Stories for April 2006
Stories for Monday, April 24
Grand Day For Our Coal Miner's Cafe
Our Coal Miner's Cafe may have been destroyed by fire in March, but the spirit of the popular restaurant never faltered for a moment.In a quick turnaround, the Somerset County restaurant reopened Monday in a new building, but with the same heart and soul.The opening was a community effort as ...
Five Blair County Destinations Receive Grants
The Allegheny Mountain Convention and Visitors Bureau provided about $15,000 to five visitor destinations in Blair County.The grant money was created by the visitors bureau from the Blair County bed tax.Cheryl Ebersol, executive director of the visitors bureau, said Monday's giveaway is a win-win situation for the county."We took a ...
Centre Elementary School Reopens
Students returned to Centre Elementary School on Monday after class was cancelled for two days due to illness.A series of four air quality tests were conducted inside the building, but indicated no problems.About 250 students were evacuated Thursday morning after four students became ill. Two were hospitalized, and the other ...
Police Search For Attacker
Altoona police are looking for the man who stabbed a Pittsburgh woman Sunday.Police said the woman was leaving a building when the man grabbed her from behind, knocked her down and took her wallet from her shirt. Police said the woman was pinned to the sidewalk and stabbed repeatedly on ...
Garbarge Truck Overturns
A garbage truck overturned on Interstate 80 in Centre County, spilling its load onto the busy highway.Police said the truck overturned in Marion Township on the Bellefonte exit ramp of I-80.The westbound entrance lane was closed for several hours while crews cleaned up the mess.There were no reported injuries. Police ...
Gasoline Nears $3 Locally
The fear of seeing $3-a-gallon regular gasoline in our area has become reality.Monday morning, a BP station in suburban Johnstown was selling regular unleaded gas at virtually $3 - one of the first stations in our region to actually reach that price level.Most other stations in the Johnstown area are ...
RACING AROUND
Saturday, Jan. 5th – Mercer Raceway Park Jack Frost 150 Enduro - Snowball Derby 1PM Saturday, March 29th – Mercer Raceway Park "Chiller Thriller" - Steel Block Lates, Stocks, & Mini Stocks
Stories for Sunday, April 23
Restaurant Re-Opens After Fire
Nearly 8 weeks ago, fire destroyed a popular restaurant in Jennerstown, Somerset County. But with a little good luck, the Coal Miner's Café is about to re-open.This was the scene in early March as flames ripped apart the dreams of the Rhoads family. After losing their business and subsequently a ...
Learning From Action In Somerset High Rise Fire
"I found some people on the 6th floor. They were afraid to leave and were in wheelchairs. They felt they couldn't go down the steps. They weren't able to be carried down because of their size," said firefighter John Wiser. Somerset volunteer firefighters along with three other fire departments battled ...
Local Soldier Is Awarded The Purple Heart
Specialist James McIntosh of Tire Hill, Somerset County was presented the Purple Heart at the Armory in Johnstown on Sunday.McIntosh was injured in Iraq a few months ago in an IED blast.The explosion took the lives of soldiers from Philadelphia.McIntosh says he is proud.
Stories for Saturday, April 22
Local Boss Fined Couple Hundred Thousand
A Somerset County man will serve 20 years probation and pay a 240-thousand dollar fine for not providing worker's compensation for his employees. Dwight Lepley of Meyersdale owned "Wheel Horse Wood Products." The charges were filed after an employee was hurt on the job and never received benefits.
Rain Can't Stop Water Sports
It was a wet day on the river for racers in Cambria and Somerset Counties Saturday. It was the day for the 10th Annual Stonycreek Rendezvous. Racers competed in canoe and kayak competitions. "We do it in the spring because the water levels are high and it's great for kayaking. ...
Child Porn Sends Man To Prison
A former middle school counselor is convicted of having child pornography. Christopher Estep will serve up to eight years in federal prison for having dozens of the pictures on his school computer. Estep was hired as a middle school counselor at Huntingdon Area in 2004. He resigned from his position ...
Two Busses Collide; Dozens Sent To Hospital
Almost four-dozen people are recovering from injuries tonight after two busses collide along Copper Kettle Highway in Somerset County this afternoon. The busses were coming from Seven Springs when they crashed. Police are investigating what caused the accident. Police say five people went to the hospital by ambulance, and 35 ...
Thousands Of Dollars Of Metal Stolen
Police in Spring Township, Centre County are trying to figure out who would steal more than three thousand pounds of aluminum. Hodes Industries, a scrap metal recycler, reported the theft. The aluminum is worth more than two thousand dollars. Anyone with information is asked to call the Spring Township Police ...
Johnstown City Council Approves New City Manager
Johnstown City Council approved Curtis Davis as its city manager Saturday. Curtis, who still is the assistant city manager, has been the acting city manager for 4 months. He took on both positions after former city manager Jeff Silka resigned. "I have been the assistant. I had the opportunity to ...
Stories for Friday, April 21
Can Corn Save Us Gas Money?
As gas prices near and in some places pass three dollars a gallon, we've been hearing the word ethanol. The switch to fuel blended with ethanol is being blamed for scattered shortages on the east coast. But at some point ethanol might be able to ease our pain at the ...
Senior Apartments Catch Fire
An investigation is underway into the cause of a fire Thursday evening in a senior high-rise complex in Somerset.The woman who lived in the fourth-floor apartment where the blaze started was flown to Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown where she remains in critical condition.About 100 senior citizens were brought out ...
School Remains Closed Due To Illness
Penns Valley School officials hope to have air quality test results back on Friday which could help determine why four students became ill on Thursday.Centre Hall Elementary School administrators evacuated 250 students on Thursday after the students became suddenly ill.Two of the students were hospitalized. The other two were treated ...
Gas Availability A Concern
As Americans continue to adjust to the rising price of gasoline, it appears there is a new concern on the horizon: Availability.As close as Philadelphia, pumps are running dry at scattered stations and fuel terminals.A spokesperson for Mid-Atlantic AAA said eight stations in the Philadelphia area were out of fuel ...
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