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• Updated: 6:42 p.m. Thursday, June 30, 2011

Bill Introduced To End Ban On Sunday Hunting

A bill has been introduced in the State House that would allow hunting on Sundays.Many hunters in the Alleghenies said allowing hunting on Sunday is one way to sell more hunting licenses and get more kids interested in the sport.With packed school schedules and full-time jobs for parents, they added ...

• Updated: 7:22 p.m. Thursday, June 30, 2011

Preservation Work Continues At Clearfield Co. Cemetery

People living near a dilapidated Clearfield County cemetery say it looks the best it has in years, thanks to the work of a volunteer organization.But officials with that group said it's only the start of work to fix up that area.In the past week, work to clean up Rumbarger Cemetery ...

• Updated: 7:18 p.m. Thursday, June 30, 2011

Varsity Cross-Country Team Cut From Chestnut Ridge School District

The Chesnut Ridge School District and their teacher's association made a decision to cut several sports teams to bring back three teachers.The varsity cross-country team is one of the teams cut, but their booster club isn't giving up without a fight.Booster club president Lisa Farnan said they came up with ...

• Updated: 5:39 p.m. Thursday, June 30, 2011

Service Center To Be Torn Down For Apartments

An historic Clearfield County building will be torn down to make way for a new senior housing complex.Clearfield County commissioners recently sold the old Multi-Service Center to Graystone Court.The developer plans to tear down the building in the fall and start on the new apartment complex in the spring.The new ...

• Updated: 6:35 p.m. Thursday, June 30, 2011

Back To Work Wednesday

Sargent's Personnel Agency is helping area companies fill the following job openings:- Accountant: Full time general accounting, manufacturing or non-profit experience a plus.- Sales Associate: Part-position to run cash register, stock merchandise, prepare inventory for shipment. Clean crim. Background a must!- Machinist: Full-time position; must have Lathe and Milling experience.- ...

• Updated: 10:12 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Troopers Charge Man Who Claimed Wife Chained Kids To Bed

Authorities in Blair and Huntingdon counties filed charges against a man who claimed his estranged wife brutally abused their children last summer. State police in Hollidaysburg filed charges of child endangerment and filing false reports to law enforcement against 37-year-old Dennis Jay Hammel Jr. of Entriken. Troopers told WJAC-TV that ...

• Updated: 8:52 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Damaged Elk County Building To Be Repaired

It's been three months since a man died trying to escape a fire that badly damaged an Elk County building.Now construction crews have packed the building, working to bring an important piece of Ridgway's past back to normal.Business owners said they just didn't think the damage could be repaired. But ...

• Updated: 9:18 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Officials Stress Importance of PA Safe Haven Program

According to hospital officials in Elk County, there are options for parents overwhelmed by the task of taking care of a child.Every hospital across Pennsylvania is considered a safe haven. Hospital officials in Elk County said that means parents overwhelmed or unprepared for raising a child can anonymously leave their ...

• Updated: 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Altoona Hospital, Union At Odds

Associated Press reports say a new contract offer was rejected just days before the current deal expires at Altoona Regional Health Center.At this point, there are no indications that there will be a strike.After a report was published Wednesday morning, no one is talking.There has been only one strike in ...

• Updated: 8:53 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Somerset Co. Man Says He Was Attacked In His Home

A Cairnbrook man said that two men forced themselves into his apartment Tuesday night and beat him with a metal pipe, police said.Shiloh Doak, 29, was unable to give a good description of the men, only that one of them was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, according to police.Doak was ...

• Updated: 6:37 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Charges Waived For Party Suspects In Johnstown Police Brawl

Josiah McIntosh, Brian McIntosh, James McIntosh Jr., Michele Williams, Linda Eisenhuth and Lori Mickey headed to Magistrate Leonard Grecek's office for a hearing. The six are accused of being involved in an underage drinking party that police said turned into a choatic situation.After an hour of debating charges, prosecutors and ...

• Updated: 5:38 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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Teen Driver Hospitalized After Airborne Car Crashes Into Creek

Accident reconstructions are working to recreate the path of an out-of-control car that sped down an exit ramp, went airborne and soared over a guardrail before plunging into a creek in Centre County.State College police told WJAC-TV that an eyewitness called in a report of the crash along Boalsburg Road ...

• Updated: 7:44 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Police: Car Sailed Off Hill, Into Creek

Police say the wreck was so violent that they still aren't sure if the young man was ejected or if he made it out on his own after his car plunged into a Centre County creek.There were some very frantic moments Tuesday afternoon when the first responders on the scene ...

• Updated: 5:49 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Fees Getting Cut At Raystown

It is now cheaper to use Raystown Lake.The Army Corps of Engineers will no longer ask boaters and visitors to pay day fees for the launch ramps.The Lake will still charge fees for camping and picnic shelters.Officials said the day use program is no longer cost effective, and they will ...

• Updated: 6:37 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Highland Community Library Cuts Hours Due To State Budget Cutbacks

State budget cutbacks have forced the Highland Community Library in Richland Township to make cuts of its own.Director Dorene Miller said the library is cutting 13 hours of operation a week to make up the difference.Miller said there has been a decrease in funding over the past three years and ...

• Updated: 5:31 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Johnstown Homeowner Wants Lawyer In Animal Cruelty Case

Melissa Mayall was cited with animal cruelty after Johnstown police said she left dogs, cats and pigs inside an unsanitary home on Oak Street.Mayall headed to court Tuesday to face the citations, but instead asked Magistrate Leonard Grecek for a chance to get a lawyer.Grecek gave her a week to ...

• Updated: 7:51 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Bedford Co. Teen Charged As Adult In Baby Assault

A 17-year-old father has been charged as an adult in the assault of his infant son in Bedford County.Bedford County District Attorney Bill Higgins told WJAC-TV that Joseph Everhart shook his 8-week-old son at a home in Riddlesburg, Pa., on June 9.The baby was taken to Children's Hospital of UPMC ...

• Updated: 11:56 a.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Food, Clothing Drive Supports Homeless Veterans

After serving in the military, many veterans struggle transitioning back to civilian life and find themselves homeless. An area auxiliary group has pledged to support a shelter that keeps these veterans off the street.The Barnesboro American Legion Auxiliary Post 508 held a clothing and food drive over the weekend for ...

• Updated: 10:38 p.m. Monday, June 27, 2011

Murder Suspect Andrew Choros Asks Judge For Change Of Venue

Murder suspect Andrew Choros was back in court Monday.Marybeth Shaffer, Choros' attorney, made four requests before trial, including a change of venue or out-of-county jurors, discovery, funds for expert witnesses and DNA testing for a gun.Judge Patrick Kiniry accepted all of the requests but one, deferring the request for an ...

• Updated: 6:56 p.m. Monday, June 27, 2011