Stories for December 2005
Stories for Monday, December 26
2006 Good Housekeeping Good Buy Awards
This is the 11th year the Good Housekeeping Institute has awarded its annual "Good Buy Awards." It's the institute's way of recognizing truly innovative household products that solve a common household problem. "The products are new in the last year and theyre affordable to consumers, says John Kupsch, Technical Director, ...
Stories for Friday, December 23
Cambria County Man Murdered; Suspect On The Loose
The big question is what happened to Chuck Cummings Sr.? The Pennsylvania State Police are still searching for the answer. As of Friday night, they have no suspects. State Police and friends of Chuck say he was on his way to work Friday morning in Fishertown when he stopped at ...
Churches Targeted By Nativity Vandals
It's supposed to be the symbol of what Christmas is all about - the Baby Jesus at the manger scene. But for two Methodist churches in the Sigel area of Jefferson County - they became the target of vandals. Pastor Gary Sheesley says early this week parishioners at the Zion ...
Stories for Thursday, December 22
CVB Employees Had Support All The Way
Those originally charged were CVB Executive Director, Lisa Dailey, Jayne Korenosky, and Karen Soliday, but the Cambria County District Attorney dismissed charges against all three today. The Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement said that three Johnstown - Cambria County Convention and Visitors Bureau workers kept beer sales ...
What To Expect Traveling
As we get closer to Christmas more people are traveling. In fact, this Christmas will be especially busy because the holiday falls on the weekend. But Channel 6 News is already looking out to wherever you're headed. Whether you're taking the old fashioned route on the highway or trucking your ...
Prison Guards Resign After Convict Escapes
The two guards names are not being released. I spoke with officials from the State Correctional Facility in Houtzdale where the guards were employed. They tell me an investigation was completed and the guards decided to resign and are careful to say they were not fired. On November 16th convicted ...
New Jobs Coming For New Year?
JLG Industries say they are thinking about re-opening their Bedford plant. County officials say it is a great time to be in Bedford. Plant closings hit our region hard. When jobs disappear, locals tend to have to travel for work. So when word gets out that a plant might re-open, ...
Windber Man Arrested For Child Molestation
The Windber man was convicted of indecent assault and corruption of minors in 1994. But Megan's Law didn't go into effect until the following year, so Reese wasn't required to register. But state police tell Channel 6 News, even if he had been forced to register in 1994, he wouldn't ...
Charges Dropped Against CVB Members
The state liquor board called for criminal charges against the group after it was discovered several volunteer fire departments did not receive the right amount of money from the beer sales. They were supposed to get $71,000, but the CVB was accused of only giving the three fire companies a ...
Stories for Wednesday, December 21
Renter's Rights; Snow And Ice
What renters need to know should be spelled out in your lease. Look for who is responsible for removing the snow and ice from where you live. At many apartments ice and snow can be a problem now. Either your landlord has a plow or the job is contracted out ...
Students Help One Of Their Own
Students and teachers at Penn Cambria Middle School in Cambria County raised money for the Thompson family. 13-year-old Kristen Thompson suffers from a tumor and needs a liver transplant. She has been in and out of hospitals since spring. In that time a fire damaged her family's home. Kristen's classmate ...
Study Finds Chemicals In Pennsylvania Drinking Water
Do you know what is in the water you drink? It is not just H2O, according to the new study. The Environmental Watch Group studied tap water in 42 states, including Pennsylvania, and found over 100 unregulated chemicals. The most common ones were disinfection byproducts, nitrates, chloroform, barium, arsenic, and ...
Murtha On President Bush's Speech
It was a flurry of cameras and national and local media Wednesday in Johnstown as Congressman John Murtha once again took aim at the Bush white house and the war in Iraq. "He's saying the same things, he is just making it look like he is changing," says Murtha. "My ...
Salvation Army
Hurricane Katrina had Salvation Army officials worried at the beginning of the holiday season. Concerns over the amount of donations that would go into the popular red kettles this Christmas but here in Altoona, they are right on the mark to reaching their goal of 70 thousand dollars. As of ...
Stories for Tuesday, December 20
New Safe Street Program
In a press conference Tuesday morning in Ebensburg, a member of the FBI in Pittsburgh announced the formation of the "Southwest Pennsylvania Safe Streets Task Force." The force will include seven counties initially, including Blair, Somerset, Bedford, and Cambria counties. The new program would allow authorities to use items like ...
Cambria County Drug Bust
In a press conference Tuesday, Cambria County authorities announced that police have taken nearly 20 people into custody over the last few weeks in connection with a group known as the Philly Mob. This group, police tell us, is among the top five drug organizations that have been dismantled in ...
New Jobs
This Christmas season Bedford County getting a great gift, close to 330 new jobs in the region. Congressman Bill Shuster helping to announce that of multiple sites in the Mid-Atlantic region, a company is moving its business into the Bedford County Business Park. Recreational Equipment Inc., better known as R.E.I., ...
Stories for Monday, December 19
The Vote Is In On Johnstown's Budget
Coming down to the wire, with not much room to spare, eight members of Johnstown's City Council voted Monday night on the 2006 City Budget. With five yes votes to three no votes, it passed. With it's preliminary passing, Johnstown residents could see a three-mill tax increase. That means if ...
Suspected Teen Bank Robber Has Day In Court
The teenager will not be tried as an adult. Instead, the judge opted to try the girl as a juvenile Monday afternoon. This case began early in December when Johnstown Police responded to a bank robber at the First National Bank in the Moxham section of Johnstown. Originally, police were ...
Former Police Chief Under Investigation
Daniel Zakraysek is the subject of an investigation by the State Attorney General's office. That was confirmed by the Cambria County District Attorney's office Monday. They could not say what the probe is looking into. Meanwhile, calls to Harrisburg were not returned Monday.
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