Fairview Energy gives presentation at the Laurel Highlands Conservatory

 Posted on May 25, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  159 words  |  Delta Gatti

Laurel Highlands Conservatory invited Bob Burchfield of the Fairview Energy Center to give a presentation on Saturday. Fairview Energy is an innovative natural gas plant that has the capability of powering over a million homes and went commercial in December of 2019. The plant uses a number of methods to break records in efficiency and make it a viable option in terms of more sustainable energy generation. One of those methods is a combined cycle process that re-captures steam to power a turbine. [Read More]

Gunman in deadly Osceola Mills shooting had PFA against him

 Posted on May 25, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  305 words  |  Christie Applegate

OSCEOLA MILLS - State police said Tuesday a Clearfield County man who killed his ex-girlfriend and her mother had a protection from abuse order against him. State police said Cody Bush shot and killed Victoria and Beth Shultz and injured another woman before taking his own life Friday. Police confirmed around 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving, Bush was served a PFA. Police said there were no guns in the home to seize. [Read More]

Restaurant expands in downtown Johnstown

 Posted on May 25, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  68 words  |  Delta Gatti

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — A business in downtown Johnstown is expanding.

Intrignia Incorporated announced Wednesday it acquired the former Mission Inn building next to Balance Restaurant.

Officials tell us the new space for Balance will have an area for private banquets, weddings, and business meetings and even a live music venue.

Construction is expected to begin soon, with the new addition set to open early next year.

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Road closed near Nittany Mall for sinkhole

 Posted on May 25, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  68 words  |  Delta Gatti

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- East College Avenue near the Nittany Mall has reopened after PennDOT crews fixed a sinkhole that was discovered Saturday.

PennDOT said crews have filled the hole with stone and concrete and have paved the roadway.

The road had had been closed since Saturday when the sinkhole was discovered.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials said the sinkhole was 4 feet by 5 feet wide.

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Trial underway for teen police say took selfie with corpse

 Posted on May 25, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  137 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

GREENSBURG -- A trial is underway for an 18-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of fatally shooting a friend in the face and then taking a selfie with the victim's body. Two officers testified Tuesday that Maxwell Morton, then 16, showed little emotion or concern about the Feb. 2015 shooting of 16-year-old Ryan Mangan. Westmoreland County Detective James Williams told jurors "when he described pulling the trigger, he had a little smirk on his face. [Read More]

Coroner IDs victim of fatal Westmont house fire as 22-year-old aspiring Navy nurse

 Posted on May 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  304 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Cambria Co., PA (WJAC) — Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees has identified the victim of Wednesday's fatal house fire on Fayette Street in Westmont Borough. Lees says 22-year-old Grant Jeanjaquet, a senior at Saint Vincent College, suffered "toxic thermal injuries" while attempting to escape the first floor of the home. According to West Hills Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Schrock, when crews arrived at the scene, they encountered heavy smoke and fire on the first floor of the residence and they also found three of Jeanjaquet's family members, as well as a dog, on the second floor porch roof. [Read More]

East Broad Top Railroad makes comeback almost decade later

 Posted on May 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  356 words  |  Brenda Moya

ORBISONIA, Pa. (WJAC) -- Hundreds of people gathered in Orbisonia Friday to show love to the East Broad Top Railroad as it looks to get engines like "Millie" back up and running. The East Broad Top Railroad has been nonoperational since 2011. A new nonprofit, the East Broad Top Foundation has purchased the railroad from second-generation owner Joe Kovalchik and plans to bring it back to life. “I searched for nine years to get the right combination to get this thing to where our family wants it to be and that’s in a state or restoration and operation,” Kovalchik said. [Read More]

Legendary former Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian dies

 Posted on May 24, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  135 words  |  Brenda Moya

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Ara Parseghian, who took over a foundering Notre Dame football program and restored it to glory with two national championships in 11 seasons, has died. He was 94. University of Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins announced in a statement that Parseghian died at home at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Parseghian had recently returned to his home in Granger, Indiana, after spending more than a week in a nursing care facility in South Bend, Indiana. [Read More]

Migrants swarm New York City Hall during hearing about 'integrating newcomers' into NYC

 Posted on May 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  401 words  |  Brenda Moya

NEW YORK CITY (TND) — Hundreds of migrants swarmed New York City Hall Tuesday, waving flags and chanting at city officials, according to videos posted to social media. The migrants, mostly French-speaking natives of Africa and Haiti, reportedly gathered to demand “assistance and the ability to work," according to a report by journalist Savanah Hernandez. The scene, Hernandez said, is “what every single park in New York is starting to look like. [Read More]

Russia launched counter space weapons into orbit, threatening US satellite: Pentagon

 Posted on May 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  352 words  |  Delta Gatti

WASHINGTON (TND) — Russia is taking tensions with the United States into lower earth orbit. The Pentagon confirmed during a press briefing on Tuesday that the Kremlin recently launched a counter-space weapon into the same path as a U.S. government satellite. "Obviously that’s something that we'll continue to monitor. Certainly, we’ll say that we have a responsibility to be ready to protect and defend the domain, the space domain," said Maj. [Read More]