Stories for August 2006
Stories for Tuesday, August 29
Triple-Murder Trial Exceeds Blair County Budget
The trial of accused killer Miguel Padilla is expected to cost Blair County more than what was laid out in the budget.Padilla is accused of shooting three men outside the UVA Club in Altoona last August. His trial is set to begin next Wednesday.County commissioners said judges are doing their ...
Burned-Out Building Demolished In Cambria County
A Cambria County building gutted by fire in January 2005 was finally demolished.Last week, building owner John Simala was working toward tearing the building down.A hearing was scheduled Monday to decide if action should be taken against Simala for missing a June demolition deadline.However, Simala's attorney told Judge Dave Tulowitzki ...
Sinkholes No Match For State College School Renovations
State College school board members said they will move forward with high school renovation plans even though there are concerns about possible sinkholes.The problem was discussed at a board meeting Monday night. School directors asked representatives from the project's architectural firm how serious the problem is and how sinkholes might ...
Dubois Students Start School Without Class Schedules
Students in the Dubois Area School District headed back to the classroom Tuesday.But those at Dubois High School came back without knowing what classes they'll have.A late decision by the school board left the building without any course schedules for at least the first two weeks of school.Students arriving Tuesday ...
Grenade Scare In Johnstown
Grenades were found with the pins still in them, causing tense moments for some Johnstown residents Tuesday morning.It was later determined the two grenades were actually training devices and were harmless.The discovery was made late Monday afternoon, but officials cleared the scene within a few hours.Johnstown police and the Allegheny ...
Murder Suspect Claims Innocence
Murder suspect Nathan Fortson was in court Tuesday, one day after the Cambria County district attorney filed papers paving the way for the death penalty.Tuesday, Fortson told the court he was innocent in the death of 74-year-old Velda Malloy.Fortson's trial date is set for March 12. The jury is expected ...
Interstate 80 Crashes Cause Commuting Headache
Two separate crashes along Interstate 80 shut down the highway Tuesday morning, causing traffic headaches across Clearfield County.The crashes happened between the Penfield and Clearfield exits. The first involved six tractor trailers and a passenger car. Police said the first truck lost control on the wet highway and rolled over ...
Stories for Monday, August 28
Somerset Teen Remembered
15-year-old Christopher Truxal would have started 9th grade Monday, but instead is former football coaches and team mates are morning his tragic death.Chris Truxal was hit by a truck while on his dirt bike Saturday night; he died Sunday morning. Chris was a popular football player at Somerset Junior High ...
Crowd Expected This Weekend In State College
Many businesses are gearing up for a large crowd this weekend in State College. Not only are students moving back into town, but the first game of the football season will also take place on Saturday. "We've stocked many of our items. We've gotten extra t-shirts, extra hoods. We've hired ...
Taste-Testing Packaged Food Makeovers
Ice cream, enchiladas, chicken and sausage gumbo. Not the foods you’d necessarily associate with a healthy diet, but guess what."A lot of companies are reformulating their products and coming out with ones that are lighter in calories or fat or lower in sodium," says Delia Hammock, R.D., Nutritionist, Good Housekeeping ...
Advice for Bad Backs
Finding the specific cause of a pain in the back isn’t easy because your spine is a stack of 24 bones held together with hundreds of interlocking muscles, ligaments and tendons."It's a part of the body, actually, where a lot of things can go wrong and although people are often ...
Back To School For Soldier, Teacher
It's back to school for a Cambria County High School teacher who has spent the last year and a half doing his other job - as a soldier in Iraq.An army veteran and teacher bring a new attitude to the classroom after serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.Captain Blaze McCombie - ...
Speed Still A Concern On Clearfield County Road
After concerns about speeding along a dangerous stretch of highway in Clearfield County, PennDOT has installed a new speed sign.But some residents are asking if enough has been done.The question on many people's minds is: What will it take to get traffic on Route 153 between I-80 and Penfield to ...
Longer Classes For Somerset County Students
The first day of class for Somerset Area students was slightly different than last year -- faculty and students will spend more time in some classes.Somerset school administrators said they are becoming more efficient with their instructional time this year.Officials said educational hours available for students under state law were ...
Somerset Students Mourn Loss Of Classmate
Students in the Somerset County School District began the new school year with heavy hearts after learning a classmate was killed in a dirt bike accident over the weekend.The Cambria County coroner's office said 15-year-old Christopher Truxal died at Memorial Medical Center following the accident along Route 31 in Jefferson ...
Summer Break Over For Many Local Students
It's the day that most kids dread and many parents count down the days to: The first day of school.Most local districts begin classes this week, and a handful were welcoming back students Monday morning.Students reported for the start of classes as Cathedral Catholic Academy in suburban Johnstown bright and ...
McGarvey, Breegle, Weyandt and Booher split Thunder 420
Shawn McGarvey, Jason Breegle, Chuck Weyandt and Chris Booher each won 20 lap features Saturday night as Thunder Valley presented the first annual Thunder 420 program. In the larger picture, each of the speedway's track division titles were clinched by the event, with only one more race in the season.McGarvey, ...
Stories for Sunday, August 27
Armed Robbery In Centre County
An armed robbery in Centre County Saturday night has police looking for two suspects.The UniMart along Route 322 in Patton Township was hit just before 9:30. One robber threatened the clerk with a semi-automatic handgun. Both suspects are men wearing hooded sweatshirts with their faces covered. No one was hurt. ...
Construction Alerts Throughout Area
In Dubois... This Tuesday will see several alleys get paved: South Park Street, Dahlia, Seyler, Violet, Hope, Sheilds, Knarr, and Ream Street.In Somerset County... Somerset Township officials say Drum Avenue, from Berlin-Plank Rd. to Norse Dairy Company, will be closed Monday from 7 am to 6 pm. The closing will ...
Somerset High School Student Dies
Sad news out of Somerset County… Just a day before he was to begin his ninth grade school year, a Somerset boy is killed after a dirt bike accident. According to Cambria County's Chief Deputy Coroner, Jim Zangalia, Saturday night just before seven, 15-year-old Christopher Truxal was riding his dirt ...
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