A 37-year-old Tyrone woman has been charged, after police allegedly found a dead cat and dog in her home.
Tyrone police executed a search warrant at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday at Roberta Ewing’s Bald Eagle Avenue home.
According to a probable-cause affidavit, during the search police found a dead pit bull terrier in the home, as well as a dead cat in a soda case on the basement steps.
The home was allegedly littered with trash and animal feces, with barely any floor showing, according to the affidavit.
UPDATE | JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees has released some new details on the identity of the victim of Wednesday's fatal house fire in Westmont.
Lees say the fire victim was a man in his 20s.
Investigators say the blaze also injured five other residents of the home.
Authorities say more details are expected to be released on Thursday.
ORIGINAL | Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees confirmed that one person died in a house fire on the 200 block of Fayette Street in Westmont early Wednesday morning.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa (WJAC) — Penn State has placed the Lambda chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity on an interim suspension for a "social violation," according to a release.
University officials say that the fraternity hosted a gathering on Tuesday, August 18th, which "exceeded state and local government directives and directly violated the University’s policy which states 'no socials of any kind' will be approved for Greek-life organizations amid COVID-19 concerns.
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ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — After a two-year absence and less than three months into her return to competition, Simone Biles isback at the top of world gymnastics once again.
The American superstar won the individual all-around title at the world championships for the sixth time on Friday to become the most decorated gymnast in history.
Ten years after she won her first in the same Belgian city as a 16-year-old, Biles scored 58.
MECHANICSBURG, PA (WJAC) - The West Branch Warriors volleyball team earned the silver medal in the state championship game. Maplewood defeated West Branch in three sets (26-24, 25-21, 25-11) for the PIAA 1A title. Until the championship match, West Branch had not dropped a single set in the state tournament. The Warriors swept three straight opponents to reach the state championship game. Seniors Matayha Kerin, Savannah Hoover and Hayley Wooster were emotional as they were handed the runners up trophy.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WJAC) — Saturday was National Record Store Day, with folks across the country flocking to their local record store to peruse and pick up some vinyl records.
Vinyl records used to be the top-selling format for music. Throughout the 1980s, vinyl sales plummeted as other formats rose in popularity. But in the digital age, the century-old format's is making a comeback.
In fact, data from the Recording Industry Association of America's 2022 revenue report shows the number of vinyls sold increasing for the past 16 years, especially spiking in 2021 after the pandemic.
UPDATE | Bedford County, PA (WJAC) — Authorities in Bedford County have released new details about what led to the arrest of a Bedford woman on Friday evening.
Investigators say troopers were dispatched to a residence along Narrow Lane, in Cumberland Valley Township, for a report of a domestic disturbance.
According to the affidavit, police say troopers later learned that 53-year-old Melissa Suder had been arguing with several family members and had even threatened to kill them.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Local cable company Breezeline is reportedly "scaling back" some of its operations.
While details are limited at this time, 6 News is hearing that dozens could be losing their jobs, with the Johnstown area being greatly affected, according to sources close to the situation.
Breezeline would not specifically confirm any details and a spokesperson issued the following statement.
Like any business, we must from time to time analyze our workforce and make organizational decisions that we believe are necessary to adapt to changing customer preferences and business needs to best serve our customers.
(WJAC) — A man retrieving a deer after hunting Saturday died after his ATV overturned.
Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees said 56-year-old Justin E. Lieb, from Nicktown, Cambria County, died due to blunt-force trauma after his ATV overturned on a steep incline.
Lees said Lieb went home to get his Yamaha Grizzly ATV after harvesting a deer Saturday morning and was returning to the woods when the crash happened.
Lieb’s family became worried after he didn’t return home that evening and called officials, who found Lieb in the woods near Double Dam Road, Susquehanna Township.