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BEDFORD CO, Pa (WJAC) — Detours have been announced for a section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bedford County this weekend, as crews will be working to remove a bridge, according to an announcement from the Somerset County Department of Emergency Services. The Turnpike will be closed, from Saturday, March 20th, at 11 p.m., to Sunday, March 21st, at 6 a.m., between the New Stanton (Exit 75) and Breezewood (Exit 161) exits. [Read More]

Blair Co., PA (WJAC) — Ace Hardware in Tyrone is once again helping to raise money for a local charity this holiday season. This year's train theme for the fundraiser is "Thomas the Tank Engine." Visitors have the opportunity to visit the display and purchase raffle tickets for various prizes, that have been donated by local businesses. All of the funds raised will benefit the Central Pennsylvania Humane Society. The fundraiser was created after one employee was able to adopt a dog from the shelter several years ago, during the holidays. [Read More]

MIFFLIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — UPDATE | In a bizarre turn of events, Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) are expected to press charges against the driver of a car that flew into a home's second floor on Sunday. PSP says charges are pending against 20-year-old Evan Miller for intentionally driving his car into a Decatur Twp. home's second floor. Crews that were on scene say Miller first crashed into a culvert, launching his vehicle into the air and into the residence. [Read More]

BALASORE, India (AP) — Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country's deadliest rail crashes in decades, officials said Saturday. Chaotic scenes erupted on Friday night as rescuers climbed atop the wrecked trains to break open doors and windows using cutting torches. The death toll rose steadily throughout the night. [Read More]

JOHNSTOWN -- Conemaugh Valley unveiled a brand new scoreboard at its softball field Wednesday. The new addition honors a former Lady Blue Jay. Becky Castiglione and her family have been looking for a way to honor their daughter and give back to the softball program. Madison Stetson - who played on the first-ever Conemaugh Valley junior high softball team - died unexpectedly in 2010. Money raised through a school dance and a junior high softball tournament last year helped purchase and install the scoreboard in left field. [Read More]

JOHNSTOWN -- The newest compressed natural gas fueling station in Pennsylvania opened Thursday morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Local officials and dignitaries participated in the ceremony at the CamTran headquarters on Maple Avenue in the Woodvale section of the city. The station is the first of 29 new stations being built in the state by Utah-based Trillium CNG and one of six that will be open to residents with cars that run on natural gas. [Read More]

BLAIR CO, Pa (WJAC) — The annual Sci-Fi Valley Con is back this weekend in Altoona at the Blair County Convention Center. The event celebrates all things pop culture with several celebrity guests in attendance to meet with fans. Attendees will be able to browse over 300 vendors. Organizers say the show draws between 4 to 5-thousand people annually, and COVID safety protocols will be in place all weekend. Organizers add that the realm of pop culture has really exploded over the past couple of years, due to people seeking a release from the pressures imposed by the pandemic. [Read More]

MEYERSDALE, Pa. (WJAC) — It’s been a decades-long road for Somerset County leaders to get Route 219 as a four-lane highway completely through the county. Right now, that four-lane highway ends in Meyersdale where the road continues on a six-mile windy stretch to the Maryland border as a two-lane road. Now they’re hoping to complete that. Federal and county leaders celebrated Tuesday the $53 million of federal money that has been set aside to be used for planning, environmental regulation costs, and other pre-construction work like buying land rights, to connect the end of the four-lane expressway in Meyersdale, connect with Maryland’s four-lane Route 219 to Interstate 68. [Read More]