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LORETTO — The Saint Francis football program will play its first game against an FBS opponent in school history when it travels to Buffalo on Sept. 12, one of 11 games released on Friday as part of the 2020 schedule. “We are very excited about our 2020 schedule,” said head coach Chris Villarrial. “We will open in a great college football environment at Richmond on a Thursday night and then play our first FBS game in program history against Buffalo the following week.

Cambria Co., PA (WJAC) — Authorities in Cambria County say a Portage woman is behind bars following an investigation into allegations that she showed pornography videos to two juveniles. Police say in October, officers with the Portage Borough Police Department were contacted by the parents of the two juveniles, who claimed that 33-year-old Christina Aponte had allegedly showed pornography to their children. Upon further investigation, police say the victims alleged that Aponte had repeatedly showed them "

Tuesday was a busy day for high school track & field athletes in our region. The Laurel Highlands Conference championships were held at Saint Francis University, while the Heritage Conference championships were decided at United High School. The Bedford boys and the Forest Hills' girls teams took home team titles in the LHAC meet. LAUREL HIGHLANDS CONFERENCE RESULTS Girls - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored 1) Forest Hills 152.50 2) Central Cambria HS Red De 116

Jefferson Co., PA (WJAC) — State police in Punxsutawney say a Corsica man is facing charges after being accused of abandoning two dogs at a home in Union Township. Troopers say in August, investigators received multiple complaints about the two animals being left outside at a home along Howe Road. Authorities say the reported owner of the dogs, 26-year-old Brandon Geer, had allegedly "moved out" of the home several weeks prior and never returned to check on them.

Johnstown, Pa — Gas stations across our region were quite busy this Fourth of July. Sheetz was just one of the gas stations that decreased the price of gas to $1.776 as a patriotic nod to our nation's birthday. 6 News spoke with many drivers who happily took advantage of this sale. “It’s awesome," said one customer at a Cambria County Sheetz. "It gets people out and about on the fourth of July.

GREENSBURG - A man charged with killing a western Pennsylvania police officer in a wrong-way crash while he was intoxicated has pleaded guilty to charges in the case. Clair Fink pleaded guilty Friday to third-degree murder and drunken driving charges over the head-on crash that killed Ligonier Township Police Lt. Eric Eslary last year. The crash left Eslary's police dog injured. Thirty-three-year-old Fink made the plea at a brief hearing in Westmoreland County court.

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The Big Ten Conference banned Jim Harbaugh from coaching at Michigan's three remaining regular-season games on Friday, defying a warning from the second-ranked Wolverines in an extraordinary confrontation over an alleged sign-stealing scheme that has rocked college football. Harbaugh was disciplined by the conference less than 24 hours before the Wolverines play at No. 9 Penn State in their toughest matchup of the season so far.

A boxer who got her start in Punxsutawney is now fighting for a spot in the Olympics. Trinity Burke now trains at Team 412 in Pittsburgh, but Helman's boxing gym in Punxsutawney was where her journey started. The Summer Olympics represent the pinnacle of amateur boxing. Boxers like Muhammad Ali, Claressa Shields, and George Foreman all represented the United States at the world stage before they stood atop the boxing world.