News Stories for August 2004
Stories for Tuesday, August 31
Renewable Energy Conference
The Secretary of the D.E.P., Kathleen McGinty, says there are plenty of opportunities for clean energy sources. Pennsylvania just has to use them. She spoke at the Southern Alleghenies Conservancy Renewable Energy Conference this morning at Seven Springs. McGinty says the Rendell Administration puts renewable energy sources as a high ...
Big Decision
The Altoona City Council will have to decide in just a few weeks whether to sell the city-owned water system to a private company. To help with that decision, a commission was put together to study whether privatizing is a good idea. The Altoona City Authority has put an offer ...
Stabbing Sends One Man To The Hospital
State Police are looking into a stabbing that sent a man to the hospital. Troopers in Bedford County say Jesse Blough stabbed another man twice in the chest during an argument. He is in stable condition at Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown. Blough is facing attempted murder charges and is ...
Stories for Monday, August 30
Patients Talk About Possible Hospital Merger
The process could take years if Conemaugh Health System and U.P.M.C. agree a merger can work. A representative of Conemaugh tells Channel 6 News this is merely a "jumping off point". With the letter, Conemaugh and U.P.M.C. can exchange information on confidential financial records, equipment, buildings, and so forth. No ...
Stories for Sunday, August 29
Two People Killed In Separate Accidents Saturday
One person is dead following a traffic crash in Huntingdon County. According to state police, it happened in Marklesburg Borough after a trooper tried to stop a car that had been reported driving erratically. But the car didn't stop and later wrecked. Five people were inside the car, three were ...
Stories for Friday, August 27
Lee Regional Health System Officials Respond
Lee Regional Health System officials held a press conference Friday night to discuss the problems. They say U.P.M.C. wants 55 million dollars for the hospital. Lee Regional officials say they only owe U.P.M.C. roughly 24 million dollars. According to them, Conemaugh has offered 58 million. Lee Regional officials tell Channel ...
Johnstown Hospitals Set To Talk About Possible Merger
The letter Conemaugh Health System and U.P.M.C. Lee Regional signed basically lets them figure out if a merger would be feasible. This means Conemaugh and U.P.M.C. Lee are allowed to exchange financial data and other pertinent information to help them determine the best way to go forward. Representatives from Conemaugh ...
90-Year-old Volunteers Recognized
Friday morning the Memorial Medical Center said thank you with a cake for each of them. They are 90-year-old Jim Aveni, 90-year-old Charles Lang, 93-year-old Charles Ling, and 91-year-old Margaret Werner. They volunteer in different areas from the library to business offices. Charles Ling tells Channel 6 News, "It's more ...
Stories for Thursday, August 26
Johnstown Soldiers Closer To Home
The soldiers left Pennsylvania in June for an 18 month call up to Iraq. Right now they're moving to another training site in Texas. The soldiers met with Pennsylvania military officials Friday. They discussed the problems there and cleared up some concerns. Some soldiers, we're told, refused to sign new ...
Johnstown's Plans For Dr. Chandan Vora
Johnstown's city attorney, Richard Green, says the city took 3 truckloads of things away from Dr. Vora's home. This is the second time the city has cleaned her home. They got $2,300 just from the aluminum cans they took. Green says they did find roaches inside as well. He says ...
Stories for Wednesday, August 25
Latest On Soldiers From 103rd Armory
The soldiers are in meetings Wednesday at Fort Bliss, Texas with military officials from Pennsylvania. Their discussing the problems at Fort Bliss and being given new orders. The soldiers will either sign and volunteer to stay after their time is up or come home. The word among soldiers at Fort ...
City Cleans Up Home Of Bag Lady
For the second time in just over a year, Johnstown is cleaning up the so-called "Bag Lady's" house. Chandan Vora was home at the time and tried to stop the cleanup effort but that only got her in more trouble. After repeated calls to cleanup her mess the city posted ...
Transportation Crisis Summit
Johnstown City Council members, Cambria County Commissioners and state legislators all united with one goal in mind, to bring highway money back to Johnstown. Johnstown's Mayor is in charge of the Transportation Crisis Summit. It's an effort to find out how tens of millions of dollars worth of road project ...
Stories for Tuesday, August 24
Forbes Article Focuses On Johnstown
Johnstown's getting some national recognition as a place to do business. In the September issue of Forbes magazine, an article focuses on the city's economic potential. The September issue of Forbes is hitting the newstands this week, and city leaders couldn't be happier. "It's probably the best piece of publicity ...
Police Take "Use Of Force" Training
The Police Commissioner from Bethlehem talked to the officers about different situations and the best way to handle them. They looked at policing issues from the communitys point of view as well as the police officers side. They also talked about how communication between the two is very important. Francis ...
Johnstown School's P.S.S.A. Results
Barbara Parkins, Johnstown's School Superintendent, says she's not disappointed in the results. She thinks Johnstown did very well. She says students actually increased their scores in a number of areas. However, one school that Parkins does not name decreased in their reading and math scores. But she says they've put ...
Project 720
The Johnstown School District has been awarded $100,000 to see Project 720 succeed this year. It's not something parents and students will notice right away, but it is expected to involve every student. The objectives of this project are to keep a rigorous curriculum going and provide opportunities for students ...
Police Looking For Thieves
Altoona Police need your help to catch two thieves. On Monday, Police say 2 men entered the Sheetz on 6th Avenue, and one ran behind the store counter and took three bank deposit envelopes. They got away with an unknown amount of cash.
Stories for Monday, August 23
Johnstown Pushes Zoning Change To Entice Development
The Conemaugh Health System continues to eye two sites for its new technology park. One is in Johnstown where city leaders are looking to pave the way for the tech park to be built near the downtown. City officials are looking to get the upper hand and make Conemaugh's decision ...
Farm Bureau Meets With Lawmakers
They met at the Yahner Farm in Cambria County. Our local lawmakers meet with the Farm Bureau once a year in Washington D.C., Harrisburg, or on their own picnic benches on the farm. The discussion ranged from local to national issues that affect our farmers. They talked with Congressman Bill ...
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