Teens charged in New Year's Day shots fire incident were involved in 'gang war'

 Posted on April 27, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  33 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Police: Teens charged in New Year's Day shots fire incident were involved in 'gang war'

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Wildlife experts highlight bat conservation at Lincoln Caverns' Bat Fest

 Posted on April 27, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  595 words  |  Brenda Moya

HUNTINGDON CO., Pa. (WJAC) — November saw the northern long-eared bat declared an endangered species. The years-long Bat Fest tradition at Lincoln Caverns took the opportunity on Saturday to educate the public about the species and other types of bats. To some, bats can be a nuisance, frightening, or even part of your superhero origin story. But, like all animals, we rely on them more than it would seem. That was one of the main messages of Lincoln Caverns' 17th annual Bat Fest. [Read More]

Windber Woods retirement community celebrates grand reopening

 Posted on April 27, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  167 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

WINDBER, Pa. (WJAC) — A senior living and retirement community in Somerset County celebrated a grand reopening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday. Several upgrades were made to the Winber Woods Senior Living and Rehabilitation Center. Caring Health Systems came in to revamp the center's operations. The center features a 27-acre campus with multiple levels of care, including rehabilitation services, long-term nursing and care in advanced nursing areas. There is also a 32-bed personal care home that enables independent living with 24-hour care. [Read More]

Cleveland Browns' Myles Garrett delivers toys to Northern Cambria family displaced by fire

 Posted on April 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  206 words  |  Delta Gatti

NORTHERN CAMBRIA, Pa. (WJAC) — Cleveland Browns Defensive End Myles Garrett made a stop in Steelers country Tuesday to visit a family who lost everything in a Northern Cambria fire last month. The fire broke out April 3 near the corner of Philadelphia Ave. and Cottonwood Street, displacing two families. One of those families was the Abrams family who had just welcomed a new baby. The father of the family, Tommy Abrams, says he’s a huge Cleveland Browns fan and Garrett reached out to him on Twitter after hearing about his family’s loss. [Read More]

Former prison guard gets probation for sex with inmate

 Posted on April 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  131 words  |  Brenda Moya

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A former guard at a Pennsylvania prison has been sentenced to nine months of probation for having sex with an inmate while she was out on work release nearly a decade ago. Jeffrey Staff was one of seven guards to be charged with sexually abusing inmates at Lackawanna County Prison. He pleaded no contest to official oppression and was sentenced Thursday. The 43-year-old from Clarks Summit has also been barred from getting another job in a prison or law enforcement. [Read More]

School board in Oregon votes to stop parents, staff fundraising for teachers

 Posted on April 26, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  423 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Parents and staff can no longer fundraise for teachers at Portland Public Schools, the school board voted, and now there will be only one foundation spreading money across all schools in the district. There are more than 30 foundations raising money across most of the schools in Portland Public Schools. Some schools raise more than others ,while some don't get any money. That may seem unfair to many, and district leaders agree, but others worry it might have a lasting negative impact on families. [Read More]

Spanish matador fatally gored, first time since 1985

 Posted on April 26, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  303 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

MADRID (AP) — A bullfighter was fatally gored in Spain in an eastern town the first professional matador to be killed in the ring in more than three decades. Victor Barrio, 29, was pronounced dead late Saturday by a surgeon at the Teruel bullring. Barrio was first gored in the thigh by the 1,166-pound (530-kilogram) bull's left horn and his body was flipped over. He was gored a second time in the chest and the blow penetrated a lung and his aorta as the matador was on the ground. [Read More]

Steelers fan to be reunited with 'sentimental' Terrible Towel that was lost

 Posted on April 26, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  266 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

UPDATE |Pittsburgh (WJAC) — A happy update as Steelers fan Morgan Koester posted to Facebook late Monday that a fellow fan did indeed find her lost Terrible Towel during Sunday's game at Acrisure Stadium. According to the post, the towel was picked up by another fan, who reportedly lives in Ohio. Koester says the fan messaged her to let her know that they were in possession of the towel and that they will ship it back to her. [Read More]

The motorcyclist he crashed into managed to identify him with Facebook, old mugs

 Posted on April 26, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  552 words  |  Brenda Moya

LAKE PANASOFFKEE, Fla. (TND) — It took three years, but a man convicted of hitting a motorcyclist in a bit of road rage and then driving away has started serving his latest prison sentence. It's Howard Charles Smith’s sixth trip to state prison in Florida. The victim told a sheriff’s deputy the guy who hit him was driving a brown Chevy Blazer SUV, and he “displayed road rage-type behavior.” The arrest report from April 5, 2021, continued, “The defendant passed the victim and then started stepping on his brakes in an attempt to make the victim crash. [Read More]

1 injured in crash involving tanker truck along Route 322

 Posted on April 25, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  241 words  |  Christie Applegate

UPDATECENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — According to state police in Centre County, one person was injured in Tuesday's crash along Route 322 near Boalsburg. Troopers say the crash occurred just before 3:30 p.m. when the driver of a passenger vehicle crossed the center line and struck a gasoline tanker truck. Investigators say the driver of the passenger vehicle suffered minor injuries and was transported to UPMC Altoona. State police add that the driver will be cited for traffic violations. [Read More]