Golden Knights trade Reilly Smith to the Penguins

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  483 words  |  Delta Gatti

The Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights are already preparing to try to repeat, trading a longtime franchise cornerstone and keeping their best trade deadline pickup. Vegas traded Reilly Smith to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday and re-signed fellow forward Ivan Barbashev to a five-year contract worth $25 million. The moves came hours before the start of NHL draft. “We think this will give us the ability to pretty much return our team in whole, so that was our objective,” general manager Kelly McCrimmon said in Nashville, Tennessee, before the draft began. [Read More]

PSP IDs infant found dead along Fulton County roadside

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  153 words  |  Brenda Moya

FULTON COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — State police say they have identified the infant who was found dead along a Fulton County roadside last month. On the morning of March 11th, investigators say the body of a male infant child was discovered in the area of Lincoln Way East and South Second Street, in McConnellsburg Borough. Authorities say the child's death was deemed "suspicious" and an investigation determined that the child had been born no more than 24 hours prior to being found. [Read More]

Richland cinemas reopens with return of new movies

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  439 words  |  Brenda Moya

Cambria County, Pa. (WJAC) — Closed for months because of the coronavirus pandemic, Edward Troll the owner of Richland Cinemas, says movie theatres across the country are suffering including his. Troll reopened Richland Cinemas in June when Cambria County entered the green phase of the states reopening plan. However, the only thing Troll had to show on the big screen were old movies as no new releases were coming from Hollywood because of the pandemic. [Read More]

Students create library boxes for Johnstown neighborhoods

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  702 words  |  Delta Gatti

JOHNSTOWN - Something as simple as a book can change a life. That's why students and teachers from Greater Johnstown High School are making sure books are accessible to all children in the city. They're putting library boxes in neighborhoods so kids can find a love for reading and be more prepared for school. Read, return, repeat. Children in Johnstown will soon be able to do just that with library boxes throughout the city. [Read More]

Weakland Farms in Portage hosts Fall Craft and Vendor Show over the weekend

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  122 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Portage, Pa. (WJAC) — Weakland Farms in Portage is hosting a Fall Craft and Vendor show Saturday and Sunday to kick off the fall season. About 25 vendors are gathering to sell crafts and food. Visitors can go through a corn maze and take a hay ride, or visit animals, a pumpkin patch, bouncy house, and concession stand. The staff says the farm has been open for 17 years. "You see families coming back here year after year, taking their pictures in the same spot that they've taken it for 17 years, and watching their families grow," [Read More]

1 drowned after car rolled over into Ligonier Township creek, coroner says

 Posted on April 14, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  142 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

LIGONIER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WJAC) — One man drowned when his car rolled over into a creek in Ligonier Township Sunday, Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees said. Lees said 28-year-old Benjamin Leshow was traveling south on Route 271 just before 7 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve and drove into some yards, taking out multiple utility poles before rolling over into a creek. Leshow was not wearing a seat belt and was partially ejected from the vehicle, Lees said. [Read More]

High lead levels found in Hollidaysburg water, officials not concerned

 Posted on April 14, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  405 words  |  Brenda Moya

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (WJAC) -- The Hollidaysburg Public Works Department collects around 20 water from homes in the borough every three years. Several samples collected last year brought back some high numbers. “I’ve been here 19 years and we’ve never had high lead levels in any of our water systems, so I was a little surprise to us,” said Rick Pope, Hollidaysburg Borough director of public works. Pope said three water samples, taken in the third quarter of 2019, showed high amounts of lead. [Read More]

How a chain link fence became a 22-acre monument for those on Flight 93

 Posted on April 14, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  984 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (WJAC) — “Never forget,” a vow taken by countless Americans after our great nation was attacked by terrorists on 9-11. The Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County strives to commit to that vow by sharing the story of Flight 93 with people from all over the world. Here's a look at the transformation of that site from a simple chain link fence to the monumental 22-acre park through the eyes of Stephen Clark, the Superintendent of the Flight 93 National Memorial: [Read More]

local furniture store shares experience with rising gas prices

 Posted on April 14, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  219 words  |  Christie Applegate

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Young American Furniture has always delivered chairs, tables, couches, and other household goods for free to their customers. Since the pandemic, even more delivery requests have been "coming to the table." That's according to Bill Colvin, the Vice President of Young American Furniture. "Our delivery area has expanded quite a bit since the pandemic. It has been getting a lot more out Altoona, Bedford, and Somerset," [Read More]