Investigation underway after 2 'abnormally skinny' children found abandoned: Report

 Posted on May 10, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  316 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Police are investigating after two "abnormally skinny" children were found knocking on a South Carolina door this week, an incident report states. Officers said they responded to the 6300 block of Bay Road in Myrtle Beach around 12:30 a.m. on Monday in reference to abandoned children. When police arrived on scene, a woman told them that she heard knocking on the building's door before seeing two children at the window. [Read More]

Penn Highlands Healthcare Holds Ribbon-Cutting for Unique Facility

 Posted on May 10, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  305 words  |  Christie Applegate

DUBOIS/CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa — Penn Highlands Healthcare held a ribbon-cutting event for the Stern Center for Behavioral Health, their new mental health facility in Dubois, which specifically provides services to children and adolescents. Officials within the system say that when this facility opens, kids will have access to mental health care that the area simply doesn’t have right now. This building came with a $22 million price tag, but Penn Highlands Healthcare's Vice President of Behavioral Health Services Richard Nenneau says it'll offer top-of-the-line care. [Read More]

Upper Yoder Twp. woman dies after falling, drowning in hot tub, coroner says

 Posted on May 10, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  78 words  |  Delta Gatti

Cambria Co., PA (WJAC) — Authorities in Cambria County say an Upper Yoder Township woman died Tuesday after drowning in her hot tub. Cambria County coroner Jeff Lees identified the woman as 71-year-old Kate Blake. Lees says Blake was reportedly found face down in the hot tub at her home along Menoher Blvd., and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say Blake reportedly fell into the hot tub and drowned. [Read More]

Women arrested after child found locked in small room with no food, water: Police

 Posted on May 10, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  165 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

STOREY COUNTY, Nev. (KRNV) — Two women from Nevada are behind bars on a number of charges after a child was found locked in a small room without necessities to live, police said. On Monday around 1 p.m., deputies were called to do a welfare check on a child at a residence in Gold Hill. The deputy found a child locked in a small room and said he needed immediate medical attention. [Read More]

'Take Our Border Back' convoy holds rally in Texas

 Posted on May 9, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  333 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

QUEMADO, Texas (WOAI/KABB) — The "Take Our Border Back" convoy rallied near the Southern border in Texas Saturday afternoon. The event at the Cornerstone Children's Ranch in Quemado, about 20 miles northwest of Eagle Pass, attracted several hundred people and featured music and numerous merchandise tents. The convoy, which left Virginia Beach on Monday, is made up of a coalition of people that are traveling to the Southern borders in Texas, Arizona and California. [Read More]

AMED breaks ground on new Lakemont station

 Posted on May 9, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  469 words  |  Brenda Moya

ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC) -- The Altoona Mobile Emergency Department, or AMED, handles over 22,000 calls a year, covering 420 square miles from five stations. Department officials said they're out of space in their administrative offices. One of their stations is forced to work out of a storage room at Lakemont Park, but an upgrade is on the way. "It's been a long arduous process. It's taken almost two years to get to this point. [Read More]

Concerns of a mange Fox

 Posted on May 9, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  329 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa — Concern is growing in Centre County after several reported sightings of a fox in Ferguson Township. The fox has been spotted near West College Avenue between Blue Course Drive and Corl Street. "We've received several calls from folks throughout Ferguson Township about some foxes that have been sighted that appear to be injured and or sick," said Pennsylvania Game Warden Mike Steingraber also said he has seen pictures of the fox but hasn't seen it in person yet. [Read More]

DuBois Pat Catan's to reopen as Michael's

 Posted on May 9, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  82 words  |  Christie Applegate

DUBOIS, Pa. (WJAC) — Here's some good news for Clearfield County crafters. The Pat Catan's craft center in DuBois will become a new Michael's store by late summer. A spokesman for the company says the DuBois store is one of 12 Pat Catan's locations that will rebrand and reopen as Michael’s. The store opened in August of 2017. The company says they expect the store to begin the conversion process around June 22 and will reopen as Michael’s by late August. [Read More]

Former MLB player Juan Encarnacion accused of sexually assaulting daughter

 Posted on May 9, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  97 words  |  Delta Gatti

According to a report from ESPN, former Major League Baseball player Juan Encarnacion has been accused of sexually assaulting his daughter. Authorities with the attorney general's office in the Dominican Republic reportedly told ESPN that Encarnacion assaulted his daughter in May while she was sleeping. Investigators told reporters that Encarnacion has since been taken into custody and a preliminary hearing was held Saturday. Dominican law prohibits Encarnacion from being released on bail. [Read More]

PNC Park to operate at full capacity by July 1

 Posted on May 9, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  263 words  |  Christie Applegate

PITTSBURGH (WJAC) — The Pittsburgh Pirates announced their plan Tuesday to open PNC Park to full capacity by July 1st, according to a team release. The team says they plan to begin lifting all seating restrictions, over the course of the next few weeks, in order to make every seat available by the Pirates' July 4th weekend series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Pittsburgh says the process will take place in two phases: [Read More]