WJAC has announced the upcoming season of McDonald’s Friday Night Rivals games. Tune to Me-TV or watch the live stream at WJACTV.com for live, local high school football action every Friday night.
2017 SCHEDULE
Aug. 25 – Tyrone at Bellwood-Antis
Sept. 1 – Forest Hills @ Somerset
Sept. 8 – Hollidaysburg @ State College
Sept. 15 – No. Bedford @ Tussey Mountain
Sept. 22 – Richland @ Greater Johnstown
Sept. 29 – Bishop Guilfoyle @ Penn Cambria
SHCSD moves to virtual learning for rest of week following COVID case
The Southern Huntingdon County School District will be closed to in-person learning Thursday and Friday after a COVID-19 case was confirmed in the high school/middle school building, officials announced Wednesday.
District officials say teachers will resort to virtual learning for the rest of the week.
“We are asking all students to take their electronic devices home today,” officials wrote on Facebook. “Check teacher webpages for guidance on your child's instruction. Additional information will be released as we consult with the Department of Health.
Trump ignores his own rhetoric, calls Biden weak on antisemitism
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is accusing Joe Biden of offering a weak response to antisemitism, wielding the clashes on colleges campuses over the war in Gaza as a campaign issue. But Trump's attacks ignore his own long history of rhetoric that invokes the language of Nazi Germany and plays on stereotypes of Jews and politics.
The latest example came over the weekend, when Trump — accusing the White House of having a role in his multiple state and federal criminal prosecutions — told Republican donors gathered for a private retreat at his Florida resort that Biden is running a “Gestapo administration,” referring to the secret police force of Nazi Germany.
'Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile' is for kids; Javier Bardem is a gift for everyone
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5th suspect arrested in 2022 ambush shooting outside Philly high school after football scrimmage
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities have announced the arrest of the fifth and final suspect wanted in an ambush shooting that killed a 14-year-old and wounded several other teenagers outside a Philadelphia high school after a football scrimmage last year.
U.S. marshals in Philadelphia said 17-year-old Dayron Burney-Thorn was taken into custody Monday in Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood after more than a year on the run. Authorities said he jumped from a fourth-story window in an unsuccessful effort to elude capture and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Investigation underway after individual found dead in Clymer Borough, PSP says
Indiana County, PA (WJAC) — Authorities in Indiana County say an investigation is underway after an individual was found dead Wednesday afternoon in Clymer Borough.
Troopers say officials responded to the area of Oak Ave., just before 3 p.m., for a report of a deceased person.
Police say foul play is not suspected and authorities are working to notify the individual's next-of-kin.
The cause and manner of death will be determined by Indiana County coroner Jerry Overman Jr.
One killed, one wounded in Johnstown bar shooting, shooter on the loose
UPDATE #2 |Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees has released the identity of Saturday morning's shooting victim in front of the Liquid Currency bar in Cambria City.
Lees identified the victim as 21-year-old Caleb Beppler.
Lees said the shooting occurred just after 3:30 in the morning and that Beppler was pronounced dead at the scene.
The manner of death has been ruled a homicide.
UPDATE |According to law enforcement officials, the victim was 21.
Owner of Fusion Buffet in DuBois charged after assaulting employee
DuBois, PA — In an incident dating back to November of last year, authorities said Gong Yang Song, owner of Fusion Buffet in DuBois, tried to rape one of his female employees and tonight he’s facing multiple charges.
"The incident initially wasn't reported immediately, there was some issues going on we needed to get some interpreters involved," said Cpl. Orlando Prosper, DuBois City Police.
According to court documents on November 28, 2019, authorities were called to the 200 block of S.
Project PA Exclusive I Former foster kids develop action plan to tackle permanency issue
PHILADELPHIA (WJAC) — Nearly half of Pennsylvania’s teenagers in foster care age out of the system each year.
That means they’re sent out in the real world without being reunited with their biological family, or connected with a new permanent one.
We recently traveled to Philadelphia to sit down with two of those individuals at the Juvenile Law Center.
During our conversation, they shared intimate and sometimes painful stories of their foster care experiences.
Jury finds man guilty of murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors found a 32-year-old man guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday for the 2019 fatal shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle.
The Los Angeles County jury also found Eric R. Holder Jr. guilty of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter -- instead of two attempted murder counts as prosecutors had sought for two other men who were hit by gunfire at the scene.
Holder, wearing a blue suit and face mask, stood up in the small court room next to his lawyer as the verdict was read.