Sheetz Restaurant To Add Beer To Menu

Sheetz company officials said Thursday they will sell beer in the restaurant inside their convenience store along Altoona's Valley View Boulevard.Community reaction to the news Wednesday was mixed. People against beer sales said they are concerned that it would encourage more drinking throughout the community.Company officials said plans include training ...

• Updated: 2:05 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007

Best Hand Mixers

Hard to believe they’ve found ways to make the modern hand mixer any better for baking. But the Good Housekeeping Institute says today’s mixers have gone high-tech. In fact, the latest generation of mixers have more “brain” and “brawn” than ever according to the latest Good Housekeeping tests."The Cuisinart is ...

• Updated: 10:53 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007

Johnstown Fights Distressed Status

The city of Johnstown is still under distressed status, and, Tuesday, a recovery team from Pittsburgh was trying to help.City officials said they're making progress. In fact, they said Johnstown should be financially stable by 2009.Tuesday night, a recovery team from Pittsburgh presented a few ideas about what the city ...

• Updated: 8:08 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007

Wreck Shuts Down Turnpike

A fiery tractor-trailer wreck tied up eastbound traffic along the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Wednesday morning.Turnpike officials said the crash happened just before 7 a.m. and involved two rigs. One truck caught fire just east of the Blue Mountain interchange.As a result, the eastbound lanes of the turnpike were shut down ...

• Updated: 1:43 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007

Police Make Vandalism Arrests With Help From Internet

Police in Blair County are investigating a series of pre-holiday acts of vandalism. People had their Christmas lights either damaged or stolen. Police said Wednesday that they had found a break in the case from an unexpected source -- the Internet.Police said juveniles, whom they have charged, vandalized several properties ...

• Updated: 1:54 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007

Snow, Speed May Have Contributed To Car Wreck

Two cars collided along Ohio Street in suburban Johnstown Wednesday morning.The wreck happened just before 9 a.m.Police said snowy road conditions were a contributing factor, but so was the speed of one of the drivers, who might be charged.

• Updated: 1:43 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007

Union, Company Seek Help From Governor's Office To End Contract Fight

Freightcar America and representatives from the United Steel Workers Union are heading back to the bargaining table in hopes of working out a concessions contract for about 500 workers.Freightcar America employees have been anticipating a lay off for months after contract talks failed with the company's CEO, John Carroll. Now, ...

• Updated: 1:44 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007

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• Updated: 10:31 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007

Red Cross Strike Ends

While a strike by Red Cross workers may be coming to and end, the contract dispute continues. Union members have been working under a contract extension since December and they walked off the job Sunday.Most of the workers said they are planning to return to work, but a day later ...

• Updated: 8:02 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007

Governor Rendell Brings New Health Care Plan To Johnstown

Forty-six million Americans do not have health care, and 800,000 of them live in Pennsylvania. Governor Ed Rendell, one of the first public leaders to take on this growing problem, was in Johnstown Tuesday explaining his plan to change that number."In the last seven years, health care premiums have risen ...

• Updated: 5:29 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007

Groundhog Day 2007

Thousands of people flocked to Jefferson County on Thursday in anticipation of the biggest day of the year: Groundhog Day.Residents close to Gobbler's Knob went through a process they've gone through for more than 100 years.Be sure to stay with Channel 6 News as we provide live team coverage of ...

• Updated: 2:59 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007

Huntingdon Man Charged With Possessing Drugs, Guns

A Huntingdon County man is jailed on charges he had drugs and guns in his car and home.Pennsylvania State Police and the Huntingdon County Drug Task Force used a warrant to search the Porter Township home of Derek Hoffman.Police said they found 10 pounds worth of marijuana in addition to ...

• Updated: 12:54 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007

Accused Bedford County Killer Seeks Bail

Accused killer Joseph Clark was in Bedford County court Monday asking for permission to seek bail.Clark has been held for nearly 20 months charged with kidnapping and killing Holly Notestine in 2000.His trial is scheduled for June, but his attorney argued that the case should have gone to trial in ...

• Updated: 1:25 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007

Police Search For Armed Robber In Elk County

Police are searching for the man who held up a Ridgway area convenience store at gunpoint Monday evening.Police said the man entered the Valley Farm Market along Route 225 at about 7 p.m. and demanded cash from the clerk.The man was wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt and a bandana covering ...

• Updated: 4:03 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007

Financial Aid Available For Businesses Hurt By Fire

Thousands of dollars are available for Bedford County businesses hurt by the recent blaze in the historic Founder's Crossing building.Eligible businesses can get at least $40,000 each for their losses after a disaster declaration from the governor.The declaration makes low-interest loan money available, which is good news for county officials ...

• Updated: 1:29 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007

Police Say $2 Million Drug Ring Uncovered

Local law enforcement officials said they have broken up a $2 million drug ring.A total of 15 suspected cocaine and heroin dealers were arrested and charged Tuesday.Officials said the drug ring dealt in northern Centre and Clinton counties with ties to the Lock Haven area.The Pennsylvania attorney general said the ...

• Updated: 2:28 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007

Portage Man Sentenced In Step-Father's Death

A Portage man was sentenced Monday to 20 to 40 years in prison for killing his step-father.Shawn Sweeney pled guilty to third-degree murder and agreed to testify against his mother, Deborah Cummings, in his step-father's death.According to prosecutors, Cummings led her son to believe her husband was abusing her and ...

• Updated: 8:34 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007

Red Cross Employees To Return To Work

Red Cross leaders have accepted a union offer for employees to return to work. According to Marianne Spampinato, of the Red Cross, workers are to be back on the job Thursday.Beginning Sunday, Communication Workers of America members picketed in Johnstown and Wheeling, West Virginia, at what was to be one ...

• Updated: 8:51 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007

Best Jeans for Women

Women love wearing blue jeans, but they don’t always love shopping for them. The styles, sizes and prices vary a lot. So Good Housekeeping’s fashion experts helped a sampling of women with different body types find the right jeans for them. Good Housekeeping gathered some “off-the-rack” brands to find the ...

• Updated: 10:19 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29, 2007

State High Vision Holds Special Meeting With Education Secretary

A group opposed to the State College High School renovation plan took their concerns directly to the State Secretary of Education Monday.State High Vision members had a face-to-face meeting with secretary Gerald Zahorchak hoping to, once again, put a stop to the project. The group told Zahorchak that they believe ...

• Updated: 3:42 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007