DuBois, PA — Amid COVID-19, Lakeside United Methodist Church in DuBois started to do virtual services last year.
Pastor Brett Dinger said they launched in person services last June but shut down around Thanksgiving.
"I got COVID, so we had to shut down again cause I got COVID. But we've been back consistently since the beginning of February," said Brett Dinger, Senior Pastor at Lakeside United Methodist Church.
In preparation for Palm Sunday, Dinger said the pews are distanced with green stickers and people are encouraged to wear masks.
WASHINGTON (TND) — A debate is brewing over decaf coffee, with critics calling for a ban on the most common method that uses a chemical. According to the government, this chemical, methylene chloride, can potentially increase your risk of developing cancer.
"Studies show that 70% of consumers of decaffeinated coffee are pregnant women or people with health conditions like heart disease, and because of that so many of these people already have other confounding health variables,"
Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — A Johnstown man who admitted to stealing over $30,000 worth of narcotics from a local pharmacy was sentenced this week.
Officials say Matthew Miller appeared in court on Tuesday where he was sentenced to serve 18 to 36 months in the Cambria County Prison.
Miller pleaded guilty to one felony count of obtaining possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation in December.
Police charged Miller in 2022 after he reportedly admitted to stealing over $30,000 worth of narcotics from the Martella's Pharmacy location, where he was previously employed.
PHILADELPHA (AP) — A man accused of slashing people with a large knife while riding a bicycle on a trail in Philadelphia in recent weeks has been formally charged in the cold-case rape and slaying of a medical student that occurred among a series of high-profile sexual assaults in a large city park two decades ago.
Elias Diaz, 46, was arraigned Wednesday on murder, rape and other counts in the 2003 slaying of Rebecca Park.
Pittsburgh, Pa (WJAC) — Pittsburgh Penguins Hall of Fame radio broadcaster Mike Lange says he will NOT be in the booth for the start of the upcoming season, out of an abundance of caution due to the pandemic, according to a team release.
'I've decided to opt out of the start of the season after huddling with doctors about the course of Covid-19," said Lange, who will turn 73 in March.
Art came to life at Shanksville Elementary School in Somerset County Friday with a collaboration between high schoolers and the elementary students.
This year's theme was monsters, so the elementary school was decorated with pictures of monsters; and students read monster books like The Color Monster.
The students then drew their own monsters which were given the high school's art class who then made those drawings come to life by turning them into stuffed animals.
FRANKLIN COUNTY Pa. (WHP) — The PA Game Commission is determining the next steps for a now injured flamingo who lost its way and ended up in a pond in Franklin County.
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According to the commission, a flamingo was brought to them on Monday, injured by a snapping turtle.
One of the individuals who was at the scene, Courtney Richer, describes what transpired around 8:30 a.
Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — Johnstown area catholic schools say they are "rebranding."
Officials with the Bishop McCort Catholic School announced Wednesday that the district will rename Divine Mercy Catholic Academy's east and west campuses as Bishop McCort Catholic Elementary East and Bishop McCort Catholic Elementary West.
Bishop McCort Catholic High School will remain under the same name.
School officials say they think this decision will strengthen their schools and bring stability to the school systems.
Westmont, PA — If you're like most people when snow and ice hit the area, you stay curled up at home ordering in pizza or Chinese, hoping they deliver in the bad weather.
"They said that the roads with the freezing rain just wasn't safe for us to keep going out, so they decided not to deliver anymore,” says Peking Place employee Stephanie Miles.
At Peking Place in Westmont, it's usually just owner Charlie Sheen and his wife making the deliveries.
BEDFORD COUNTY, Pa — Walmart is looking to hire thousands of new employees across their supply chain network. This includes the Bedford Distribution Center, which is one of many Walmart facilities holding a two-day hiring event. The retail giant is looking to add 180 people to the team in Bedford over the next 5 months.
The coronavirus pandemic cost many people their livelihoods, forcing many businesses large and small to close down for good.