UPDATE | Cambria Co., PA (WJAC) — Authorities with the Nicktown Fire Company have provided new details regarding Monday afternoon's building fire in Barr Township.
According to fire chief Gregg Shank, the blaze caused extensive damage to the Amish-owned roofing business, located along the 300 block of Amadei Road.
Investigators say the fire is believed to have started in the business' "motor room."
While no injuries were reported, firefighters says Monday's windy conditions were a factor in extinguishing the blaze.
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Authorities with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General say a Centre County sex offender is back behind bars after investigators discovered dozens of images of child pornography on his phone.
Officials say they began investigating last October after agents received a report of suspected child pornography being uploaded via the social media app known as Discord.
Authorities say the account was later linked to an address in Howard, Centre County, where 39-year-old Eric Mann reportedly resided.
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania amusement park announced new security measures Wednesday following a shooting that wounded three people, including two teenagers.
Kennywood Park officials said the measures would include more police, more security along perimeter fences, limits on bag sizes and masks covering faces, and require adult chaperones for all juveniles at all times during the park’s Phantom Fall Fest, scheduled to run until mid-October.
Park officials declined to discuss the investigation into the shooting shortly before 11 p.
HOMESTEAD, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a dispute over a parking spot apparently sparked a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded in western Pennsylvania.
Allegheny County police say Neil Chandler is charged him with criminal homicide, aggravated assault and a weapons count. It's not known if the 42-year-old Homestead man has retained an attorney.
The shooting in Homestead was reported shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday.
Authorities say both victims were taken to a hospital.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Penn State Hillel will be moving into a downtown State College development on Beaver Avenue in 2021, according to officials. Hillel enriches the lives of the estimated 5,000 Jewish students that attend Penn State.
Work began on the site this week and the facility will feature lounge and study spaces, innovative shared staff and student leadership workspace, flexible event spaces and a private terrace.
“Hillel's stellar record of service, involving students from every corner of campus, is a wonderful complement to Penn State students' academic studies and helps to bind the Penn State family together,” saud Penn State President Eric Barron.
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Two Altoona men are facing charges after they allegedly caused more than $70,000 in damage at Lakemont Park.
According to a probable-cause affidavit, Caleb Crust and Nicholas Dubbs, both 23 years old, entered the park just after 1:30 a.m. Oct. 28.
Once inside, the two drove go-karts through the park, damaging the vehicles, a basketball court and a display, according to the affidavit.
Once police arrived at the scene, Crust and Dubbs allegedly fled on foot.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TND) — Tributes are pouring in for theofficers who were shot and killed in North Carolina while they were trying to serve a warrant. One is particularly moving, as it was written by the young son of Officer William "Alden" Elliott, who was a 14-year veteran of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. Elliot was assigned to the U.S. Marshals Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force and previously served the nation as a U.
PATTON -- One man is dead after an ATV accident Friday afternoon in Cambria County.
The accident occurred at Rock Run Recreation Area in Patton just before 2 p.m.
60-year-old Clyde Makin was not wearing a seat belt or a helmet when his ATV flipped, ejecting him and killing him after it landed on top of him.
Makin was driving his ATV up a hill at Rock Run Park when it overturned.
HARRISBURG, Pa (WJAC) — According to court documents, a Philadelphia man, who is wanted in connection to a stabbing incident in Altoona in early November, was arrested in Harrisburg.
Authorities say Moses Jones Jr., who Altoona police say was stabbed on Nov. 9 after he assaulted a woman in her apartment, was arrested on Nov. 15 in Dauphin County on felony drug and gun charges.
Police say Jones broke into the woman's apartment and assaulted her over a "