Stories for May 2008
Stories for Saturday, May 24
Johnstown Police Continue To Search For Suspect In Robbery
It was some scary moments for customers at a CoGo's convenient store along Central Avenue in the city's Moxham neighborhood Saturday evening.A man described as 6 feet tall and wearing all black grabbed a patron at put a knife to the patron's throat demanding money.The man ran from the store ...
Arrest Made In Cambria County Purse-Snatching Case
Police said a suspect involved in a purse theft turned herself in after seeing herself on television.Richland Township Police said they cannot release the name of a suspect until they are officially charged on Tuesday.They so say they will be charging a woman and her longtime boyfriend with stealing a ...
Stories for Friday, May 23
Elementary Student Raises Money For Rare Degenerative Disease
Alex Wilkinson is 10-years-old, loves football and was recently diagnosed with a rare degenerative disease called Friedreich's Ataxia.Wilkinson said one is his symptoms is clumsiness, so he wears ankle braces.He recently created a PowerPoint presentation to explain to disease to his classmates.Since he was diagnosed early this year, Alex has ...
Curwensville Lake Prepares For Fishing Tournament
Anglers have the chance to compete for thousands of dollars in prize money Saturday at Curwensville Lake.The lake's annual crappie tournament starts at 8 a.m.Lake officials said several large crappies have been caught there.Any fish caught during the tournament will be released.Earlier this year, members of the Clearfield County Recreation ...
Clearfield High School Student Killed In Car Accident
One teenager was killed and two others were injured in a car accident Friday in Clearfield County.It happened around 7 a.m. at the intersection of Congress Hill Road and Route 879 in Girard Township.Police said the 17-year-old driver pulled out onto Route 879 into the path of a coal truck.The ...
High Gas Prices Creating A Silver Lining For CamTran
The Transit Authority Board is about $70,000 short of their budgeted amount for fuel. Other people hit hard by those high prices has created a silver lining for CamTran: ridership is up.CamTran officials say it's up almost 16 percent from this time last year. From April to May, 4,000 new ...
Bumpy Ride Ahead For Summer Travel Season
As the summer travel season gets underway, the recent memory of grounded planes and missed inspections may have some of us thinking twice about flying. Now, a federal watchdog group says the Federal Aviation Administration may be asleep at the wheel not only when it comes to inspecting planes, but ...
Power Line Thieves
In Philipsburg, state police are looking for the people who stole $6,000 worth of aluminum and copper wire from Allegheny Power Poles in Worth Township.Police said the thieves climbed at least five poles and removed the neutral power line to avoid electrocution.It is estimated that they made off with about ...
Land Transfer Hearing Pushed Back
In Centre County, the hearing on a controversial land transfer has been pushed back until next month.The proposal to sell close to 1,100 acres of Penn State land near the RockView State Prison has come under fire from various groups. They're concered about the future preservation of the land near ...
Centre County Food Market Is Happy With Beer Sales
Wegman's Food Market in Center County is one of the six Wegman's state-wide that was granted a liquor license in March 2008.Store manager Steve Gallucci said the store's first few days of sales have been going well. Beer sales are cut off at 10 p.m. Gallucci stresses that there are ...
Farmer's Market Kicks Off Sales In Downtown Johnstown
The Downtown Farmer's Market kicked off sales on Friday in Johnstown. Vendors lined the city's Main Street selling fruits, vegetables, homemade baked goods and flowers.The organizers said that it's a good time to buy locally, because of the rising food prices and that they are happy to see more people ...
Shooting Victim's Name Released
Police have released the name of the man wounded in a shooting earlier this week.Lorenzo Favor, 37, is listed in fair condition after being shot inside his car along Singer Street in Johnstown early Thursday morning.Police are still working to identify any potential suspects.Police said they are looking for two ...
Crash Kills Centre County Man
Robert David Brooks, 21, died from injuries he surffered in a car crash that happed Wednesday.Police said Brooks was driving a car that went airborne along Governors Road in Union Township.Passengers in his car were taken to the hospital with injuries. Police have not released their conditions.Police said no one ...
Stories for Thursday, May 22
Former Congressional Candidate Looking Into Lawsuit Against Clearfield County Officials
A former congressional candidate is looking into a lawsuit against several Clearfield County officials.Derek Walker, a former candidate for the 5th Congressional District Republican nomination, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges related to an incident involving his ex-girlfriend.Walker is now looking into a lawsuit, claiming several Clearfield County officials tampered with ...
Somerset County Community Evaluates Coal Truck Options
Borough officials in Windber said they are currently in discussions with two mining companies regarding how coal trucks should get in and out of town.Residents who live on the current route said the trucks are causing damage to the roadways and are too large for the roads in the area.Officials ...
Rain Causes Delay In Runway Repairs
The Johnstown/Cambria County Airport will not reopen for flights until June 13.The airport runways are undergoing repairs, but because of a large amount of rain over several weeks, the work has been delayed from the original completion date of June 5.Airport officials said the rain stalls plans because workers are ...
Gas Prices Inch Closer To $4 A Gallon
The price of a gallon of regular gas at a Sheetz convenience store is one nickel short of $4.00. The price of $3.95 a gallon for regular has many people wondering how high will gas prices go and what can they do about it.Oil prices hit another record Thursday morning ...
Man Arrested, Accused Of Hitting Another Man With A Rifle
Police arrested Gary Brewer, II, 28, after police said the got into a fight with another man and it him in the head with a rifle Tuesday.Police said he also hit a sign with the weapon and scared drivers and pedestrians in Somerset by waving the gun around.He's jailed on ...
Man Wounded In Johnstown Shooting
Johnstown Police are looking for suspects in a Thursday morning shooting that left one man wounded.It happened on Singer Street in the Old Conemaugh Borough section of the city.Neighbors said a late-model, red Cadillac parked along the street was shot at by the driver of another car that was driving ...
Try It Thursday: Can The Little Giant Ladder Really Transform Into 24 Different Ladders?
Frank Mayercsik of Johnstown has too many ladder that take up too much space. He traded them all in for The Little Giant Ladder.Mayercsik transformed it into a staircase, extension, and platform ladder. It was easy to put together and take down."All the claims that made on TV as far ...
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