Stoystown celebrates 250th anniversary
2024-05-06
SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A kick-off event was held Thursday night in Somerset County to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Stoystown.
The celebrations took place at the Stoystown Historical Society.
State representatives Carl Metzgar and Pat Stefano were in attendance to highlight the city's history.
Some events that are planned for this year in Stoystown are a basket party at the American Legion on April 28th and the town's annual Memorial Day parade at the historical society.
Chiefs owner's wife speaks on 'motherhood' amid Harrison Butker controversy: 'Not bigoted'
2024-05-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TND) — Tavia Hunt, the wife of the owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, spoke out on motherhood Thursday amid one of the team's players facing criticism for recent comments directed toward female college graduates.
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has drawn widespread attention after delivering a commencement address at Catholic liberal arts school Benedictine College over the weekend. In the controversial speech, the NFL player criticized President Joe Biden's policies and encouraged women to embrace becoming a "
CINCINNATI (WKRC) — "Good grief!" It may be frustrating that "It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" isn't airing on network television again this year, but there's still a way to watch the Halloween classic for free.
Fans of the series will be able to watch the special on Apple TV+ for a limited time. The subscription service acquired the rights in 2020. Subscribers can watch at any time but non-subscribers can stream on Oct.
LORETTO, Pa. — Lawmakers of all levels met with farmers Tuesday at the annual Cambria County Farm Bureau Legislative Tour at Vale Wood Farms to discuss a wide range of local, domestic and international policy issues.
As the rain came down in sheets outside — sometimes so loud that people had to yell to talk to each other — Marty Yahner and other farmers argued that agriculture affects not just them, but “everybody who eats.
Cambria County, PA — Farmers and first responders say harvesting season is here, which can bring dangers when working in structures like silo’s, remembering deadly incidents both recent, and in previous years. They note the amount of safety measures on their equipment to prevent injury or death. They say this includes ladder cages on silo’s, respirators, working with a partner, and air blowers to ventilate gasses from the crops.
Dairy farmer Megan Hostetler says these precautions are easy to miss and can be why we see harvesting related deaths each year.
They say "all work and no play" is dull, so how about playing as a job?
Mattel is looking for a chief UNO player and it's dealing out big money for the role.
The company says the chosen candidate will earn more than $4,000 a week for four weeks in New York City.
The job entails challenging strangers to play the new UNO Quatro family game.
It also requires the player to make social media content involving UNO products.
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Authorities in Blair County say an Altoona man is behind bars following an investigation into accusations that he repeatedly sexually abused one of his relatives.
Police say on Feb. 19, the victim, now age 18, reported that he had been repeatedly assaulted by 49-year-old James Kennedy.
According to the affidavit, police say the victim disclosed that the alleged abuse began when he was 8 or 9 years old.
PORTAGE, Pa. (WJAC) — A resident of a Cambria County nursing home celebrated his 101 birthday with an ice cold beer.
Francis Warner, known by family and friends as “Uncle Bunny,” celebrated his birthday Thursday at Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Portage.
Staff say they took special safety precautions so Warner could see his family.
They say Warner’s room was also decorated and he was served a birthday cake.
Dak Prescott's father arrested in Texas
2024-05-04
ORANGE COUNTY, Texas — A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper arrested the father of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott on marijuana charges.
A trooper conducted a traffic stop at about 4 p.m. Saturday on Highway 87 in Orange County.
According to the DPS, the trooper discovered marijuana in the pocket of the driver's side door of the Cadillac Escalade.
The driver was identified as Nathaniel Prescott, 57, of Pflugerville.