ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC) — The owner and operator of 15 regional McDonald’s restaurants presented a check to the Ronald McDonald house for over $11,000 Thursday.
Owner Joe Nyanko presented a check to the president of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mid-Penn at the East Plank Road location in Altoona.
The money raised came from a campaign held earlier this year where ten cents from each Minute Maid frozen slushie sold in central Pennsylvania was set aside.
WASHINGTON (TND) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Friday shared a bizarre theory as to what's surrounding the natural phenomenon occurring recently.
On Friday, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake occurred near North Plainfield, New Jersey. Tremors from the event could be felt across the Northeast region.
A solar eclipse is also expected Monday, which will shroud part of the U.S. in temporary darkness as the moon passes in front of the sun.
WASHINGTON (TND) — Tornadoes, the unpredictable natural phenomena capable of devastating landscapes in mere moments, remain a perpetual concern for communities across the United States, especially during this time of year. While they can strike at any time and in any location, statistics reveal that70% occur during March through June.
In April alone, the National Weather Service Prediction Center reported over 300 tornadoes. According to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center, the monthly average stands at 182.
BOONE COUNTY, W. Va. (WCHS) — The grandparents of a 14-year-old West Virginia girl who was found in a “skeletal state” have been charged in the investigation.
Jerry, 75, and Donna Stone, 76, were taken into custody Monday morning by the Boone County Sheriff’s Office and charged with child neglect causing death.
A criminal complaint filed Monday alleges the Stones failed to “exercise a minimum degree of care” to assure the 14-year-old’s safety.
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — While supply chain issues and inflation have impacted several businesses in our area, local food distribution centers are not immune.
Leaders with the St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen in Johnstown say it costs them twice as much to pay for a meal for one person.
That's post-COVID compared to pre-COVID.
"I think there's just a need for food, and there's a hunger out there, so people come,"
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PITTSBURGH (WJAC) — According to a recent "10Best" poll from USA Today, Kennywood Park's "Phantom's Revenge" has been voted the second best roller coaster in the country.
The Phantom's Revenge includes a 230-foot drop, and a top speed of 85 mph, as it passes "frighteningly" close to its another Kennywood icon: the Thunderbolt.
Phantom's Revenge finished second in the online voting to the "Mako," located at SeaWorld Orlando, but Kennywood boasted online that the runner-up finish was still a "
Altoona, PA (WJAC) — Authorities say clean up crews are on scene of a reported train derailment that occurred overnight in Altoona at one of the Norfolk Southern railyards. According to a post from Altoona firefighters, emergency officials were notified of the derailment around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Officials say the derailment is "visible" from the North 8th Street bridge.
Emergency officials say there is no danger to the public and officials from Norfolk Southern say no injuries were reported.
Elk County, PA (WJAC) — Authorities with the Ridgway Borough Police Department say an Elk County woman is facing charges, accused of providing the drugs to an inmate, at the Elk County Jail, who fatally overdosed earlier this year.
Police say on January 15th, authorities responded to the jail for a report of an unresponsive female inmate.
Authorities say the woman, identified as 31-year-old Stevie Mann, was found in her cell and was later pronounced dead by the Elk County Coroner's Office.
CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a teenage lifeguard was killed in an accident off a New Jersey shore beach. The Cape May city government said Saturday that 16-year-old Norman Inferrera III died after an accident Thursday off the Reading Avenue beach. Officials said that current information indicates that Inferrera was rowing a lifeguard boat that was broadsided by a wave and flipped over, knocking him unconscious. Fellow lifeguards responded immediately, and he was flown to Cooper University Medical Center in Camden, where he died Friday night, officials said.