Stories for June 2004
Stories for Wednesday, June 30
Police Continue To Investigate Murder
For the past few months, Orrin Eicher III, who was murdered in his Johnstown home this week, has been working at the Italian Oven in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. His boss tells Channel 6 News that Eicher was at work on Sunday. His shift ended at 4 pm, but he never showed ...
More Area Soldiers Leave For Iraq
Emily Haubts brother is leaving for Iraq, "My brothers here and I want to say goodbye to him whenever he leaves." Her brother is Private First Class Patrick Hoover. She and the rest of her family try not to cry too much, but stay strong and supportive for her brother. ...
Police Continue To Search For Clues
Police are focusing on retracing the steps Tina Miller took Saturday night right before she was killed in Canoe Creek State Park. Officials say the Hollidaysburg woman died from strangulation. State police are focusing on talking with everyone who may have seen or been with Miller that night. The Blair ...
Stories for Tuesday, June 29
Area Businesses Get Lesson On Safety
THE 2ND ANNUAL CAMBRIA COUNTY SAFETY CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE PASQUERILLA CONFERENCE CENTER. BUSINESSES AND AGENCIES FROM ALL OVER THE AREA WERE INVITED. VENDORS SET UP TO SHOW ITEMS FROM FOOT WEAR AND EYE SHIELDS TO OPERATING EQUIPMENT AND FIRST AID. SPEAKERS TALKED ON TOPICS FROM HANDLING FOOD TO ...
Update To Early Morning Sheetz Robbery Yesterday
A Johnstown man is under arrest after yesterday's early morning robbery in the city. Terrence Wilson of Johnstown was arraigned yesterday charged with robbing the Kernville Sheetz Store. Police caught up with Wilson after a chase through the city, and wrestled him to the ground at a home on Ash ...
Stories for Monday, June 28
Thunder Sets New Attendance Record
The 2004 Thunder in the Valley has rolled out of Johnstown. The five-day motorcycle rally attracted thousands of bikers to the delight of tourism officials. They attribute three factors for the strong numbers: great weather, the repeal of the state helmet law and word of mouth. All that, they say, ...
Stories for Wednesday, June 23
Where Is Bed Tax Going?
Is it a 70 million dollar white elephant in Blair County? Commissioners are at odds over the effectiveness of the Allegheny Mountains Convention and Visitor's Bureau. When it opened, the CVB and the Convention Center were supposed to promote tourism to Blair County through the money generated by a bed ...
Healthy Downtown State College
How's your local downtown area doing? This week municipal officials statewide are in State College for the Pennsylvania League of Cities Conference- and downtown economies are expected to be a prime topic of discussion. The League of Cities Conference opened Tuesday in State College. Governor Rendell, Senator Arlen Spector and ...
Stories for Tuesday, June 22
Free Health Screening For Seniors
THE SENIOR CENTER IN JOHNSTOWN HELD THIS FREE HEALTH SCREENING. IT'S BEING PUT ON BY UPMC LEE REGIONAL HOSPITAL. SENIORS ARE BEING TESTED FOR BLOOD PRESSURE, HEARING, AND CHOLESTEROL. THERE'S ALSO SCREENING FOR GLUCOMA, OSTEOPOROSIS, AND STROKE, AMONG OTHER THINGS. INFORMATION ON DIFFERENT DISEASES AND RISK FACTORS IS ALSO AVAILABLE. ...
Blair County Money Woes
Blair County is having some financial problems. The Commissioners there are pleading with County Department heads to stop spending money. A letter was sent out to County Department heads...explaining the County has 51 million dollars in revenue and 58 million in expenditures...that's a negative cash flow difference of close to ...
Stories for Monday, June 21
Landfill Project Downsizing
Another environmental issue in Centre County- is suddenly changing. The developers of a landfill targeted for the western part of the County- are downsizing their plans- saying they've decided to limit the project to only one Township. And for the numerous landfill opponents in Snow Shoe Township -- this is ...
"Summer In The City"
SUMMER IN THE CITY KICKED OFF TODAY. IT'S THE SUMMER PROGRAM FOR JOHNSTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS. FOR PARENTS IT'S FREE! ABOUT 500 STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART IN THE PROGRAM AGAIN THIS YEAR. IT'S THE 4TH YEAR FOR THE PROGRAM. 12 COUNSELORS WORK WITH THE KIDS, INCLUDING TUTORS AND ...
Stories for Saturday, June 19
Overtime Numbers For Johnstown Cleanup
Johnstown Assistant City Manager Curt Davis says the overtime numbers for this week's flood clean up are in. The total payout.. 58-hundred dollars -- for Wednesday and Thursday. The Fire Department worked 126 hours... getting nearly three thousand dollars in overtime. While the Police Department put in 13 hours at ...
Stories for Friday, June 18
Cambria Co. Flooding Preventable?
When this weeks heavy rain hit, baseball fields looked like lakes, and buildings took a beating. Experts say the majority of the damage happened because the ground's soil was too wet from previous storms to absorb any water. The flash flooding ended up causing damage to Bishop McCort High School. ...
Storms Leave Thousands In The Dark
Storms last night across Western Pennsylvania left nearly 2,000 people without power and dozens of homes flooded. In New Kensington. of Westmoreland County, a mudslide closed one lane of Route 56/366 near Valley High School. Also, Constitution Boulevard and Seventh Street closed overnight because of flood waters more than two ...
Stories for Thursday, June 17
Johnstown Flash Flooding
Cleaning up after the storm. Sheets of pouring rain -- lead to flash flooding in Johnstown. So much rain -- so fast -- left roads closed - bus service cancelled - and buildings damaged. And it all happened when many people had just called it a day at work -- ...
Stories for Tuesday, June 15
RIFLE TEAMS EXPAND IN SOMERSET COUNTY
THE RIFLES BEING USED BY STUDENTS ON RIFLE TEAMS. THE ORGANIZATION "FRIENDS OF THE N-R-A" GAVE 5 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SOMERSET COUNTY GRANT MONEY THIS MORNING. IT HELPS THE SCHOOLS DEVELOP THIS SPORTS PROGRAM. SHANKSVILLE, NORTH STAR, BERLIN, AND TURKEYFOOT GOT $5,000. SALISBURY GOT A CHECK FOR $4,400. NOW 7 ...
45 People Arrested For Drugs
Over 100 agents from three counties helped with a drug sweep in Blair County yesterday that nabbed over forty drug dealers. The investigation for the raid had been going on since January, and many arrested yesterday had been repeat offenders.
Checking Trucks In Centre County
Its the summer travel season- you're on the interstate- and the big rigs continue to roll by. How safe are the trucks- and do we really know what they're carrying? Police and others in Centre County this week are trying to get a better picture. In the wake of the ...
Stories for Monday, June 14
School's Out, Except In Somerset
School's out for the summer. It's a phrase that every student loves to hear. Most area students have begun enjoying their summer except for kids in Somerset after a teachers' strike pushed back the last day of school. Students must now go until Wednesday, June 23rd. Some say it will ...
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