Stories for February 2006
Stories for Thursday, February 23
Are There Other Options For Acid Rock Disposal?
PennDOT's proposed plan to dump acid rock in Indiana County has many residents fuming. And now, some are questioning why the rock can't be dumped in Centre County or another location closer to the site.The proposed plan would cost at least $10 million to truck the rock to Indiana County, ...
Potential Solution To I-99 Acid Rock Problem?
Could there be a less expensive, simpler way to deal with the I-99 acid rock cleanup?One Clearfield County businessman says, "Absolutely."Ernie Rosselli and his company, Beneficial Ash Management, have been using fly ask to mitigate acid mine drainage. Rosselli said his company has offered to use the same procedure to ...
Stories for Wednesday, February 22
Trash Could Save You Gas Money
Turning trash into treasure: three local organizations are planning to extract methane gas from landfills in Cambria and Somerset Counties. Gautier Steel, Johnstown Welding and Fabrication, and the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority plan to use the gas to run their operations.Gautier Steel says their gas costs have quadrupled over the past ...
Hundreds Of Phones Still Out Of Service
Crews are still working to repair phone cables which were inadvertently cut yesterday and left hundreds of customers without service. Lee Gierczniski, Verizon spokesman, said a construction crew working on a bridge cut through two fiber optic cables and two copper cables. Each of the copper cables holds 1,500 phone ...
Local Man Named Hero
Back in September of 2004, Earl Cummins was just driving down the road in Hyndman, Bedford County. He noticed his friend's house on fire, so he went into action. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. You might not imagine a 72-year-old man to be willing and able to run ...
Developers Discuss Plan For Downtown
By next year one corner in downtown State College could go from looking old and worn down to new and vibrant with the development of new complex. Developers talked about the details of the project that is proposed for the corner of Fraser Street and Beaver Avenue during a public ...
Padilla Judge Says Enough Is Enough
Judge Hiram Carpenter has put a stop to the Mexican government's petitions in the Padilla case. He has denied its motions and says Mexico should stay out of it. The court says the Mexican government has absolutely no standing and is in no position to petition for Padilla. He's charged ...
Hit-And-Run Autopsy Report Released
Channel 6 News spoke with coroner Patty Ross, who said that an Altoona man was killed by blunt force trauma to the liver, caused when an SUV crashed into a dumpster at Crazy Hazy's. That dumpster then hit Orville Crawford, a Special Olympian. Ross says the damage done to Crawford's ...
DEP Secretary Responds To I-99 Rock Controversy
The State Department of Environmental Protection is reviewing the permit application submitted by PennDOT for hauling the pyritic rock from I-99 to Indiana County.On Wednesday, DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty said there is no question this is a difficult situation, but they must go by the book with the permit process. ...
Police Chase Leaves One Officer Injured
A police chase in Cambria County yesterday ended with one officer injured.Richland Township police said officers in Somerset County were trying to stop a man wanted on charges of stalking. The suspect tried to flee and led police on a chase up Route 56 into Richland Township. Police say the ...
Crews Working To Restore Phone Outage
Crews are working to repair phone cables which were inadvertently cut this afternoon and left an undetermined number of customers without service.Lee Gierczniski, Verizon spokesman, said a construction crew working on a bridge cut through two fiber cables and two copper cables.Each of the copper cables holds hundreds of lines ...
Channel 6 News Investigation: School Kitchen Reports
Since 1990, more than 5,000 students and workers in the U.S. have gotten sick from what's being served in their lunchrooms.Many have heard horror stories in which school kitchens across the country were found to have dead rodents, unsafe temperatures, and contamination outbreaks.Fortunately, the inspection reports of 42 school districts ...
Judge Rules Padilla Trial Is "Blair County Case"
With the triple murder trial of an undocumented immigrant set to take place next year, an effort by the Mexican government to intervene on behalf of the defendant has hit a road block.Miguel Padilla is charged with killing three men outside of the UVA Club in Altoona last August. Over ...
Judge Judy
Smart, savvy and opinionated, the irrepressible Judge Judith Sheindlin holds court as presiding judge over real-life cases on the highly successful courtroom series JUDGE JUDY. Having made a name for herself as a tough but fair judge in New York's Family Court, Judge Judith Sheindlin retired from the bench in ...
Clearfield County Schools
Clearfield Bradford Township Elementary Clearfield Center Elementary Clearfield Elementary Clearfield High School (1) Clearfield High School (2) Clearfield Middle School Curwensville Elementary Curwensville Junior-Senior High School Curwensville Penn Grampian Elementary Dubois Highland Elementary Dubois Johnson Elementary Dubois High School Dubois Juniata Elementary Dubois Luthersburg Elementary Dubois Middle School Dubois Oklahoma ...
Centre County Schools
Bald Eagle Howard Elementary Bald Eagle Port Matilda Elementary Bald Eagle Snow Shoe Elementary Bald Eagle Junior-Senior High School Bald Eagle Wingate Elementary Bellefonte Benner Elementary Bellefonte Elementary Bellefonte High School Bellefonte Marion Walker Elementary Bellefonte Middle School Bellefonte Pleasant Gap Elementary Nittany Valley Middle School Penns Valley Centre Hall ...
Blair County Schools
Altoona Baker Elementary Altoona High School Altoona Juniata Elementary Altoona Keith Junior High School Altoona Logan Elementary School Altoona McAuliffe Heights Elementary Altoona Penn Lincoln Elementary Altoona Pleasant Valley Elementary Altoona Roosevelt Junior High School Altoona Washington Jefferson Elementary Altoona Wright Elementary Bellwood Antis High School Bellwood Antis Middle School ...
Somerset County Schools
Berlin Brothers Elementary Junior-Senior High School Conemaugh Township Intermediate Conemaugh Township Junior-Senior High School Conemaugh Township Primary Meyersdale Elementary-High School (1) Meyersdale Elementary-High School (2) North Star East Elementary Middle School North Star Elementary North Star High School Rockwood Elementary-Junior-Senior High School Rockwood Kingwood Elementary (1) Rockwood Kingwood Elementary (2) ...
Cambria County Schools
Blacklick Elementary Blacklick Junior-Senior High School Cambria Heights Elementary Cambria Heights Senior High School Central Cambria Elementary
Stories for Tuesday, February 21
SC Council Votes In Favor Of Controversial Resolution
People on both sides of the coin weighed in on a controversial resolution voted on by the State College Borough Council Tuesday night. The resolution criticizes federal law that would violate civil liberties. Before voting unanimously to approve the resolution the council amended it taking out all references to the ...
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