JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — JWF industries is expanding to West Virginia, according to company officials.
The company says this is to ensure continued production at the location that was previously operated by sunshine metals.
The new 80,000 square-foot manufacturing plant will be managed by its Johnstown headquarters.
The company says this new location will allow them to increase capacity for large-scale manufacturing while adding more machinery and employees to support their operations.
2 rescued from balcony after massive fire erupts at Utah chapel
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Crews responded to a massive fire in Salt Lake City, Utah, where two individuals were rescued from the building's second-floor balcony.
Salt Lake City Fire Chief Brandt Hancuff said crews were dispatched to a structure fire at 500 East Hollywood Avenue at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday.
The first units to arrive found heavy smoke and flames coming from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Wells Ward chapel.
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Democrats plan virtual roll call to get Biden on Ohio ballot by early deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will be formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee through a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s official convention in Chicago in August — a maneuver that will allow Biden to appear on the November ballot in Ohio.
The Democratic National Convention, where the president would otherwise be formally nominated, comes after Ohio’s ballot deadline of Aug. 7. The party’s convention is scheduled for Aug.
Families urge acceptance of Biden's Gaza cease-fire proposal as Israel demands conditions
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's prime minister on Saturday called a permanent cease-fire in Gaza a "nonstarter" until long-standing conditions for ending the war are met, appearing to undermine a proposal that U.S. President Joe Bidenhad announced as an Israeli one.
The statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office came a day after Biden outlined the plan, and as families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas called for all parties to immediately accept the proposal.
Logan Valley Mall has been sold
ALTOONA – The Logan Valley Mall is about to get a new owner.
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust announced in a news that, "A purchase and sale agreement has been executed with a significant non-refundable deposit and closing anticipated during the third quarter.”
PREIT did not reveal the buyer or the purchase price for the mall.
Officials said it is one of three transactions that will net approximately $75 million toward the company’s outlined capital plan.
Pennsylvania man breaks state record, reels in 56-pound flathead catfish
Harrisburg, PA — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission announced on Wednesday that they have certified a new state record catfish. The PFBC says that 34-year-old Jonathan Pierce of Philadelphia was fishing from the bank of the Schuylkill River at East Falls on May 24, 2020, when he reeled in a massive 56-pound, 3 oz. flathead catfish. "The best way to describe it is like a torpedo," said Pierce, who was accompanied by his girlfriend, Angelina Wilson, who witnessed the catch.
At least 5 injured, 1 dead following house explosion in Tyrone, officials say
TYRONE, Pa. (WJAC) — An early afternoon gas leak turned into a homeowner’s biggest nightmare.
Five people were injured, and one person was killed when a house exploded in Tyrone Monday.
The Blair County Coroner’s office confirmed late Monday that remains were recovered from one of the structures involved in the fire.
Officials say an autopsy has been scheduled to identify the remains and determine a cause of death.
Tyrone Councilman David Snyder posted on Facebook that he has personal connections with the victim’s family and grieves their loss.
Convicted child abuser Jerry Sandusky has appeal hearing scheduled in October
Nearly ten years after he was convicted on multiple child abuse charges, Jerry Sandusky's appeal process is still alive in the courts.
He has another hearing in the state superior court set for Oct. 14.
Sandusky's legal team claims they have new evidence of illegal collusion in the attorney general's office investigation and grand jury that led to Sandusky being charged in 2011.
The superior court hearing will be done through video conferencing.
Former admin, CEO of DuBois retirement community accused of stealing nearly $170K
Clearfield Co., PA (WJAC) — Authorities say the former CEO and administrator of a DuBois-based retirement community is facing dozens of charges, accused of stealing or misappropriating tens of thousands of dollars from the senior living home.
According to Clearfield County District Attorney Ryan Sayers, 64-year-old Samuel Zaffuto, of DuBois, faces multiple counts of corrupt organizations, theft by failing to make proper deposit of funds, theft by deception, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property and fraud.