Indiana Co. man to serve decades behind bars for role in 2016 double murder

 Posted on June 6, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  233 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Indiana County, PA (WJAC) — Authorities with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General say an Indiana County man will serve decades in prison after pleading guilty in a 2016 double murder case. Prosecutors say 25-year-old Nathaniel Price entered the plea, earlier this week, to two counts of third-degree murder in the deaths of Timothy Gardner and Jaqueline Brink. Price and two others, Justin Stevenson and Isaiah Scott, were charged in 2016 after the couple was found dead inside their Cherryhill Township home. [Read More]

Teen kills 12-year-old with laser pistol in Red Lion, officials say

 Posted on June 6, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  308 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — 12-year-old Kain was killed in a shooting on Saturday. Officials have now revealed more details about the incident and the shooter. READ MORE | Community mourns the loss of 12-year-old shot to death in Red Lion According to Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) in York, officials were called for a child laying on the ground between two homes on the 50 block of 1st Ave. Authorities pronounced the boy dead at the scene. [Read More]

3 children, 2 adults identified as victims after Illinois school bus & semi-truck collide

 Posted on June 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  302 words  |  Christie Applegate

RUSHVILLE, Ill. (WICS) — Five people are dead, including three children, after a school bus and semi-truck collidedin western Illinois. The bus was traveling west on U.S. Route 24 at Parkview Road around 11:30 a.m., and for an unknown reason, crossed the road and hit the commercial vehicle head-on, according to Illinois State Police. Both vehicles became engulfed in flames as a result. The bus driver, truck driver, and all three students on the bus were pronounced dead on the scene, state police confirmed. [Read More]

Central Blair Recreation and Park Commission trying to curb bad behavior at games

 Posted on June 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  411 words  |  Christie Applegate

ALTOONA -- The Central Blair Recreation and Park Commission is seeing an increase in bad behavior from parents, coaches and fans at elementary school basketball games. Officials are trying to figure out how to stop it. Kara Gates has been coaching her basketball team of sixth-grade boys for three years. And she says she's seen a drastic change in the behavior from parents and coaches. "I've seen coaches thrown out of games,” Gates said. [Read More]

DC police officer shot, 2 suspects in custody: authorities

 Posted on June 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  237 words  |  Brenda Moya

WASHINGTON (WJLA) — A police officer was shot in Washington, D.C. on Monday afternoon, according to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). An MPD official said the officer was shot in the Northwest area. The reported location is several blocks from MPD's Fourth District station. During a news conference on Monday, D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith said that as the officer was driving to work in his personal vehicle when he noticed a car driving erratically. [Read More]

Funeral services announced for local Catholic priest

 Posted on June 5, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  182 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Father Clarence Bridges, better known as the "TV Priest", passed away earlier this week. The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown confirmed the news, saying he died following a battle with pneumonia. They said Father Chuck spent the early years of his adult life working in local radio and TV. He became an ordained priest for the Diocese in 1988, and, in 1995, he used his broadcast background to help launch Proclaim! TV, a weekly half hour show that he produced and hosted at St. [Read More]

Parents share tragic tale of trooper son killed by impaired driver to warn students

 Posted on June 5, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  532 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

West Branch Area High School students heard from the parents of a former state trooper who was killed by an impaired driver in 2008. During the speech on Tuesday, the Iwaniec family said that there have been more than 170,000 DUI-related deaths over the last 16 years. They spoke to West Branch students specifically about one of those, their son kenton, who was killed while driving home from work. On March 27, 2008, state trooper Kenton Iwaniec finished his shift in Chester County and began to drive home. [Read More]

Violence from refusing to leave a bar, to battery on law enforcement officers, cops say

 Posted on June 5, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  630 words  |  Brenda Moya

SUMMERFIELD, Fla. (TND) — A bartender asked deputies to remove a woman who was "causing a disturbance with other customers," her arrest report said. She walked them “to a rear patio and pointed to the defendant,” early last Sunday, May 19, in Florida, and they got a big job done in only about 45 minutes. “I notified the defendant she was being trespassed,” one of the deputies wrote, adding, “It was immediately apparent the defendant was highly intoxicated based on her slurred speech, poor balance, and bloodshot eyes. [Read More]

CAUGHT ON CAMERA | Brave cat confronts bear outside PA home

 Posted on June 4, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  61 words  |  Brenda Moya

Bushkill, Pennsylvania — One Pennsylvania cat may have used up one of its nine lives when it came eye-to-eye with a bear.

The wandering bear was no match for the three-year old cat in Bushkill, Pennsylvania.

The confrontation was all caught on Ring doorbell camera.

While the homeowner says bears are common in the area, meetings like this are not.

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