Excess of Philadelphia fugitives discovered in Johnstown, reveals Cambria County DA

Cambria County, PA — Three wanted people from Philadelphia have been found in Johnstown in the last 6 to 9 months. This according to Cambria County District Attorney Greg Neugebauer, who says these cases are keeping authorities busy. “It’s very frustrating.” he says. "We arrest a lot of people from the city of Johnstown selling drugs and committing crimes here. We find a lot of stolen guns from Philadelphia in the Johnstown area.

House blocks DC's noncitizen voting law, 52 Democrats side with GOP amid border tensions

Fifty-two House Democrats joined all Republicans Thursday to repeal Washington, DC's law allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections. The number of Democrats voting for the measure, H.R. 192, was 10 more compared to how many voted for a similar measure last year. "Why is it in our country, the only one dumb enough to offer incentive after incentive after incentive to the millions of illegal immigrants pouring over our border every single year?

New bridge to open in place of collapsed Pittsburgh span

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pennsylvania officials say a newly built bridge to replace the one that collapsed earlier this year in Pittsburgh will open to traffic by the end of December. Gov. Tom Wolf and other state and local officials marked the announcement Wednesday by walking across the new Fern Hollow bridge and holding a ribbon-cutting. Wolf called the speedy work “the power of government working for the people in Pennsylvania.”

RFK Jr. tries to jam his way onto debate stage with Biden and Trump

WASHINGTON (TND) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is trying to force his way onto the debate stage along with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump as he tries to build on his support in a race featuring two of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Kennedy, who is still polling in double digits in national surveys, is trying to ramp up his longshot bid to be a serious contender along with the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees.

Toby Terrace residents to move back in after fire

BROCKWAY, Pa. -- We have an update to an apartment building fire out of Jefferson County. On January 29th, a fire tore through Toby Terrace Apartments in Brockway leaving 15 people without a home. Fortunately all of those people had places to go after being forced out. Thursday we learned they will soon be back in their apartments. Our cameras captured a restoration company working at Building B of the complex Thursday afternoon.

Centre Co. approves adding animal control officer to its sheriff's department

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Citing an increase in animal abuse cases, Centre County is adding an animal control officer to its sheriff's department to handle investigations. A project that has been a long time in the making, that’s how Centre County administrators term the creation of a Centre County based humane, or animal control, officer position for animal abuse investigations. “In Centre County, we do not have any humane society police officers.

More charges filed against PA nurse for intentionally overdosing patients with insulin, killing 17 o

Authorities say more charges have been filed against a western Pennsylvania nurse who is accused of intentionally overdosing multiple patients with insulin. In May, officials filed charges of homicide and attempted murder against 41-year-old Heather Pressdee, of Natrona Heights, after learning that she had allegedly administered lethal doses of insulin to several patients, killing two of them. Now, the Attorney General's office says Pressdee is facing additional counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and neglect of care after investigators say a total of 17 patients, across five nursing care facilities, died while in her care.

Over 670 people dead after devastating landslide in Papua New Guinea

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670 as emergency responders and traumatized relatives gave up hope that any survivors will now be found. Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the U.N. migration agency's mission in the South Pacific island nation, said the revised death toll was based on calculations by Yambali village and Enga provincial officials that more than 150 homes had been buried by Friday's landslide.

PA Turnpike Commission hosting public online meeting to discuss changes

(WJAC) — The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is hosting an interactive online meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, to discuss some changes happening this month. According to a press release from the PA Turnpike Commission, Oct. 27 marks the start of cashless tolling in certain locations. The change will go into effect at the interchange in Lawrence County near the Ohio border and on PA Turnpike 66 in Westmoreland County. Drivers on the Turnpike will no longer have to stop to pay their toll but will instead pay through the PA Turnpike TOLL BY PLATE system.

Powerful storms leave at least 24 dead in several US states over Memorial Day weekend

HOUSTON (AP) — Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving one person dead and about 1 million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Widespread outages were reported across a wide swath of storm-weary Texas, where an oppressive, early-season heat wave added to the misery.