8 killed when bus and truck collide in Florida; Truck driver facing DUI charges

 Posted on May 8, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  536 words  |  Brenda Moya

OCALA, Fla. (TND) — Eight people were killed and more than 40 others were hurt in a bus crash in Florida early Tuesday morning, according to authorities. Lt. Pat Riordan, who is public affairs officer for the Florida Highway Patrol, said a 2010 International Bus was carrying at least 50 migrant farm workers when a 2001 Ford Ranger driving in the opposite direction traveled toward the center line along a state highway around 6:35 a. [Read More]

Altoona Driver License Center to reopen following renovations

 Posted on May 8, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  124 words  |  Christie Applegate

ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC) — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that the Driver License Center at 1738A 9th Ave. in Altoona will reopen. PennDOT says the center will reopen driver licensing and photo services Thursday at 8:30 a.m. after closing for nearly a month for renovations. PennDOT says the center’s hours will be expanded when it reopens. Officials say the center will now be open Tuesdays through Saturdays 8:30 a. [Read More]

Biden and Schumer work to show they can secure Southern border ahead of November elections

 Posted on May 8, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  414 words  |  Brenda Moya

WASHINGTON (TND) — New numbers show illegal crossing at the U.S. Southern border decreased by 6% in April. American officials credit the decline to Mexico's increasing enforcement at their own Southern border where migrants from other Central and South American cross on their way to the United States. Despite the most recent decrease, border securityremains a top issue for voters. With November’s election inching closer, Democrats are refocusing legislative efforts to show they are working to address the problem. [Read More]

Johnstown Station | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News

 Posted on May 8, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  78 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

ABOUT WJACWJAC is a PA based station and a NBC Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 163 television stations in 77 markets, after pending transactions. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 38.7% of US television households and includes FOX, ABC, MyTV, CW, CBS, NBC, Univision and Azteca affiliates. [Read More]

Logan Twp. receives funding to construct new sports park & soccer fields, officials say

 Posted on May 8, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  142 words  |  Christie Applegate

Blair Co., PA (WJAC) — In Blair County, Logan Township officials are touting new funding that they say will help with the construction of multiple soccer fields. Officials say they were recently awarded $853,000 in funding for the sports park. The park will be located on a 100-acre piece of land located on the Juniata side of Altoona and the Homers Gap side of Logan Township. Officials say the project will benefit the entire county and could bring big economic benefits to local hotels and restaurants. [Read More]

Man found guilty in wrong-way DUI crash on Rt. 219 that killed Johnstown woman Olivia Red

 Posted on May 8, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  462 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

EBENSBURG, Pa. (WJAC) — A West Virginia man on trial for driving drunk during a deadly wrong-way crash on State Route 219 in May of 2018 has been found guilty on all counts, a jury concluded Monday. Day four of the trial against, West Virginia man, Chase Turner took place Monday, where the jury was given the case to deliberate. Turner was facing seven criminal charges related to the deadly crash, including driving under the influence, homicide by motor vehicle, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. [Read More]

'It was a beatdown' Defendant of Quemahoning Twp. incident appears in court

 Posted on May 7, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  245 words  |  Brenda Moya

Somerset County, PA — It happened on March 12th of this year, when a group of people reportedly went to a house on plank road to retrieve their belongings from an ex's home. The preliminary hearing for Cameron Cinko and Jermaine Cook was held today in Boswell. Officials say the home belonged to Chris Jones and he was defending himself when he shot the defendant Cameron Cinko. Cinko faces assault and drug related charges, after police say they found suspected controlled substances in Cinko's pants pocket. [Read More]

Investigators remember nearly 40-year-old murder case featured in series

 Posted on May 7, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  477 words  |  Delta Gatti

LOGAN TOWNSHIP -- Betty Jean Shade's murder is something former investigators won't forget, and it's now featured in a Netflix series about FBI profiling. "Shade was last seen alive on First Avenue in Altoona on Tuesday, May 29. She left her babysitting job around 10 that night and proceeded to walk home to 1410 Fourth Street about a mile away," former 6 News reporter Barbara Allen said in 1979. Allen and former 6 News photographer Larry Field covered the story, and Field said he still remembers everything about it. [Read More]

Penn State unveils new exhibit honoring Nittany Lion athletes who served in WWII

 Posted on May 7, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  167 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

University Park, PA (WJAC) — Opening at Penn State on Friday, the All-Sports Museum will be hosting a new exhibit called "I am a Penn Stater: Nittany Lions in World War II." The exhibit will be open through June 1, 2025, in the museum's second-floor changing exhibition gallery. It features more than 1,200 Nittany Lion varsity lettermen and women's recreation association athletes during the war, following them from their training, to fighting or working with the Red Cross, and onto postwar occupations. [Read More]