Buick Cascada on the chopping block

 Posted on May 20, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  217 words  |  Delta Gatti

Convertible fans have just a few more months to buy one of the last American-brand drop-tops. Buick last week confirmed a long-running rumor that it will discontinue its Cascada convertible after the 2019 model year. The 2019 Buick Cascada is the only front-wheel-drive convertible from a Detroit automaker and one of just a handful of four-seat drop-tops left on the market. Automotive News first reported Buick's plan to drop the Cascada but did not say when the convertible will end production. [Read More]

Cameron County COVID cases remain low as virus surges across PA

 Posted on May 20, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  204 words  |  Brenda Moya

CAMERON COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Cameron County remains one of only five counties under the low cases category with a just 2.1 percent positivity rate for COVID-19. Even so, Cameron County School District Superintendent Dr. Keith Wolfe says the district is not becoming complacent with preventing the spread of the virus. Since the virus situation started, the school district has only had a small amount of "close contact" quarantines and no positive virus cases. [Read More]

Center for Metal Arts receives $250K grant through local foundation

 Posted on May 20, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  104 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — The Center for Metal Arts received a $250,000 grant from the 1889 Foundation, which will be administered by the non-profit organization Pittsburgh Gateways. Pittsburgh Gateways, along with the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority, has now given more than $6 million in grants to the forging school in Johnstown. “We really saw this initiative as a transformational project and initiative for our community, and really as part of the social determinants of health. [Read More]

Mother of son killed while trick-or-treating sending message of safety on Halloween

 Posted on May 20, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  308 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) - A York County mother who lost her son while trick-or-treating is pleading for everyone heading out on Halloween to keep safety in mind. “I don’t want my tragedy to be somebody else’s tragedy,” said Melissa Deroba, Skyler Wenger’s mother. Her life changed forever eight years ago. Her son Skyler Wenger was hit and killed while celebrating Halloween. “We were always together and to go from that two-person team to nothing. [Read More]

Scores & Highlights | 2023 High School Football Playoffs (Round 1)

 Posted on May 20, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  197 words  |  Brenda Moya

2023 HS football first round playoffsAll games are 7 pm kickoff District 6Class 1A: Marion Center 0 @ Northern Cambria 45 West Branch 6 @ Cambria Heights 40 Penns Manor 34 @ Juniata Valley 14 Moshannon Valley 13 @ Purchase Line 21 Class 2A: Bishop Guilfoyle 14 @ Bald Eagle Area 36 Forest Hills 41 @ River Valley 13 Mount Union 25 @ United Valley 22 Penns Valley 7 @ Richland 45 [Read More]

Alec Baldwin to face trial after judge refuses to toss involuntary manslaughter charge

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  611 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has rejected a request by Alec Baldwin to dismiss the sole criminal charge against him in a fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust,” keeping the case on track for a trial this summer. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on Friday upheld an indictment charging Baldwin with one count of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. [Read More]

Authorities searching for inmate who 'walked away' from work detail in Philadelphia

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  87 words  |  Christie Applegate

PHILADELPHIA (WCAU) — The search is on for a Pennsylvania escapee. Authorities say the inmate was on a work detail in an orchard behind the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Facility when he climbed a fence and disappeared. He has been identified as 34-year-old Gino Hagenkotter. Investigators say just after noon, all Philadelphia prison facilities were secured and placed in lockdown. Hagenkotter was jailed in 2019 for violating parole on several drug, retail theft and burglary charges. [Read More]

Flags ordered to half-staff for Trooper Jaques F. Rougeau Jr., killed in line of duty

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  413 words  |  Brenda Moya

Governor Josh Shapiro announced in a press release Sunday that all flags in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to be flown at half-staff in honor of a state trooper who was killed in the line of duty on Saturday. According to the press release, in accordance with the United States flag code, Shapiro ordered Commonwealth flags on all Commonwealth facilities, public buildings, and grounds to fly at half-staff immediately in honor of Pennsylvania State Trooper Jacques F. [Read More]

Lawmakers and farmers dodge raindrops to discuss immigration, tariffs and more

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  321 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

LORETTO, Pa. — Lawmakers of all levels met with farmers Tuesday at the annual Cambria County Farm Bureau Legislative Tour at Vale Wood Farms to discuss a wide range of local, domestic and international policy issues. As the rain came down in sheets outside — sometimes so loud that people had to yell to talk to each other — Marty Yahner and other farmers argued that agriculture affects not just them, but “everybody who eats. [Read More]

Owner concerned relief bill overlooks assisted living

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  406 words  |  Brenda Moya

DUNCANSVILLE, Pa. (WJAC) -- In a message shared to Facebook, State Senator Judy Ward announced a recently passed Senate bill would provide hundreds of millions of dollars to nursing homes and assisted living communities. Timothy Coughlin, co-owner of The Winds at Mattern Orchard, a licensed assisted living community, said the Senate Bill would not give his facilities any assistance, despite their need. “We are virus free at this point in time and since the very beginning,” Coughlin said. [Read More]