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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WBMA) — Blood linked by DNA to Aniah Blanchard was found in the missing teenager's vehicle. A warrant affidavit for kidnapping suspect Ibraheem Yazeed said blood "indicative of someone suffering a life-threatening injury" was found by investigators on the passenger side of Blanchard's Honda CRV. The warrant, filed Wednesday in Alabama, charged Yazeed with first-degree kidnapping. The blood samples were analyzed by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and positively matched them to Aniah Blanchard, according to the affidavit.

Windber, Pa. (WJAC) — Sally Moore was in sixth grade when she began collecting news shirts, but it wasn't until last year she set a goal to reach 100 of them. “I didn't think I would be at 100 right now. I thought it would take forever,” Sally said. This past Sunday, she finally reached that goal. That’s not the only reason she's celebrating today...because she's also one year seizure free.

Blair Co., PA (WJAC) — In Blair County, Logan Township officials are touting new funding that they say will help with the construction of multiple soccer fields. Officials say they were recently awarded $853,000 in funding for the sports park. The park will be located on a 100-acre piece of land located on the Juniata side of Altoona and the Homers Gap side of Logan Township. Officials say the project will benefit the entire county and could bring big economic benefits to local hotels and restaurants.

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.

Along with many cancellations due to the pandemic, a local fire company is refusing to completely forget about one of its annual fundraising events. Year after year, Howard Fire Company hosts the annual punkin chunkin. A long-time tradition of launching pumpkins through the air looked a little different this year. The virtual event still attracted hundreds to the Howard Fire Company's live facebook stream. "It's not an official punkin' chunkin event.

JOHNSTOWN — The third and final day of the Major League Baseball Draft is complete. Three players with ties to west-central Pennsylvania got drafted. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Ferndale High School graduate Trey McGough in the 24th round. McGough is a left-handed pitcher. He played three seasons at Mount St. Mary's, during his college career. Another Pennsylvania organization drafted a local product. The Philadelphia Phillies selected Central Cambria graduate Tyler Adams in the 27th round.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — 6 News spoke with Professor David Harris, with the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, to get his reaction to the arrest video of Dereck Raimey. Professor Harris has a background in criminal procedures and evidence and has done extensive research on police and community relations. On Wednesday, he shared his concerns with the way Mr. Raimey's situation was handled. "They're telling you, ‘Let me see your hands,’ and then you're going to move your hands toward your body.

ALTOONA, Pa (WJAC) — In a typical year, the Altoona Grand Hotel would welcome hundreds of guests on New Year’s Eve, but for the last time in 2020, COVID-19 forced a change of plans. “We get about 300 to 400 people,” said General Manager Lindsay Danella of previous New Year’s Eve parties. “They come, they get some dinner, some drinks and dancing and they ring in the new year.”

Several states across the nation have been implementing new legislation that further restricts access to safe abortions likebanning abortion clinics in Utah or banning abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy in several states - and a recent federal investigation that showed that some hospitals broke the law by not providing emergency abortions in states where they are restricted which resulted in patient harm. According to the World Health Organization, abortion is a "