Stories for August 2005
Stories for Wednesday, August 31
Effects Of Tropical Storm Katrina Hit Home For PSU Student
The effects of tropical storm Katrina have hit close to home for a Penn State student who is a native of New Orleans. It's been a few days since Joseph Torregano spoke with his family because phone communication to the affected areas has been spotty, but he does know that ...
Miguel Padilla
Illegal immigrant, Miguel Padilla, was a known criminal, from four different incidents. Immigration officials were notified about at least two of his arrests, and yet, he was not deported. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, I.C.E., claims, along with other agencies, they were investigating Padilla at the time of the murder. ...
Mother Sentenced In Baby's Diaper Rash Death
Amy Livingston was sentenced Tuesday for her role in the death of her son, Harley. Livingston also plead guilty to the statutory rape of a 15-year-old boy. The judge decided Livingston will serve a six month sentence for that crime at the same time. Livingston's mother, who was the director ...
Stories for Tuesday, August 30
Contractor Concerns
Channel 6 spoke to two families, both in Beaverdale, Cambria County, who say they contracted work from Country Classic Home Builders and they say they aren't getting what they paid for. Mary Cameron, who contracted work from Country Classic Home Builders, says, "We actually thought, wow, we're going to have ...
DEP Involved In Mining Development Debate
The Department of Environmental Protection gets a hands-on look Tuesday at the subject of this dispute. It's over 30 acres of land. Some of it is Ray Lundberg's development. Next to it is land the mine could sit on. Channel 6 News met Ray Lundberg almost a year ago. He ...
Brookville Teachers To Strike
Brookville Area School District teachers gave school officials their strike notice Wednesday night. They say they plan to hit picket lines September 7, in protest of contract negotiations that have broken off. Teachers say they hope to force the dispute into non-binding arbitration.
Anger From Community
Miguel Padilla is accused of murdering three people over the weekend in Altoona. Tuesday, the community still mourned, but also wondered how this happened. Padilla graduated from Penn Cambria High School, in Cresson, and many ask how? Channel Six has learned citizenship doesn't matter, each school is required to teach ...
Stories for Monday, August 29
PSU Reworking Plans To Build Stage On HUB Lawn
Plans to build a stage outside the Hub on Penn State's campus have been temporarily put on hold, while university officials revise details of the project. University officials appeared before the State College Borough Council to address concerns about noise that would come from the stage earlier this month. Noise ...
Gas Prices Could Spike
As Hurricane Katrina plowed into energy alley with 145 mile per hour winds and blinding rain, oil prices peaked above $70 a barrel. Refineries and major oil producers like Exxon-Mobil were forced to clear oil rigs and evacuate workers. Some oil experts say even if President Bush taps the nation's ...
Riding Out Hurricane Katrina
For one Blair County native, riding out Hurricane Katrina is a first time, frightening experience. Michelle Oubre is riding out the storm an hour west of New Orleans where she now lives. She tells Channel 6 News by phone Monday, "We're getting squalls every 20 minutes and then we have ...
Are Local Manufacturing Jobs Declining?
Crane Manufacturing closed down operations on Saturday and Meyersdale Manufacturing is to close on Wednesday. So you might think the manufacturing industry isn't doing so well in Somerset County, but it seems that's not the case. Crane officials say it is cheaper to send product overseas to manufacture than to ...
New Details In Triple Murder
According to state police, Miguel Padilla was arrested in Fulton County last year for having a firearm. Padilla is an illegal immigrant and is not allowed to have a gun. A copy of that arrest report was given to immigration officials earlier this year. State police also tell us Padilla's ...
DuBois Volunteer Ready To Help In Deep South
Now that Hurricane Katrina has made its way through the deep south, one of the nation's largest recovery efforts to date will soon be underway. The American Red Cross is mobilizing its volunteers - over 1,600 from their northeastern region alone - to head south and begin cleanup and support ...
Curwensville Bridge Now Open
It's been more than a year in coming, but the new Bloomington Avenue bridge in Curwensville is now open. In addition - a new traffic signal was installed at the intersection of Bloomington Avenue and State Route 879. For drivers heading north on 879, the traffic light comes as somewhat ...
Hurricane Katrina Vs. Local Farmers
Many of us with yards are looking forward to this week's rain turning the grass green again. But farmers tell us that for them, this rain is too late. This summer's rain was spotty. However, some areas like Matt Kamnikar's farm in Hollsopple got rain at the perfect times and ...
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Stories for Sunday, August 28
Triple Murder In Altoona
When you go out for a night on the town, the last thing you think of is violence. Just before two in the morning on Sunday, three people were gunned down outside of a local club and the reason will shock you. "First words out of my mouth were Oh, ...
Stories for Saturday, August 27
Tyrone Woman Killed
A Tyrone woman is run over and killed. Police say Dennis Miller was drunk and driving along Decker Hollow Road, in Tyrone. The victim, Anna Walk was with him in the car. Police say the two got into an argument. Anna got out of the car, and while she was ...
Police Chase
State police in Clearfield investigated a burglary in Knox Township Thursday, and Friday, police received a tip that the guns stolen in that robbery were being shown at a junk yard in Shiloh. Police were able to get a description of the car but when they spotted that vehicle it ...
Teens Search For Crashed Plane
The Civil Air Patrol is called out to 95 percent of inland plane searches. Today they had their seasonal drill and the majority of the ground searchers were teens. With foggy skies, an aerial spot is out of the question. So ground search and rescue parties scour the countryside in ...
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