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CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — "He had a heart of gold and dropped everything he was doing at the moment to help someone in need." These are the words expressed by members of Citizens Fire Company in Penbrook, who are grieving the loss of one of their fellow firemen. According to the Cumberland County Coroner, 28-year-old Orion Bekelja of Harrisburg was killed at around 2:52 a.m. on Sunday on Rt. 11 and Rt.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Saturday is National French Fry Day, and Sheetz wants to help you celebrate! The convenience store is offering free french fries at every location. The offer is good for one bag of fries. All you have to do is order the fries through the Sheetz app. The app is available on Apple and Android devices. Click here for more information on the Sheetz app. It’s unclear when National French Fry day originated, according to National Day Calendar.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WJAC) — The State College Food Bank received help Tuesday in the form of funding and volunteers The food bank continues its theme of caring and sharing with other similar organizations throughout Centre County. Food banks are valuable resources in many communities. In State College Tuesday, there was a sizeable donation for the food bank from a regular contributor. The food bank is able to use those contributions to share resources with other service organizations, who in many cases serve the same clientele.

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (CITC) — The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) is demanding answers and action in a letter to a Wisconsin school district, arguing it failed to appropriately address an incident where a transgender-identifying student who is biologically male showered in the girls' locker room alongside four freshman girls, exposing them to male genitalia. The incident allegedly took place on March 3 when four freshman girls from Sun Prairie East High School (EHS) went to use the girls' locker room following a physical education class.

Somerset Co., PA (WJAC) — Co-workers are remembering an Irwin woman who was killed in car crash earlier this week in Somerset County. On Tuesday morning, 20-year-old Kaitlynn Beatty was driving home from her shift as a dispatcher at the county’s 911 center when she was killed in a three-vehicle crash in Jefferson Township. Somerset County 911 coordinator Angela Emerick said Beatty was a person with an infectious laugh and a “light to be reckoned with.

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Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — The 77th annual AAABA baseball tournament kicked off Monday afternoon with pool play games being played throughout the Johnstown area. Last year's champion, the New Orleans Boosters, who have won the tournament 17 times, began their title defense with an 18-3 victory over the North Carolina Disco Turkeys. The Boosters have nine returning players from last year's championship team, including tournament MVP Christian Westcott. As for the local teams, both Johnstown teams, Paul Carpenter Capital Advisors and Martella's Pharmacy, are competing once again in the tournament, as well as Altoona Cumming Motors.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the 200th federal judge of President Joe Biden's tenure, about a month earlier than when Donald Trump hit that mark in his term, though Trump still holds the edge when it comes to the most impactful confirmations — those to the Supreme Court and the country's 13 appellate courts. The march to 200 culminated with the confirmation of Angela Martinez as a district court judge in Arizona.

Director of communications for the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Tony DeGol, says it’s no secret that there are not enough priests. He says in 1983, the diocese had 165 active ministry diocesan priests. Today, DeGol says there are only 37. “That is not a lot of priests when you compare it to what we were dealing with 30 or 40 years ago. That's the bad news. The good news is the priests we have have really stepped up to the plate.