AASD teacher tests positive for COVID-19 as staff prepares for start of school: Officials
ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC) — A teacher for Altoona Area School District has tested positive for the coronavirus as staff prepare for students to return to school, officials confirm.
Community Relations Director Paula Foreman says a teacher at the Mowrie A. Ebner Elementary School received a positive COVID-19 test result and the school has since been deep cleaned and disinfected.
Foreman says the Pennsylvania Department of Health has been made aware of the case and school officials are following the health department’s guidelines.
Park Service holds special tours of South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club clubhouse
SOUTH FORK, Pa. (WJAC) -- We're just days away from the 129th anniversary of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
And all this week, the Park Service is hosting a series of special programs and tours to help people understand how the flood happened and its impact.
"The club used this building for however much of the '87 season that there was once the building was done, and then the '88 season and that was it, because the '89 season at the top of the flood,"
Penn State wrestler Bo Nickal wins Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year
UNIVERSITY PARK — Nittany Lion wrestler Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas) has been named the 2019 Big Ten Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year. Nickal was honored from a field that featured each of the 14 Big Ten members’ Male Athletes of the Year. Iowa women’s basketball player Megan Gustafson was named the 2019 Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year.
Nickal is the first Penn State student to be named Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year since fellow wrestler David Taylor was honored in 2014.
Pennsylvania hiker dies on New Hampshire mountain despite life-saving efforts
THOMPSON MESERVE’S PURCHASE, N.H. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who suffered a medical emergency in the White Mountains of New Hampshire has died despite extensive efforts by rescue crews, authorities said.
Jason Apreku, 21, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was hiking with friends Friday when he collapsed on Mount Madison, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said in a statement. His friends called for help and began CPR while an Army National Guard helicopter was dispatched from Concord.
Steelers trim roster to 53; TE Zach Gentry among notable cuts
Pittsburgh (WJAC) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have officially revealed their initial 53-man roster for the 2023 NFL season.
Teams around the league had until 4 p.m. Tuesday to make the necessary roster moves.
Among the Steelers' notable roster cuts includes the release of tight end Zach Gentry.
Gentry was drafted by Pittsburgh in the 5th round of the 2019 draft.
He has played in 40 career games with the Steelers, recording 39 receptions for 303 yards.
Alice Cooper loses cosmetics deal after calling transgenderism 'a fad'
WASHINGTON (TND) — A self-described LGBT+-owned cosmetics brand has ended a partnership with rock performer Alice Cooper after he criticized gender transition procedures for minors.
Vampyre Cosmetics cut ties with Cooper earlier this month after the singer called "cases of transgender" a "fad” in aninterview with music blog Stereogum.
“I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender, but I’m afraid that it’s also a fad, and I’m afraid there’s a lot of people claiming to be this just because they want to be that,” Cooper said in the interview.
Chipotle 'fiber bowls' exposed to cancer-causing chemicals
The bowls at Chipotle have become a staple for the restaurant.
But a new report is drawing some big concerns about them.
The New Food Economy says it found the fiber bowls are exposed to chemicals that can lead to cancer.
The study says the bowls are treated with PFAS, as perfluorooctanoic acid is known. The substance is also called "forever chemicals."
It helps bowls hold hot, wet and greasy food.
Survivors showed resiliency, unity in wake of tragedy
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — As we approach its 135th anniversary, we continue to look back on the events leading up to and after the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Even in the face of mortal danger, the citizens of Johnstown immediately turned their thoughts towards others.
Many braved the chaos and headed out to assist in any way they could.
The city showed remarkable resiliency and unity in the wake of the tragedy.
Suspect in Oakhurst double shooting waives hearing; charges bound for court
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — The suspect accused of shooting two people last September at Oakhurst homes, killing one of them and wounding the other, appeared in Cambria County court on Tuesday where he waived his preliminary hearing.
In October, Jashon Gordon was arrested in Ohio in connection to the Sept. 22 shooting that claimed the life of 19-year-old Emerald Nugent Jr.
Officials say Nugent died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.
Teen kills 12-year-old with laser pistol in Red Lion, officials say
YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — 12-year-old Kain was killed in a shooting on Saturday. Officials have now revealed more details about the incident and the shooter.
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According to Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) in York, officials were called for a child laying on the ground between two homes on the 50 block of 1st Ave.
Authorities pronounced the boy dead at the scene.