School District board of directors Monday unanimously approved a bid for a new air conditioning system at Mount Nittany Middle School. School officials say the move to put a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in the middle school is long overdue. Two million dollars is a lot of money to invest, but the school board officials put it like this: When you're renovating a house -- you want to fix anything and everything now -- to prevent problems in the future. [Read More]

Sears store to close in Nittany Mall

 Posted on May 27, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  178 words  |  Christie Applegate

STATE COLLEGE – The Sears store in the Nittany Mall is closing. The anchor store at the mall on East College Avenue in College Township was among a list of 18 Sears stores and 45 Kmart stores that will close by the end of January 2018, company officials said Thursday. “Sears Holdings continues its strategic assessment of the productivity of our Kmart and Sears store base and will continue to right-size our store footprint in number and size,” company officials said in a statement. [Read More]

Blair County crews called to 3-alarm fire in Frankstown Township

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  28 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Blair County crews called to 3-alarm fire in Frankstown Township

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Cambria County coroner's office gets new safety gear with grant money

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  126 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

The Cambria County Coroner's Office unveiled new gear Wednesday to help keep their staff safe on calls. Coroner Jeff Lees showcased the five sets of brand-new gear for his office. The gear cost nearly $10,000 and includes coats, pants, boots and gloves. Lees says the gear was bought with grant money, meaning there's no cost to taxpayers. He says his office received the grant for taking time to provide statistical data about deaths to the Department of Health. [Read More]

Chicago Group Core Spaces Purchases Sixth Building, Plans for Seventh in State College

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  270 words  |  Brenda Moya

STATE COLLEGE/CENTRE COUNTY, Pa — With the recent purchase of Park Hill Apartments in State College, Core Spaces now owns six downtown apartment buildings. Core Spaces has now shelled out over $100 million dollars on State College apartment buildings, and they also have plans to build a seventh. Since late 2019, Chicago-based group Core Spaces LLC has been busy in Centre County: on top of Park Hill, they also purchased Alexander Court, Beaver Hill, Cedarbrook, Garner Court and The Diplomat, according to the Borough. [Read More]

homicide investigation underway in Juniata County

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  102 words  |  Christie Applegate

JUNIATA COUNTY, Pa. — A homicide investigation is taking place in Juniata County after two individuals were found deceased in a home last weekend, state police say. While details are limited at this time, state police say Gloria Hardy, 78 and John Burdge, 90, were discovered deceased in the residence on June 11 along Route 35 in Tuscarora Township. According to a press release, the incident happened sometime between the hours of 11 p. [Read More]

Mount Union Trojans 2016 Football Schedule

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  135 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Friday, 8/26/2016 at 7:00pm Huntingdon (Huntingdon, PA) Location: Mt. Union High School Rivalry Game Friday, 9/2/2016 at 7:00pm Juniata Valley (Alexandria, PA) Location: Mt. Union High School Friday, 9/9/2016 at 7:00pm @ Tussey Mountain (Saxton, PA) Location: Tussey Mountain High School Friday, 9/16/2016 at 7:00pm Southern Huntingdon County (Three Springs, PA) Location: Mt. Union High School Friday, 9/23/2016 at 7:00pm @ West Branch (Morrisdale, PA) Location: West Branch High School [Read More]

Secret underground tunnel in New York synagogue leads to brawl between police, worshippers

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  502 words  |  Christie Applegate

NEW YORK (AP) — A group of Hasidic Jewish worshippers were arrested amid a dispute over a tunnel secretly dug into the side of a historic Brooklyn synagogue, setting off a brawl between police and those who tried to defend the makeshift passageway. The discovery of the tunnel at the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights prompted an emergency structural inspection from the city Tuesday. The building at 770 Eastern Parkway was once home to the movement’s leader, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and draws thousands of visitors each year. [Read More]

DuBois student charged for threatening to shoot fellow student; was found with guns, ammo inside car

 Posted on May 25, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  508 words  |  Christie Applegate

Clearfield Co., PA (WJAC) — Authorities in Clearfield County say a DuBois Area High School student is behind bars after he allegedly threatened to shoot a fellow student and was then found with multiple guns and ammunition inside his car while it was parked on school grounds. Investigators say on Tuesday, Sept. 19, school officials received a complaint from a teacher after she reportedly overheard an altercation in her classroom between Ryan Mancuso, 18, and another 18-year-old student. [Read More]