ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP – An Allegheny Township police officer is in critical condition at UPMC Altoona after a cardiac arrest episode while on duty shortly after 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Allegheny Township Assistant Chief Michael Robison said.
Robison said the 44-year-old officer, whose name has not been released yet, was investigating a disorderly conduct-type of incident that turned into a foot pursuit, during which he collapsed and experienced cardiac arrest.
Allegheny Township police were responding to a report of a man causing a verbal disturbance at the Eldorado Mobile Home Park.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Waste management is another industry being impacted by ongoing labor shortages, but one local garbage disposal company is addressing the issue with a new investment that they just started hitting the streets of a Township in Cambria County with.
This comes amid a labor shortage crisis and both Pro Disposals owner and neighbors I spoke to in Richland believe with could help resolve the issue.
“It is tough, its very, it’s a very hard job and you know this’ll just help everything.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bill Hillgrove is retiring as the play-by-play voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers after three decades on the job.
The team made theannouncement on Thursday, though the 84-year-old Hillgrove will continue to be on the call for the University of Pittsburgh football and men's basketball teams.
Hillgrove replaced Jack Fleming as the team's play-by-play voice in 1994 and was there for every major moment in franchise history over the last 30 years, including Super Bowl titles after the 2005 and 2008 seasons.
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa (WJAC) — The Punxsutawney Area Education Association has partnered with local restaurants to provide 600 meals to area families on Saturday.
“Right now it feels like the whole world is flipped upside down and as teachers, we are natural problem solvers so we have to try to do something to help our students and their families,” said Jodi Bartlebaugh, a third grade teacher and a parent in the district.
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ALTOONA, Pa (WJAC) — Family Services Inc., along with radio station WRTA-FM, held their 10th annual “Drive-by Day of Giving” on Friday at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Union Avenue in Altoona.
Family Services runs several community service organizations, such as domestic violence and sexual assault support, and homeless assistance.
"The money that is raised today, none of it goes to overhead, none of it goes to operating expenses, it all goes back to families in the community,” said Lisa Hann, executive director of Family Services, Inc.
Centre Co., PA (WJAC) — One of the nation's most unique county fairs is once again underway in Centre County this week.
It is expected to draw thousands to the fairgrounds, and in recent years, it’s become a big fundraiser for various nonprofit organizations.
This week marks the 149th edition of the Centre County Grange Encampment and Fair, the nation's largest tenting fair.
Festivities begin later this week, but campers began rolling in last weekend.
Somerset Co., PA (WJAC) — Prosecutors in Somerset County say a former county 911 coordinator who is accused of sexually abusing multiple children has been released from jail after a judge granted a motion to reduce his bail.
District Attorney Molly Metzgar says Bradley Lavan applied for the bail reduction earlier this year and during a status hearing on Thursday, the judge reduced his bail from $750,000 straight to $500,000 secured.
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HARRISBURG, Pa (AP) — Faculty union officials say more than 80 tenured and tenure-track faculty members at a western Pennsylvania university have been told they may lose their jobs at the end of the 2020-21 academic year, part of more than 100 possible job cuts at five universities in the commonwealth. Faculty union officials said retrenchment letters, or furlough letters, were sent to 81 faculty members at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and 21 at Edinboro University.