Stories for February 2010
Stories for Saturday, February 27
Fighting To Keep Planet Ice Open
Planet Ice in Richland Township will be up for auction at a sheriff's sale sometime in March. Now workers, parents and skaters are asking the community to help.Workers said the owners aren't interested in keeping the facility open, so they need a local owner to step up and buy it.WJAC-TV ...
Stories for Friday, February 26
High Winds Cause Johnstown Building To Crumble
Johnstown Police rope a safe area around a vacant building at the corner of Vine and Franklin Streets in downtown Johnstown.Police Chief Craig Foust said an emergency call came in Thursday night that the wind was causing windows to shatter and bricks and debris to fall from the roof.Building owners ...
Cambria County Bearing High Winds
Richland Township got its fair share of wind and snow on Friday creating very slick and blinding driving condition.Richland Township Police had to shut down the Galleria Drive exit off of Route 219 because tractor trailers got stuck trying to drive up the hill. The incident caused traffic to back ...
Blowing Snow Causes Drifting, Cancels Flights In Centre County
Strong wind gusts and snow squalls created a difficult morning commute for drivers in Centre County early Friday.Blustery crosswinds blowing across a stretch of Interstate 99 near Skytop created near-whiteout conditions for some drivers.Officials at University Park Airport in Benner Township told WJAC-TV Friday that even with crews working nonstop ...
Officials Concerned About High Winds Causing Power Outages
Officials said they are also concerned about high winds causing power outages.Thursday night into Friday, Penelec reported as many as 2,000 customers without electricity, mainly in Somerset County. By 5 a.m., the number had been reduced to more than 400, and later in the morning Penelec officials said all of ...
Gusty Winds Prompt Numerous Road Closures, Pose Challenge For Drivers
High winds and falling snow made driving treacherous in many areas across the Alleghenies on Friday.As of noon, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation closed more than a dozen roads. Officials said crews are doing the best they can, but winds were blowing snow back on roadways as fast as crews ...
Stories for Thursday, February 25
Local School Has Giant Talent
Many NBA rosters don't have a player who is 7 feet tall. But a basketball team in Indiana County has two. Not only are they brothers; neither have a driver's license.The Kiski Prep School is an all-boys boarding school, tucked away in the mountains of Saltsburg. It's considered one of ...
Emergency Dispatcher Helps Elk County Couple Deliver Baby
Hayden Alexander Heasley came into the world under some very unusual circumstances.Hayden's mother, Amanda, couldn't make it to the hospital after she went into labor on Tuesday.Amanda and her husband, Jason, called 911 for assistance in delivering their son.With some help from 911 dispatcher Jackie Zuback, Hayden was born in ...
Police Looking For Runaway Driver
Johnstown police want to find the driver who took out a fire hydrant Thursday morning.The crash happened just before 4 a.m. at Franklin and Hammer Streets.When police arrived, they found the car on its roof but the driver was gone.
TRY IT THURSDAY: Perfect Brownie Pan Set
This Try It Thursday, the Grant family of Richland Township tested out the Perfect Brownie Pan Set.The makers of the set said the pan cuts brownies without sticking. So Jen, Jordyn and Brady Grant mixed up a batch of brownies to see if it works.After coating the pan with cooking ...
JARI Helps Unemployed Across Alleghenies
With national unemployment numbers still over 14 million, organization across the Alleghenies are looking to change that for the region.It seems the highly educated and highly experienced people are filling most of the unemployment numbers.Johnstown Area Regional Industries representatives created a workshop with the people from Manpower, a group who ...
Blair County Man Facing Attempted Homicide Charges After Shooting Near Bar
A Hollidaysburg man is facing attempted homicide charges after a shooting Wednesday night outside of an Altoona bar.City police said an argument started inside the Kettle Inn and moved outside. There, police said 38-year-old Alvin Zimmerman fired two shots, hitting a person in the stomach with one of them.Zimmerman is ...
Construction, Snow Disrupt School Bus Routes In Cambria County
Construction coupled with snow already on the ground has some parents concerned about their kids' safety in a Cambria County community.An ongoing sewage project in Dale Borough has closed many roads, causing traffic to be rerouted. Now, with high-piled snow making other roads even more difficult to navigate, parents said ...
Residents Cleaning Up After Nor'easter
Blowing and drifting snow combined with wind gusts up to 50 mph caused whiteout conditions over the weekend, making some area roads impassable.Severe Weather Team 6 said on Monday the storm is over but mostly cloudy skies and snow flurries will stick around today with little if any additional accumulation. ...
Stories for Wednesday, February 24
Federal Hockey League Commissioner Eyes Johnstown
If a Federal Hockey league team is going to replace the Johnstown Chiefs as a tenant in the War Memorial, one hurdle has been cleared. FHL Commissioner Don Kirnan said Wednesday night that he is part of an ownership group that would like to place a team in Johnstown for ...
Boy Injured In DuBois Fire Continues Recovery
A four-year-old boy who was injured in a DuBois fire last week continues to recover in Pittsburgh.Shelden Crawford had severe smoke inhalation and burns over half his body from that fire.It happened at a house along South Brady Street on Feb. 19.Crawford was pulled out of the house and then ...
Slide Closes Railroad Tracks
For the second time, a rock slide covered railroad tracks in Cambria County on Wednesday.It's believed that melting snow triggered the slide near Eisenhower Boulevard.Crews are working to clean up the mess, and have notified CSX train operators to warn that the tracks are blocked.
District 5 Playoff Schedule
Tuesday, March 2 Boys AA Semifinals Everett at North StarWindber at Chestnut Ridge Girls A Semifinals Southern Fulton vs Tussey Mountain at Everett, 7:00Berlin vs Shade at Conemaugh Twp., 7:00 Wednesday, March 3 Boys A Consolation Forbes Road vs. Shade at Chestnut Ridge, 7:00 Friday, March 5 Girls AA Championship ...
District 6 Playoff Schedule
Friday March 5 Boys and Girls A and AA Consolations Central Cambria High School Girls AA: Cambria Heights vs. Bishop McCort, 6:00Boys A: Northern Cambria vs. Penns Manor, 7:30 Richland High School Girls A: Bishop Carroll vs. Conemaugh Valley, 6:00Boys AA: Penn Cambria vs. Westmont, 7:30 Saturday, March 6 Boys ...
Centre County Real Estate Market Appears Strong
In a report released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday morning, new home sales across the country have reportedly plummeted 11.2 percent to a new record low.Despite the dismal national numbers, the real estate market in Happy Valley appears to be holding strong.Centre County Association of Realtors President Steven Bodner ...
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