Stories for November 2005
Stories for Wednesday, November 23
Stores Prep For Black Friday
Wednesday is a normal shopping day in area stores. But sales associates are taking every second they can to get ready for you on Black Friday. It is a big job that started 2 weeks ago and goes until stores close Wednesday night. Channel 6 News caught up with many ...
Area Attorney Turns 100
Andrew Gleason, of Johnstown, turned 100 years old. About 200 of his family, friends and community members held a birthday party for him at Pyramids in Johnstown. Gleason is no longer active as an attorney but still stops in the office once a week.
2006 Cambria County Budget
There is some good news for tax payers. This year's budget will not warrant a tax increase, or any layoffs. Commissioners tell us they were able to balance the budget in a realistic manner that allows many programs to keep the majority of their funding. This is a much different ...
Blair County Convention Center
Channel Six has learned the food supplier for the Blair County Convention Center, Sodexho, has terminated their contract. The company contends the Center did not fulfill its financial obligation and added it might be hard for them to find a new supplier. We tried to contact the Convention Center for ...
Wal-Mart
Some Blair County residents are excited that there might be a new Wal-Mart locating near them. It's preliminary but Wal-Mart has made a presentation to the Bellwood Antis Township Planning Commission to put a Super Wal-Mart just off of the Pinecroft exit along Interstate 99. It could mean a lot ...
Stories for Tuesday, November 22
Snowman Banned At Local School
Frosty the Snowman is a Christmas carol we all know. In 2005, the snowman depiction, has become one of drug dealing, namely cocaine. The snowman shirt has been made famous by the rapper, Young Jeezy. The snow refers to cocaine and the snowman the cocaine dealer. The shirt doesn't look ...
Holiday Travel Begins
At three o'clock this afternoon, The Pennsylvania Turnpike was pretty much construction free and that will continue with at least four lanes open until next Monday, November 28 at 6 AM. The Turnpike Commission expects 2.7 million travelers on the toll road this Thanksgiving holiday. They hope the construction-free holiday ...
Holiday On-line Shopping
Black Friday is all about the ads and big discounts, not to mention the early morning. While a few area stores require you to come in and buy others give you an on-line option. Channel 6 News checked the Internet for the same sales and this is what we found. ...
10 Black Friday Tips
Only 3 days until the busiest shopping day of the year. If you take part, you know, every mall will be packed with shoppers going for the best holiday deals. You just have to be prepared or you'll run into a huge, anxious crowd at 5 o'clock in the morning ...
Stories for Monday, November 21
Eating Your Greens Will Cost You
What would a Thanksgiving feast be without cranberries, green beans and carrots? This year, you will probably still eat those foods, but it will cost you. If you are an avid fruit and vegetable shopper, you probably have already noticed it: produce prices are rising. Blaming high fuel costs, produce ...
Military Families Weigh In On Murtha's Comments
Just as this war seems to divide the country more and more, it also has divisions in a tight-knit family. Their overall goal is the same, but for military families, the decision for their loved ones to come home or stay the course differs. They come together every Monday night ...
Economic Summit 2005
Hundreds of business leaders met at the Convention Center for an economic report and to brainstorm new ideas. We're in an "economic upswing". That is the word out of this year's Economic Summit at the Conference Center in Johnstown. And this year is the biggest yet thanks, in part, to ...
Murtha In Johnstown
Around town, the signs are beginning to go up and people are making their voices heard. More and more people are speaking out against the war and the Bush administration. And, the man behind this so called movement....our own Congressman John Murtha. "The public does not believe this administration," says ...
Drug Raid
80 undercover buys during a four month investigation leads to the arrests of as many as 75 suspected drug dealers in Blair County. The majority of alleged dealers are accused of selling heroin and crack cocaine. A few upper level dealers are from out of state, 19 mid to street ...
Murder Suicide
After doing some research at the Blair County Courthouse, Channel Six has learned Matthew Woomer, the man police say shot his ex-wife and then turned the gun on himself Saturday evening in Tyrone, has a history of abuse. Woomer and victim Sandra, were just recently divorced and between the two ...
PSU FOOTBALL
Historic & Limited Edition Football, With Display Case Salutes Rich Tradition at Penn State & Beaver Stadium University Park, PA -- At many colleges, winning 10 games in a season is a dream come true. At Penn State University, however, it is par for the course. This years 10-1 mark ...
Jewelry Heist
State Police and forensic specialists say the believe a Clearfield County jewelry heist is yet another hit in a nationwide string of heists. Late Sunday night, the alarm went off at Kay's Jewelry Store about fifty minutes after the DuBois Mall closed for the evening. Surveillance video shows the thieves ...
Stories for Friday, November 18
Guardsman And Military Families Respond To Congressman Murtha's Speech
While the Pennsylvania National Guard is quiet about Congressman Murtha's comments in Washington D.C. on Thursday, one guardsman writes a letter to Channel 6 News responding to the speech. In it, he says he definitely agrees with Congressman Murtha's position. He goes on to say this is a political war, ...
Murtha's Words Stirring A Nation
The phones have been ringing off the hook at Congressman Murtha's office. Some callers are putting in their vote for Murtha to run for president, others are not as thrilled with his public attack of the war on terror. But one thing is for sure, people are talking. "Get them ...
Whole-Grain White Bread Taste Test
The new Food Pyramid recommends even more servings of whole grains every day, and that may seem like bad news to white bread lovers. But the Good Housekeeping Institute has found some new slices that may surprise you. Spread some PB & J on a slice of white, and a ...
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