2nd UPDATE |CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Cambria County coroner Jeff Lees had identified the victim of Saturday's fatal motorcycle crash on Scalp Ave.
Lees say 53-year-old Kirk Young, of Windber, was reportedly ejected from the motorcycle after colliding with another vehicle along the 1600 block of Scalp Ave.
Authorities say Young was transported to Conemaugh Hospital where he was pronounced dead in the emergency room just before 11 p.m. Saturday.
(TCS) — Georgia tax officials collected more than $3.9 billion in April, a decrease of 5.4% or $225.7 million from last year.
So far this fiscal year, net tax revenue of more than $27.4 billion is down about 1.2% or $341.3 million from last year. While fiscal 2024 collections have decreased from fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022 numbers, they remain higher than they were at the same time in fiscal 2019, fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021, according to unaudited numbers released at the time.
JOHNSTOWN - State police in Ebensburg said Patrick Knapp of Johnstown died Monday morning in a crash in Cambria County.
Knapp, 44, was pronounced dead at the scene by Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees.
Police said Knapp's Chevrolet Colorado truck was traveling west on Route 56 in Dale Borough. His vehicle left the road near the Bedford Street exit ramp and rolled over several times around 11:04 a.m.
Knapp was not wearing his seat belt, police said.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (WJAC) — This is the busiest time of year for food banks like Faith Centre.
The amount of volunteers peaks around the holidays, a time of year where people focus on giving back.
But this is also a time of year that can get stressful when it comes down to money.
Food banks provide assistance to people on fixed incomes and working families with children.
People come in to get boxes of food for their families and their pets.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — The Johnstown-Cambria County Airport Authority confirmed they are searching for a new airliner as regional airports across the U.S. were recently notified by SkyWest Airlines that they will be terminating their Essential Air Service contracts.
The Airport Authority said in a release sent to 6 News Wednesday that the search is already underway to provide a new carrier to the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport. SkyWest signed a contract that began in December 2020 and was to last until 2023 to provide services through the federal subsidy program for United Airlines flights to Washington Dulles International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — It's officially 2024: the page has been turned to a new chapter with a fresh start.
"When we start the new year, we feel positive because it's a clean slate. New year, new me. We hear that all the time."
Shanna Handzus with Choices Clinical Counseling in Johnstown says that means it's time for New Year's Resolutions.
From saving money and spending more time with family -- to eating healthier and going to the gym -- the ideas are endless.
BOALSBURG, Pa. (WJAC) — In Boalsburg, the home of Memorial Day, the annual celebration to commemorate the day, is canceled this year due to the pandemic.
The Boalsburg Fire Company's carnival is also canceled.
Plans call for a virtual, online celebration with live streaming of the traditional events held in Boalsburg on Memorial Day.
Memorial Day in Boalsburg dates back to 1864 when three women decorated the graves of Civil War veterans in the town cemetery.
ATCHISON, Kan. (TND) — Kansas City Chiefs placekicker Harrison Butker slammed President Joe Biden Sunday over his abortion policy, which he said defies the president’s faith.
Biden, a self-proclaimed Catholic, sparked outrage in April when he made the sign of the cross while attending a pro-abortion rally. The pious gesture of reverence to God, Butker said, was antithetical to the Catholic belief that all life comes from God and is therefore sacred.
WASHINGTON (TND) — Several elite universities received donations from a foundation in the “State of Palestine" between 2017 and 2023, amounting to tens of millions of dollars, according to new findings from watchdog organization OpenTheBooks.
The schools which received donations include Brown University, Harvard University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), according to OpenTheBooks. Brown in 2020 allegedly received $643,000 from a foundation based in the “State of Palestine” to establish a “Professorship in Palestinian Studies within Middle East Studies.
DUBOIS, Pa (WJAC) — Local DuBois organizations and business owners are still working on a new community event scheduled for mid-June that would replace the annual Community Days, which was cancelled last month.
Community Days normally draws crowds of thousands of people to downtown DuBois.
After the fire department announced that it was unable to put the event on this year, local residents decided to come together to hold an event in its place, calling it ‘DuBois Days 2024.