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Johnstown native Stewart leaves athletic trainer position with NHL's Penguins
Greater Johnstown High School graduate and former Johnstown Chiefs staffer Chris Stewart stepped away from his role as the Pittsburgh Penguins head athletic trainer after 18 seasons with the franchise and 29 professional hockey seasons overall. Stewart confirmed that he left his position after years of “the grind, with travel...
Rollover crash claims 1
A city man was killed in a one-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon in Hollidaysburg. According to state police, David Eugene Reed, 61, was the front seat passenger in a Jeep Wrangler driven by Brenton L. Ross, 54, of Altoona. Ross was traveling west on Turkey Valley Road, Frankstown Township, about 4:05...
Household waste collection set
The Intermunicipal Relations Committee will collect household hazardous waste from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at the Jaffa Shrine. Pre-registration at ircenvironment.org is required, although there’s no need to print tickets to show at the event. While pre-registration is free, off-loading of hazardous materials is not:...
MOTIONS HEARING SET FOR SUSPECT IN GAREFFA KILLING
A motions hearing is set for today for one of the people accused in the death of Hayden Gareffa. Court Documents show that the hearing for 20-year-old Summer Settlemeyer will be held today in front of Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco. The hearing is dealing with motions concerning Settlemeyer’s mental health. She was one of seven adults and one juvenile that were charged with coercing Gareffa to leave his grandmother’s home and stabbed him multiple times before leaving him for dead in a field of tall grass off Oneida Mine Road in Brush Valley Township in 2022. Settlemeyer is charged with criminal homicide, kidnapping to facilitate a felony, kidnapping to inflict injury or terror, aggravated assault, conspiracy to those four charges along with statutory sexual assault.
Hemminger, Glessner win again; Schartiger claims 1st victory at Jennerstown Speedway
JENNERSTOWN — It appeared Barry Awtey was going to honor his late father with a victory on Bill Awtey Tribute Night, Saturday at Jennerstown Speedway. However, Awtey's engine blew with seven laps remaining, knocking him out of the 30-lap Martella's Pharmacies Late Model feature. Will Hemminger took the lead ahead of Bryan Shipp following...
NORTHERN APPALACHIAN FOLK FESTIVAL NAMES “POET LAUREATES OF NORTHERN APPALACHIA”
The Northern Appalachian Folk Festival has announced the first recipients of a newly-created award meant to honor those who have made significant achievements in poetry. Jack Smith, Nick Brisini and Danny Meagher will be awarded the title of “Poet Laureates of Northern Appalachia” at ceremonies on Saturday, September 7th during the annual festival. The three are currently working on a book of poetry that was recently submitted to WVU Press for publication later this year.
BASEBALL, SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS HIGHLIGHT INDIANA COUNTY STARS
The PA Youth Legion Western Regional Baseball Tournament comes once more to First Commonwealth Bank Field this week, hosted by the Homer City Area Athletic Boosters. After the unfortunate withdrawal of Marion Center, Indiana County will be represented by league champion S.W. Jack. The action gets underway on Friday. The...
Which Pennsylvania city is home to the world’s steepest incline plane?
PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — Did you know the steepest vehicular incline plane in the world is located in Pennsylvania? In May 1889, the historic Johnstown flood took the lives of 2,209 people. The Cambria Iron County then began construction of the inclined railway in 1890, in order to carry people, horses and wagons to the new […]
Hundreds of students, staff evacuated during Bishop McCort gymnasium fire in 1976
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — This week’s look into our archives goes back 48 years. High school buildings rarely experience large fires, but one Johnstown high school wasn’t so lucky. It’s March 22, 1976. Fire erupts in the Bishop McCort Catholic high school gymnasium while classes are in...
IUP ALUMNI SHINE IN BASKETBALL SHOWCASE
Good times and some pretty good basketball last night at IUP’s Memorial Fieldhouse, where a team of former Division Two stars took on a team loaded with ex-IUP stars in preparation for the million-dollar The Basketball Tournament. Jack Benedict has the wrap. (Team IUP beat Team Waymakers 79-75.)
CURVE CONTINUE SECOND HALF SURGE
Altoona stumbled out of the gate to start the second half of the season, but the Curve have won 9 of their last 10 games, including yesterday’s 5-3 win over Bowie. Charles McAdoo and Dustin Peterson each homered and McAdoo had three hits. Peterson and Jase Bowen each had two hits, with Bowen knocking in a run with a triple. The Pirates’ rehabbing Ryan Borucki had a rough outing, giving up two runs in two-thirds of an inning.
Caitlin Clark Used One Word To Describe Facing Former Indiana Fever Teammate
On Friday night, Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever picked up their second win against the Phoenix Mercury in the 2024 WNBA season. The Fever jumped to 10-14 on the season and the Mercury fell to 12-11. A couple of weeks ago, the Fever released guard Celeste Taylor to create...
Clark records her fifth consecutive double-double, Mitchell adds 28 points, and the Indiana Fever defeat the Phoenix Mercury 95-86
Kelsey Mitchell scored 28 points, Caitlin Clark contributed 20 points and 13 assists for her fifth consecutive double-double, and the Indiana Fever defeated the undermanned Phoenix Mercury 95-86 on Friday evening. Kahleah Copper scored 20 of her 36 points in the fourth quarter as the Mercury (12-11) reduced what had...
Caitlin Clark records fifth straight double-double as Fever stave off Mercury comeback
Caitlin Clark‘s feverishly hot rookie campaign in the WNBA keeps getting better. The league’s No. 1 overall pick recorded a double-double for the fifth game in a row, and for the sixth time in seven games, as the Indiana Fever got a 95-86 win on Friday over the Phoenix Mercury.
Derry Township man brings ‘plants’ American flag on Route 217
For Garrie Angus, taking the time to plant flowers in a way to replicate the American Flag was just to do “something different.”. In 1996, Angus set out to put a little Americana into his landscaping.
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