Stories for October 2007
Stories for Wednesday, October 31
State College Plans New Complex
The Downtown Development Committee in State College held a groundbreaking ceremony along the 100 block of Fraser Street Wednesday for a new movie theater and condominium complex.The former municipal building, which is 99 years old, and the medical arts building on the block will be demolished in the coming weeks ...
State Lawmakers Are Talking About Property Tax Reform Again
Among the proposals being looked at is one that would increase the sales and use tax and the personal income tax to fund property tax reductions. Another would further property tax reductions by increasing the state sales tax. State Representative Scott Conklin of Centre County says young people cannot afford ...
Residents Move On After Fatal Fire
Residents of the Deforrest Apartment complex in Huntingdon met with housing officials and emergency crews Wednesday, who said it could be some time before they can move back into their homes.Officials said the first and second floors of the nine-story building received the brunt of the damage. They will require ...
A Cambria County Woman Will Stand Trial For A Deadly Accident
Bobbi Jo Morgan was in Clearfield County court today. Police say Morgan ran off the road in Mahaffey, plowing into Bertha Kitchen and her 3 year old granddaughter. Morgan told police she had just left a methadone clinic, but her lawyer says the treatment did not impair her driving. They ...
Cambria County Woman Will Stand Trial For A Deadly Accident
Bobbi Jo Morgan was in Clearfield County court today. Police say Morgan ran off the road in Mahaffey, plowing into Bertha Kitchen and her 3 year old granddaughter. Morgan told police she had just left a methadone clinic. Her attorneys say the treatment did not impair her driving. They say ...
Bobbi Jo Morgan To Face Trial
As part of the preliminary hearing, Clearfield County District Attorney William A. Shaw, Jr. called six witnesses to the stand Wednesday to talk about what they saw on July 25, 2007.According to police, that is day Bobbi Jo Morgan swerved off Route 36 in Mahaffey, killing Bertha Kitchen and her ...
Police Warning Parents About Potentially Dangerous 'Treat'
Methamphedamine is a dangerous drug that dealers are making to look and taste like candy.Officers said the drug, commonly known as "crystal meth" is being made to look and taste like candy, but is still the same form of the highly addictive stimulant.It comes in flavors like orange, bubble gum, ...
Lottery Formula Guarantees Win
The odds of winning a lottery jackpot might be slim, but Channel 6 News found a formula that will at least guarantee a win.According to the Pennsylvania Lottery's rules, there can't be a string of losing tickets more than 2.5 times the odds.To test the theory, Channel 6 News reporter ...
Johnstown Neighborhood Gets Financial Boost
The Kernville neighborhood received a financial boost Wednesday after a business broke ground on their new headquarters there.Cambria Business Machines, or CBM, has been operating on Clinton Street for 40 years, but said with its added growth the Kernville space was the perfect fit.The company supplies other businesses with computers, ...
Local Gas Prices Top $3
A series of historic increased in crude oil prices is trickling down to gas stations throughout the Alleghenies.Gas prices in Johnstown started to top the $3 mark Tuesday evening, and other nearby stations are expected to follow suit in the coming days and weeks.On Tuesday, crude oil prices topped $100 ...
PSU Fans Attack Ohio State Fans On YouTube
A YouTube video from Saturday's Penn State game is gaining attention from the campus, community and the police.In the video, Ohio State fans are seen walking through an alley on the way to the game. As they pass a party outside of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house on Fairmount ...
School Bus Crashes Through Altoona Home
No one was injured but an Altoona family is shaken after a school bus crashed through their home and into a playroom on Wednesday.Police said the bus had already dropped students off at school and was heading back to the garage when the driver ran off the road, crashed into ...
Six Missing Residents Accounted For After Huntingdon County Blaze
Officials in Huntingdon County said they have accounted for six residents who were reported missing after an assisted living home fire.One senior citizen died after a fire tore through the Deforrest Apartment complex shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday in a room on the second floor of the nine-story building.Fire officials ...
Stories for Tuesday, October 30
Truckers Speak Out About Tolling I-80
Plans to toll Interstate 80 continues to be a hot-button issue. And although most people don't care to pay the fee, truck drivers are concerned about the safety.Wright Riley, a truck driver from Tyrone, covers at least 150,000 miles a year. Like many truckers in the region, he drives I-80 ...
One Dead, Six Missing In Apartment Blaze
One senior citizen died and fire officials were still searching for six others Tuesday evening after a fire tore through the Deforrest Apartment complex in Huntingdon Borough.The fire broke out shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday in a room on the second floor of the nine-story building. Crews from Huntingdon County, ...
Pink Pig Bus Traveling To Spread Message
Two Pennsylvania men are driving around in a pink pig bus to urge voters to vote against some Pennsylvania judges in the upcoming November election.The mission of the pig bus is to inform people about several judges state-wide who took the controversial pay raise in 2005 that was ultimately ruled ...
Penn State Altoona Receives Largest Single Grant In College History
Penn State Altoona received the largest single grant in college history on Tuesday.The nearly $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will be used to provide annual scholarship support for approximately 30 engineering technology students enrolled in either an associate's or bachelor's degree program.Students will have to meet certain eligiblity ...
Halloween Confusion In A Centre County Town
The Milesburg Town Council recently passed a resolution to discontinue trick-or-treating.Parents and kids are up in arms, but council members say they're merely declining to set a certain date or time for trick-or-treating as is done in many communities.Council is urging kids to attend the annual Light The Night events, ...
Mountain Lions Spotted In Pennsylvania
In 1874, the last Eastern Mountain Lion was killed in Berks County.But, according to many residents across the state, the large cats are back in Pennsylvania."I've heard from 30 different people over the past 10 years about sightings or seeing tracks," said Jamie Kephart, a Sykesville taxidermist.According to hunting experts, ...
Bigfoot Sighting Could Impact Elk County Businesses
In Elk County, hunting store employees are hoping that Bigfoot means big business."It certainly created some activity for us," said Jeff Buccheit, who works at Smith's Hunting store in St. Marys.Buccheit referred to pictures taken by Rick Jacobs, of Johnsonburg, which show a strange creature that no one has been ...
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