Stories for January 2006
Stories for Sunday, January 29
Local Woman Convicted Of Vehicular Homicide
An Alum Bank woman has been convicted of vehicular homicide while driving under the influence after her sport utility vehicle went airborne and crashed into a man's garage, killing him and leaving his grandson brain damaged. A jury found 40-year-old Kandy Rhodes guilty of several charges associated with the September ...
Stories for Thursday, January 26
Cancer Center Fined For Incorrectly Treating Patient
In addition to slapping the Dubois Regional Medical Center with a $183,000 fine, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has forced the facility to change its procedure for treating cancer patients. A patient was given radiation in the wrong area of the body during 18 separate treatments, according to information ...
Medicare Woes For Pharmacies
We have all heard about how confusing the new Medicare Part D program is for seniors, and the troubles they have been running into getting prescriptions paid for. Now, small, family-owned pharmacies are having to foot a major bill. In order to take the financial burden off seniors while this ...
Salt Supply Status
December started with a bang, giving us more than 30 inches of snow. Street crews were worried their salt supplies wouldn't last. But, with temperatures well above normal this month, the salt has been saved up, which could prove very valuable later. Channel 6 News talked with the Windber borough ...
Pittsburgh Steelers AFC Champs And Jerome Bettis Commemorative Football
This full-size commemorative football salutes the Pittsburgh Steelers as AFC Champions in addition to featuring Jerome Bettis career highlights. The first commemorative panel salutes Jerome Bettis and his NFL career highlights and statistics to date. The second commemorative panel highlights the Steelers Franchise and Championship History and features a full ...
Stories for Wednesday, January 25
Plans For New Centre County Clinic Underway
Plans for a new medical facility in Centre County are underway, but some health officials aren't too pleased with the idea. Some area health officials say the new facility would bring too much competition and drive up prices of medical services for patients. Geisinger Health Systems wants to build a ...
February = Snow
If you liked the warmer weather that we've had over the past couple of weeks, you might want to read anymore, because what Im about to tell you may hurt. Even though the temperatures lately felt like spring, we are still in winter and February looks like it will hammer ...
New Skateboard Park Proposed
In many areas, skateboarders get a bum wrap for damaging sidewalks and handrails. Now, two teachers and a construction worker want to give Blair County skateboarders a hassle-free place of their own. Wednesday night, the three organizers made a presentation to the Altoona City Council to get their support for ...
New Coal Mine Concerns
"We want assurance that our children, our families, our homes will remain as they are now, intact, without having to worry someone will run off the road into our house," says Robert Law, a resident of Lilly Level Road where the new Amfire mine is set to be built. Law ...
DuBois Area School Students Learn About Local Careers
Students in the DuBois Area School District took part in a sort of "teacher exchange program." Students started class late while their teachers went out into the community to learn from various professionals what they do and how education plays into their job. The program, created four years ago was ...
Another Winter Snow Storm Hits Region
The Allegheny Mountains woke to a blank of snow and in some cases ice across the region. The hardest hit areas were Cambria and Somerset counties. No it's not a typo: Thundersnow. Basically, warm air from the Great Lakes and from Western Pennsylvania caused enough uplift, which is a necessary ...
Stories for Tuesday, January 24
Steelers Pep Rally Planned
Friday February 3, 2006, Johnstown's Central Park will be inhabited by hundreds of Pittsburgh Steelers fans for a gigantic pep rally for the Super Bowl. Starbucks will give away free coffee. Former Pittsburgh Steeler, Mike Wagner, will rev everyone up and sign autographs. Plus, there are a couple of surprises ...
Statewide Job Outlook Good In Many Industries Except Manufacturing
The latest state labor statistics show that Pennsylvania has gained a significant number of jobs. Over 64,000 new jobs were added throughout the state last year because of an increase in opportunities in health care, education, tourism and service industries. It is the second year in a row of steady ...
New Help For Seniors
This time next year, many seniors around Johnstown will have a great place to go for all their medical and personal needs without ever having to move to a nursing facility. In a ceremony Tuesday morning, the ribbon was cut for the SeniorLife center on Broad Street. The new center ...
Keeping Soldiers Safe
The Dlubak Corporation, in Blairsville, has designed a new glass turret that will help protect soldiers serving in Iraq. Tuesday, Congressman John Murtha said he couldn't be happier with how it turned out. The company developed the five-layer glass turret and it's getting rave reviews from soldiers. The new device, ...
Police Search For Attempted Bank Robber
Police in Somerset County are looking for an attempted bank robber. According to police, a man demanded money from a teller at the First National Bank in Davidsville shortly before noon Monday. The suspect ran out of the bank without any money. Police say they are not sure if the ...
Early Morning Hold Up
Police say shortly after midnight, Tuesday, two black males held up two people in front of the Fairfield Avenue Lounge in the Morrellville section of Johnstown. According to police, one of the men was carrying a shotgun and the pair fled in a white Jeep Cherokee before being caught by ...
Stories for Monday, January 23
Supporters Turn Out To Try And Save Clearfield Elementary School
Parents, students and teachers vow to keep rallying to try and save a Clearfield County elementary school. They turned out to the school board meeting Monday with t-shirts and signs which read "save our school". The school board is considering shutting down Centre Elementary school and sending the 225 students ...
Teen Closer To Changing Road
19-year-old Tyler Trimbath is a Portage School Board member who wants Rt. 53 straightened going into the Jamestown arch. He says as the road is now, drivers can't see oncoming traffic. With the Cambria County Commissioners and property owners on his side, he now needs PennDot to agree. "You can ...
New Tech Park Closer To Ground Breaking
Conemaugh Hospital officials say the concrete demolition and removal of the brick at the Sani-Dairy site should begin within the week. They would like to break ground on Phase 1 by late spring or early summer, even if they don't have all the property bought. "We hope to have most ...
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