The Westmont Presbyterian Church held a community prayer service on Tuesday evening for Westmont and surrounding neighborhoods. This comes in a time of multiple school threats across our region and feelings of uncertainty in our community.
“There have been so many threats that have been happening in not just our local school district but in all kinds of surrounding areas," said Danielle Kendig, Director of Christian Education Westmont Presbyterian Church.
SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — State police say three inmates at SCI Somerset have been charged with assault for throwing feces at corrections officers on the evening of April 6.
Officials say the alleged assaults occurred as two separate incidents and occurred approximately one hour and 15 minutes apart. Troopers say at approximately 7:40 p.m. on the night of the incidents, two cellmates, Colby Mummaw, 24, of Mountville and Christopher Myers, 32, of West Chester, both threw feces at two corrections officers who were walking past their cell.
Altoona, PA (WJAC) — A spokesperson for the Seattle-based company Amazon confirmed to 6 News that it plans to open a warehouse facility in Altoona.
The spokesperson, Sam Fisher, says that the facility will operate as a delivery station, serving as the "final stop" in the delivery process.
Fisher says packages will be sorted and loaded onto Amazon's delivery vans at the Altoona facility, which will be located at the site of the former General Cable Building at 3121 Pleasant Valley Blvd.
UNIVERSITY PARK – The 17th Annual THON 5K was held on Pennsylvania State’s campus. Several runners came out to take part in the event to raise money to directly benefit the Four Diamonds at Penn State’s Children’s hospital. They will use to help cover 100 percent of the costs of patient care, as well as to fund critical, life-saving research.
THON is one of the largest 5K races in central Pennsylvania.
UPDATE | Centre Co., PA (WJAC) — Authorities with the Spring Township Police Department say a 76-year-old man has died as a result of injuries he sustained in a crash last Friday afternoon.
Police say officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of Blanchard Street around noon Friday for a report of a two-vehicle crash with injuries.
Authorities say Andrew Swarm, of Bellefonte, has died after being seriously injured in the crash.
OCALA, Fla. (TND) — The driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a bus in Florida, killing eight people, told authorities he smoked marijuana oil and took prescription drugs hours before the collision, according to an arrest report. Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, who has an extensive record of arrests, appeared in court Wednesday. He pleaded not guilty to eight counts of driving under the influence-manslaughter and was denied bond. The National Desk obtained the arrest report, with troopers noting Maclean Howard had bloodshot and watery eyes.
WASHINGTON (TND) — Lawmakers spoke about immigration and border security as the Senate is expected to vote on another border security bill that is backed by the White House.
“Unfortunately, it's not moving forward because any Republican that wanted to support it, Donald Trump, came out and said, don't do it, I don’t want to give the current president a win,” Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said. “So he's playing politics with it instead of focused on what the needs are from our law enforcement.
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.
Altoona, PA (WJAC) — Altoona police say two teens are facing arson charges after reportedly setting fire to a wooded area near Garfield Park Tuesday afternoon.
Police say crews were dispatched to the 1100 block of 25th Street after a State Parole agent witnessed the two teens start the fire and flee the scene.
Investigators say the fire "spread rapidly" and burned an area the approximate size of a football field.