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Powerful storms leave at least 24 dead in several US states over Memorial Day weekend

Posted on May 9, 2024 | 4 minutes | 808 words | Christie Applegate

HOUSTON (AP) — Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving one person dead and about 1 million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Widespread outages were reported across a wide swath of storm-weary Texas, where an oppressive, early-season heat wave added to the misery. [Read More]

2 Johnstown teens charged for robbing taxi driver at gun point

Posted on May 8, 2024 | 3 minutes | 529 words | Delta Gatti

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Police say two Johnstown teenagers have been charged for robbing a taxi driver at gun point in East Conemaugh Borough early Tuesday morning. According to a criminal complaint, 17-year-old Joseph Camut III and 18-year-old Anthony Petak have been charged with robbery, aggravated assault and conspiracy. Additionally, Petak is a charge related to carrying a gun without a license. According to the East Conemaugh Police Department, officers were called to the 300 block of Oak Street just before 4 a. [Read More]

Court dismisses lawsuit filed by ex-PSU football trainer, Beta Theta Pi adviser

Posted on May 8, 2024 | 1 minutes | 96 words | Christie Applegate

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — A lawsuit filed by former Penn State football team trainer Tim Bream against the university has been dismissed in Centre County court. Bream claimed Penn State violated NCAA guidelines in reducing his responsibilities to avoid the appearance of scandal or impropriety. Bream was a live-in adviser at the fraternity house where a party led to the death of Timothy Piazza in 2017. Penn State says Bream never told them he was living at the fraternity. [Read More]

Hearing from the family of Ricardo Munoz, the man shot and killed by police in Lancaster

Posted on May 8, 2024 | 2 minutes | 318 words | Delta Gatti

LANCASTER, Pa. — For the first time since Ricardo Munoz was shot and killed, we are hearing from his family. I spoke to Munoz's mother and step-father, who say this didn’t need to end this way. Grief has befallen Munoz’s family, after he was shot and killed by police, Sunday afternoon. His parents say the 27-year-old suffered from schizophrenia and, unfortunately, was not taking his medication. At the same time, they don’t believe he would have hurt the police officer, despite having a knife. [Read More]

Johnstown Opioid Town Hall | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News

Posted on May 8, 2024 | 1 minutes | 26 words | Barrett Giampaolo

Johnstown Opioid Town Hall | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News

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man facing felony charges after attempting to run a family member over with his car

Posted on May 8, 2024 | 2 minutes | 232 words | Merlyn Hunt

CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. — A Clearfield County man is behind bars after assaulting a family member and then an EMT August 29, state police say. According to a press release, police were called to a home on the 600 block of Laura Street just after 7 p.m. in Chester Hill Boro for a report of a disturbance. State police said that, upon arrival, they discovered that Gary Quick, 45, had assaulted a family member by trying to run them over with a vehicle. [Read More]

The 82nd Sunnehanna Amateur is set to tee off

Posted on May 8, 2024 | 2 minutes | 287 words | Merlyn Hunt

Johnstown, Pa — The world's best amateur golfers are in Johnstown for the 82nd Sunnehanna Amateur. Between Wednesday and Saturday people at home will have the chance to attend Sunnehanna Country Club to watch the best of the best for free. You may not recognize their names now, but many in the tournament will go on to play on the PGA tour. The first group of players is scheduled to tee-off at eight A. [Read More]

CamTran participates in National Human Trafficking Awareness event

Posted on May 7, 2024 | 1 minutes | 124 words | Merlyn Hunt

Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — CamTran and its employees showed their support for National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Wednesday. All employees of the company were encouraged to wear blue, and the event was promoted across social media using the hashtag "wear blue day." Officials say they embraced the event, signifying its efforts to ensure public transportation is as safe as possible. “Public transportation unfortunately is a hub for human trafficking and kind of the darker side of the world sometimes, and rather than hide that, we want to shine a light on it so we can prevent that moving forward. [Read More]

Car crashes into Dollar Tree

Posted on May 7, 2024 | 1 minutes | 53 words | Christie Applegate

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. -- A car crashed into the front of the Dollar Tree at 200 Town Center Drive, in Richland Township, near Walmart this afternoon, Cambria County dispatch said.

There were no reports of injuries but the car is reported to have broke through the glass in front of the building.

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Concert From Hell' after backlash

Posted on May 7, 2024 | 1 minutes | 204 words | Brenda Moya

WASHINGTON (TND) Hulu has pulled its documentary covering the events of the Astroworld tragedy after facing backlash on social media. Hours after posting its documentary "Astroworld: Concert From Hell" on Wednesday, the streaming service has pulled the documentary from its platform after sparking backlash on social media, as reported by NBC News. The news special, produced by ABC's news station KTRK, recaps the horrific events of Travis Scott's music festival on Nov. [Read More]