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Metal Fest strikes a chord at the Wells Township Haunted House
BRILLIANT, Ohio (WTRF) — For those looking for frighteningly good music, the Metal Fest at the Wells Township Haunted House rocked the night away. With eight bands spanning different genres of metal, there was a bit of something for everyone. For those looking for more than just music, the haunted house opened its doors […]
WNBA Fans Highlight Unexpected Event As Indiana Fever Turning Point
After picking up an 83-78 win over the first-place New York Liberty, the Indiana Fever are now 5-3 over their last eight games. To begin the season, the Fever started 4-10 but have improved to 9-13 over that eight-game stretch. On June 15, just one day prior to this stretch, the entire ...
Fever guard Caitlin Clark makes WNBA history with unbelievable performance against Liberty
Caitlin Clark recorded the first triple-double by a rookie in WNBA history on Saturday in an 83-78 Fever win over the Liberty.Clark had 19 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds as Indiana built an early 12-point lead and then came back from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to pull off the victory.Here's the rebound that put Clark in the record books. Caitlin Clark pulls down the rebound to secure the first triple-double by a rookie in @WNBA history 15 PTS11 AST10 REB pic.twitter.com/9S0wy9O9Fi— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) July 6, 2024 Per the WNBA's social media account, her triple-double is also the first in Fever...
EXCLUSIVE: Skylar Neese’s family speaks out on the anniversary of her death, days before her killer sees parole board.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) - Rachel Shoaf, one of the girls who killed Skylar Neese, has her second parole hearing coming up on Monday morning. Skylar’s murder happened in the early morning hours of July 7, 2012. Her father, Dave, spoke exclusively with 5 News about his life 12 years...
West Virginia football's run game will be a problem for Big 12 defenses in 2024
CJ Donaldson Jr. -- 171 carries | 798 yards | 4.7 yards per rush | 11 touchdowns. Garrett Greene 120 carries | 772 yards | 6.4 yards per rush | 13 touchdowns. To have a season in which three players rush for 700-plus yards is one thing, but to have them all return for another campaign together is perhaps an even greater anomaly in today’s college football landscape.
Pennsylvania County Commissioners preview 2024 election plans, issues
(WHTM) – Pennsylvania’s county commissioners have a unique role in the state’s election process. While some think of there being one Election Day in Pennsylvania, there are actually 67 independently run elections from each county. In Snyder County, Joe Kantz not only serves as Chair of the Commissioner’s Board, but also as Chairman of the […]
Biden seeks boost in Pennsylvania as calls for him to step aside mount
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - An embattled U.S. President Joe Biden faced escalating pressure from fellow Democrats worried about his candidacy on Sunday, concerns he worked to ease with campaign stops in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
New state law will offer added protections for victims of data breaches
Harrisburg, Pa. — A new state law will help protect consumers impacted by data breaches. Act 33 of 2024 requires an impacted organization to provide a free credit report and one year of credit monitoring to affected consumers. It also strengthens notification requirements and mandates notification of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General if a data breach occurs in the Commonwealth, according to the state legislature. The new law received unanimous support in both the House and Senate, according to a capitol update. ...
Does Pennsylvania need to prepare for a drought?
Meteorologist Dan Tomaso from ABC 27 WHTM joined The Spark to update us on the upcoming weather. We are in another heatwave, and that could possibly impact Centra PA residents with a drought. “So let me go to a formal definition here. So, there’s something called a rapid onset drought....
49 local players selected to All-State Softball Team
On Friday morning, the Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association Committee released its 2024 All-State team. 49 local players earned statewide honors. DuBois Central Catholic pitcher Rylee Kulbatsky won pitcher of the year for Class 1A. Five Cardinals were selected after they won the PIAA Class 1A softball championship in June.
Democratic candidates criticize school choice amid budget stalemate
(The Center Square) — To fix education funding, Democrats want to see the state government take on a bigger proportion of school funding. “The state budget is now almost a week late. We expect some critical decisions will be made over this weekend that we hope complete the budget,” said Marc Stier, executive director of the Pennsylvania Policy Center, during an online press conference with two Democratic state senate candidates. “The most critical decision will be about how we fund our schools.” ...
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