Stories for February 2009
Stories for Tuesday, February 24
Centre County District Attorney's Race Heats Up
The race for the Centre County district attorney's seat is becoming more popular.Stacey Parks Miller is the latest candidate to enter the race. The Democrat is a former assistant district attorney in Clearfield County.Miller is joined in the Democratic primary by fellow attorney Tony Debouf.Another longtime assistant district attorney, Karen ...
Stories for Monday, February 23
Committee Looks For Funds To Support Centre Co. Catholic High School
An exploratory committee for a Catholic high school in the Centre County region is ready to meet again.The purpose is to get concrete donations from people interested in making the Catholic academy a reality.A lot has happened since the first meeting took place in March of 2007.Sam Malizia, who is ...
Penn State Program Hopes To Help Bring Down Teen Pregnancy Rates
Teen childbearing costs taxpayers at least $9.1 billion a year in the United States, according to a study published by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.Dr. Patricia Koch is the director of newly formed Pennsylvania Learning Academy for Sexuality Education, or PLASE.It is a program aimed at reducing teen ...
Alleged International Lottery And Sweepstakes Scams Showing Up In Local Neighborhoods
A local tax preparer contacted WJAC News after she received a letter and check offering her nearly $5,000.Barb Smith said the check looked pretty authentic but the letter had misspellings and grammatical mistakes.The letter said the $5,000 was a deduction from her winnings and that she should wire approximately $3,000 ...
Bedford County Animal Response Team Receives Federal Funding
A horse that roamed freely for nearly 24 hours is shining light on a local animal response team.Bedford's County Animal Response Team, or CART, received help from volunteers and the local fire department to capture Trucken, a horse that got loose Sunday.The 3-year-old wild stallion got loose Sunday afternoon and ...
Pawn Shop Buying More Than Selling
The pawn shop business involves buying, selling and trading. Recently, Gary's Steals and Deals in Portage has been buying more than they are selling and trading which is harmful combination that's hurting business.The owner Gary Vaughn said the stores current profit should be double of what is now. Customers are ...
Clearfield YMCA Ready To Begin Work
The Clearfield YMCA is almost ready to begin work on its new addition. Our news exchange partner, The Courier Express in Dubois, reports the YMCA plans to break ground in August on a one story building next to its current one. The new building will house a basketball court, a ...
School Bus Crash Takes Out Telephone Pole
A school bus crash Monday afternoon in Cambria County takes out a telephone pole.The crash happened as the bus was driving on route 217 in East Taylor Township. When the bus went to turn right onto Varner Lane it slid into the pole knocking down both it and a stop ...
Pennsylvania Special Olympics Under Way In Johnstown Area
More than 300 athletes are in the Alleghenies for the Pennsylvania Special Olympics Winter Games.This marks the ninth year that the competition has been in the Johnstown area, and athletes are competing in skiing, snow-shoeing and skating events at Blue Knob, Hidden Valley, the Johnstown War Memorial and Planet Ice.Organizers ...
Bedford County Man Sentenced For Railroad Track Theft
A Bedford County man will go to jail for stealing a half-mile of railroad track.Darrell Denton, 32, of Saxton, stole the track in Huntingdon County and sold it in Lewistown as scrap before fleeing to Nebraska, where he was arrested.The track was estimated to be valued at $72,000.
Deadline Looms For Amish Man To Fix Sewage System
An Amish man had until the end of the day to correct a sewage violation or he could face jail time.Judge Norman Krumnacker said he has been negotiating with Andy Swartzentruber since October to get a schoolhouse up to code. The source of contention has been an outhouse on the ...
Steve Lindberg Bio
Steve Lindberg has lived in Johnstown since 1984 and teaches Earth Science, Geology and Astronomy at Westmont Hilltop High School.Steve is also an adjunct instructor in the Geology Department at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, where he teaches Astronomy, Meteorology; and in past years Geologic Field Methods. He is ...
Stories for Sunday, February 22
Penn State Students Raise $7.4 Million For Pediatric Cancer
After 46 hours, thousands of volunteers and more than 700 dancers finally got to take a seat Sunday afternoon at the 37th-annual Penn State Dance Marathon.Penn State students beat a Thon record of $6.6 million in 2008 by raising $7.4 million this year.Students have raised more than 50 million total ...
Huntingdon County Car Crash Sends One To Hospital
A Huntingdon County man was taken to a hospital after a car crash Saturday morning in Miller Township.Police said it happened along Martin Gap Road when a juvenile driver lost control of his car on the icy roadway. The car went off the road and hit a tree before sliding ...
Amish Family Returns To Court Monday
An Amish family from Cambria County will be back in court Monday over bringing the outhouse at their school into compliance with sewage regulations.In January, a judge gave the family 30 days to make improvements to their property or face jail time.The outhouse at the school in Barr Township has ...
Buses Vandalized In Philipsburg
Police in Philipsburg are investigating the vandalism of seven buses.They said it happened sometime between 5:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.Seven buses were broken into and several fire extinguishers were removed and then set off inside the buses. One fire extinguisher, along with a crowbar, is still missing.Anyone with ...
Stories for Saturday, February 21
Visitors Comment On Flight 93 Memorial, Economy
People visiting the Flight 93 Memorial said they have mixed feelings about the cost of the Flight 93 Memorial and the state of the economy.While everyone at the site told WJACTV.com they would like to see the new design complete, some question the price tag."Sixty million dollars can go to ...
Annual Hunting And Fishing Show Draws Blair County Crowd
In Blair County, people turned out to check out the fifth-annual Pennsylvania Outdoor Times Fishing and Hunting Show.More than 100 vendors from all over the state packed the first and second floors of the Convention Center in Altoona.A key speaker Saturday, the "deer doctor," said "it's actually a seminar whether ...
Police Investigating Chester Hill Borough Burglary
Police in Clearfield County are looking for the people responsible for a burglary earlier this week in Chester Hill Borough.Police said the burglary happened on Feb. 16 between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.Someone broke a window to get inside the house on Alton Street and then took several pieces of ...
Blair County Car Crash Sends Woman To Hospital
A Blair County woman is taken to a hospital after a car crash early this week along Route 164.It happened just after 9 p.m. Sunday when Crystal Heltzel swerved to miss a deer.She was taken to Nason Hospital after the incident for treatment of moderate injuries.
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