Stories for September 2004
Stories for Thursday, September 30
Johnstown To Build More Affordable Housing
The Johnstown Housing Authority has already built 4 homes in Prospect this year. It says the response was so successful its moving forward with this project to build more. The homes are located along Moore street. The housing authority is in the initial stages of building 3 more homes for ...
Fall Foliage Festival Kicks Off This Weekend
An annual Bedford tradition is about to kickoff for the 40th year in a row. The Fall Foliage Festival draws thousands of visitors and vendors. However, with all those people descending on the town, organizers are hoping to avoid a traffic nightmare. They've designated two parking areas, one at the ...
Stories for Wednesday, September 29
Exceptional Parent Magazine Moves To Johnstown
Exceptional Parent magazine, based in New Jersey, is moving it's entire operation to the Main Street East Building downtown. Exceptional Parent is a parenting and medical magazine. It's teaming up with Conemaugh Health System to offer numerous education programs online. The magazine's C.E.O. says Dr. Richard Saluzzo was a big ...
Police Make Arrest In Miller Murder Case
State Police have arrested 32-year-old Aaron Ross for the murder of Tina Miller. Miller's body was found at Canoe Creek State Park on June 27th Police believe Miller met Ross for the first time at a bar in Hollidaysburg on the night of the murder. From there, acquaintances dropped the ...
Stories for Tuesday, September 28
Police Make Arrest In June Murder
State police in Blair County have arrested 32-year-old Aaron Ross for the murder of Tina Miller. Miller's body was found at Canoe Creek State Park on June 27th. Police believe Miller met Ross for the first time at a bar in Hollidaysburg - the night of the murder. From there ...
More Flooding?
The Juniata River rose but remains in its banks. Puddles of standing water were also seen in Bedford County. In Coalmont, Huntingdon County, theyre seeing some flooding with rushing creeks. In 6 Mile Run, Bedford County, creeks and rivers there are rising over their banks coming closer to homes. Residents ...
Magazine Company Moves To Johnstown
Exceptional Parent, a magazine for parents of disabled children is moving to Johnstown. The company will team up with Conemaugh Health System and will provide an online medical educational program. The magazine company will begin hiring in November and hopes to have 16 employees by the end of next year.
Stories for Sunday, September 26
Suspect Sought In Johnstown Murder
Still no suspect in a Johnstown murder case. The body of Darnell Alexander was found Friday along a service road in the city's Woodvale section. His death is being ruled a homicide and the coroner's office today says he died of a gunshot wound but is not specifiying where he ...
Man Steals Police Car As Officer Is Injured
Breaking News out of Westmoreland County as police hunt for a suspect after stealing a police car and injuring an officer. The incident is still under investigation, but late Saturday night a man was hand-cuffed and taken into custody along Route 711 by Laurel Valley High School. Channel 6 News ...
Stories for Saturday, September 25
New Stores Open
Two new stores open for business in Richland Township. For some, it's a shoppers dream come true; however, others are wondering about the impact they'll have on the local economy. The Tractor Supply Company near Johnstown's Galleria Mall and Ross' Dress for Less in the new Richland Town Centre held ...
Stories for Thursday, September 23
Answers To A Deadly Gas Leak
A natural gas leak and house explosion in Clearfield County killed two people last month. Now national fuel officials announced preliminary findings that show faulty workmanship could be what caused the leak. Neighbors came to the meeting in hopes of getting an answer to why a fusion joint in a ...
Jobs In Johnstown?
It's an announcement Johnstown was hoping would end in their favor, but today the CEO of a Spanish wind turbine company announced it will not base it's headquarters in Johnstown, but this isn't necessarily bad news. The key to all of this is the manufacturing facility for Gamesa. Wherever that ...
Road Work Will Cause Delays
Drivers in both Johnstown and Tyrone will have to deal with delays on major roads over the next few days. PennDot will be paving Elton Road starting Friday. Drivers should expect major backups until work is done on Friday, October 8th. Traffic will be restricted to one lane along Route ...
Stories for Wednesday, September 22
Resident And Johnstown City Officials Fed Up With Burned Out Buildings
The City of Johnstown has a list of roughly 20 burned out, unoccupied homes. The struggle is trying to get something done with them. Fannie Randolph lives across the street from one, Now would you like to live across the street from this. We get aroma, everything is in this ...
Counties Added To Aid List
Jefferson and Bedford Counties were included in the list of twenty counties added to a Federal Disaster Declaration on Wednesday. Residents in those areas will be eligible for federal assistance. Senators Arlen Spector and Rick Santorum announced that President Bush signed off on the amendment. So, the total number of ...
Teacher Charged With Rape
The Cambria County District Attorney filed rape charges against a middle school teacher today. Barrett Owens is facing rape charges for several incidents involving a 13 year old girl. He was arrested earlier this month at Central Cambria Middle school and accused of having sexual conversations with minors over the ...
Stories for Tuesday, September 21
Car Repair Shop Damaged
Riddle's Auto Shop in Creekside, Indiana County, saw almost 4 feet of water. The cars, once submerged in water, are now covered in mud and sand. They were just at Riddles to be fixed. The owner has no flood insurance because of the cost so the car owners are now ...
How To Not Buy A Flood Damaged Car
A car you've just bought could have been covered in flood waters, mud and sand. It doesn't happen a lot, but it does happen. Car buyers getting stuck with a vehicle that was damaged in a flood. According to the Attorney General's office, anyone selling a car has to tell ...
College Fair
About 1,500 of high school students went to the 2nd annual Cambria County College Fair. It was held at the Pasquerilla Conference Center. 71 Colleges and Universities from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia were represented today. The fair is sponsored by Cambria-Rowe Business College.
Free Tetanus Shots
Free Tetanus shots were offered by Indiana County health officials this afternoon. One of the locations where residents could go was at the Creekside Fire Hall. Nurses were there from noon until 6pm giving the free Tetanus shots. Shelocta, Clymer, Clarksburg, and Indiana were other areas people could go for ...
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