Cambria County
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Head Start centers to close amid federal cutbacks
Those automatic spending cuts from Washington are trickling all the way down to families and children in Cambria County. Two out of the five Head Start centers are closing, leaving 96 kids without a place to go and 14 people without jobs. Directors said it was a tough decision, but one that ...
Local war veterans honored at armed forces dinner
"One of the things I really believe in is the real heroes, which were the 38,000 guys that never came home, the 58,000 wounded and 8,100 that were never accounted for," Korean War veteran Lovell Shaffer said. Many salutes and smiles in honor of the Korean War veterans from Somerset ...
Salvation Army to close homeless shelter by end of summer
The only homeless shelter in Cambria County says its doors will close for good by the end of summer. The Salvation Army has been in the community for more than 20 years, but it's finally come to the point where it says it just can't afford to keep its shelter open. ...
Deer smashes Pa. bus windshield, takes short ride
A deer has taken a ride on a western Pennsylvania bus. The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat newspaper (http://bit.ly/14nGOx0) reports the white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus being driven Tuesday evening in Johnstown, about 65 miles east of Pittsburgh. The deer hopped around frantically near the driver before jumping ...
Aging building, DEP permits slowing down Johnstown water facility project
A combination of setbacks has forced the delay of a pilot system to treat wastewater from natural gas drilling. It was supposed to take three to six months for Aspen Johnstown's water facility to receive the permits needed from the Department of Environmental Protection when the company started the project. ...
Deer crashes into CamTran bus
A deer crashed through the windshield of a CamTran bus in suburban Johnstown Tuesday evening. It happened along the 200 block of Goucher Street. CamTran provided security video to 6 News that shows the deer flying through the glass and running around the bus. The driver and another passenger on ...
DUI Task Force reacts to NTSB recommendation to lower BAC level
"The United States is used to leading when it comes to safety and transportation. In this area we are woefully behind," a spokeswoman with National Transportation Safety Board said. An NTSB study showed that more than 100 countries have already adopted the tougher standard, and they said fewer people are ...
Community expresses concern over rundown playground
Johnstown has several playgrounds where kids can go to run around and be kids in a safe environment. Some of them are nicer than others, like the newly renovated Oakhurst Playground in the West End. But it takes time and money for upkeep -- something city officials say they don't ...
Back To Work Wednesday - May 15, 2013
Local employers are searching for good workers like you! Find out what jobs are available here. Sponsored by Sargent's Personnel Agency. -- Sargent's Personnel Agency -- For more information, contact Sargent's Personnel Agency at: 210 Main Street Johnstown, PA 15901 Phone: (814) 536-7877 -- PA CareerLink Bedford ...
3 vehicles damaged when coal truck crashes, overturns on Route 219
Traffic was backed up for hours on Route 219 in Cambria County on Tuesday morning when a loaded coal truck rear-ended another car, which in turn caused the truck to overturn and the car to crash into a third vehicle. The crash happened around 7:30 a.m. when the coal truck ...
1 charged in Hornerstown shooting, other suspects expected to be charged
One man has been charged in connection with a shooting last week in Johnstown, and three more suspects are expected to be charged. Anthony Sanders, of Johnstown, was picked up from the hospital and arraigned on Monday. Sanders was dressed in a hospital gown and shuffling with a walker as ...
Shaner family offering reward to help find stolen items
If falling victim to a targeted explosion wasn't enough, the Shaner family was robbed of the little they had left. Investigators say Brad Kollar detonated explosives outside their Kepshire road home in Cambria County. As the family struggles to recover, they are now asking the community for support. "With a ...
Police: Tractor trailer stolen from coal company's lot
A Cambria County coal company had a tractor trailer stolen from its property overnight on Sunday. Police said someone broke into E P Bender Coal Company in Reade Township. Police said they stole a green truck tractor with a black trailer attached. That person also smashed through a steel gate ...
Police release two names connected to Hornerstown shooting
Police said Derik Lawrence Carothers, 17, and Daron Shamburger, 25, are connected to the shooting in the Honerstown section of Johnstown but are in the Cambria County prison for warrants. No one has been charged yet for the shooting. Police said Carothers and Shamburger were shot. Carothers was on house ...
Costly classrooms: College allocation reduced
Justin Capouellze works part time at the Market Basket in Richland Township, doing anything that needs done. He also works as a landscaper and at the commercial site of Stuver's Nursery. Capouellze, 20, a 2011 graduate of Greater Johnstown High School, knows how hard it is to earn money when ...
2 demolition workers injured when 15-foot wall collapses in Johnstown
Video captured by a neighbor tells the whole story after a 15-foot wall came crashing down on construction workers in Johnstown. The pair were cleaning up what was left behind from a devastating fire Thanksgiving night. The fire on Coleman Avenue in the Moxham neighborhood damaged four buildings and displaced more ...
Central booking at county prison goes into effect this weekend
Officials in Cambria County said they're just days away from making the criminal system more efficient and police officers jobs a little easier. Starting this weekend anyone arrested in the county will go straight to jail. Currently the county has 12 magisterial judges who take turns being on call nights and ...
Central booking at county prison goes into effect this weekend
Officials in Cambria County said they're just days away from making the criminal system more efficient and police offers jobs a little easier. Starting this weekend anyone arrested in the county will go straight to jail.
Judges appoint new Johnstown councilman
Johnstown City Council is once again back at full strength with the appointment of a new council member Wednesday. A panel of three Cambria County judges needed only one day to choose 35-year old Joseph Taranto, a Johnstown chiropractor, to fill the unexpired term of the late Ann Wilson. The ...
Cambria Co. man charged after leading police on 10-mile chase
A Cambria County man is charged after leading police and sheriff's deputies on a high-speed chase Wednesday. Robert Prebehalla, 46, of Revloc, was arrested after the incident. Deputies said they tried to stop Prebehalla on a probation violation and he fled, leading state and local police from six area departments ...
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