Altoona man sentenced for shooting woman in Logan Township last year, DA says

 Posted on May 30, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  127 words  |  Christie Applegate

Altoona, PA (WJAC) — An Altoona man was sentenced Thursday for shooting a woman in the Greenwood section of Logan Township in September of last year, according to the Blair County District Attorney Pete Weeks. Weeks says now 43-year-old Justin LeFevre was sentenced to 38 to 76 years in prison on charges of attempted homicide, robbery and conspiracy. Police say LeFevre was identified as the suspect in a drug deal/robbery gone awry on Sept. [Read More]

Coroner IDs victim of early morning house fire in Altoona

 Posted on May 30, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  295 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

SECOND UPDATE | BLAIR COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Fire officials say when arriving on scene they quickly learned one of the occupants of the home was trapped inside. Altoona Fire Department fire inspector Justin Smithmyer says two people lived in the 8th Avenue home and one was outside when they got to the scene. He says fire fighters made there way into the home and found the trapped person, later identified as 45-year-old Marcy Laird. [Read More]

Ex-Philadelphia labor leader convicted of embezzling from union to pay for home renovations, meals

 Posted on May 30, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  389 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Philadelphia labor leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty and a codefendant were convicted Thursday of using more than $650,000 in union funds for personal use, marking the second conviction federal prosecutors have secured against the long-powerful figure since a sweeping 2019 indictment. Dougherty, who led Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for nearly three decades, was convicted of conspiracy, embezzlement and dozens of other charges by a jury after a monthlong trial. [Read More]

Woman forces cousins to have sex while she watches in Lancaster Co., police say

 Posted on May 30, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  302 words  |  Brenda Moya

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A woman is in custody after allegedly forcing two children to inappropriately interact with each other numerous times. Court documents show that Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Lancaster interviewed the female victim in 2019 who stated the incidents occurred while she was between the ages of 3 and 5. The young girl stated that a woman named "Kelly" would force her and her cousin to take their clothes off and touch each other inappropriately. [Read More]

'Role model, caring and compassionate:' Community members remember Trooper Jacques Rougeau

 Posted on May 29, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  374 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

CORRY, PA — With the death of Pennsylvania State Trooper Jacques Rougeau, who was killed in the line of duty, community members are remembering the impactful life he lived. “It’s sad and tragic that at such a young age he was taken, but definitely the time that he was with us, he left an impression that will never go away,” said Chad Sutton, Rougeau’s high school basketball coach. Role model, caring, compassionate, and selfless are just a few of the words those who knew him have described him as. [Read More]

2 who died in Richland Township murder-suicide identified

 Posted on May 29, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  361 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

JOHNSTOWN – The two people who died in Tuesday’s early morning murder-suicide in Richland Township have been identified. Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees identified the couple as Amanda Bennett, 20, and Matthew Dunkleberger, 22. Lees ruled Bennett’s death as a homicide and Dunkelberger’s as a suicide during an afternoon news conference in the Central Park Complex in downtown Johnstown. Bennett and Dunkleberger, who were in a relationship and lived in a townhome at Aspen Woods, each died of a single gunshot wound to the head, Lees said. [Read More]

Johnstown Primanti Bros. opens for business

 Posted on May 29, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  87 words  |  Delta Gatti

RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WJAC) — Primanti Bros. in Johnstown officially opened for business Wednesday. The first 150 customers received coupons for free sandwiches for a year. Some people 6 News talked to arrived at the restaurant as early as 2 a.m. to make sure they had a spot in line. The restaurant opened to those first 150 people at 10 a.m. and then for the rest of the public at 11 a. [Read More]

More than 2 dozen soldiers headed for Afghanistan after emotional deployment ceremony

 Posted on May 29, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  261 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

RICHLAND TOWNSHIP -- More than two dozen soldiers are set to deploy to Afghanistan after an emotional ceremony Wednesday morning at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport. The local Apache pilots and crew members from the 151st Aviation regiment talked about their deployment and what it means to them to fight for our country. “I have a little anxious feeling about this,” U.S. Army Sgt. Hugh Trout said. “We've done this before, but the world is changing so much. [Read More]

Officials call Somerset County bar total loss after fire

 Posted on May 29, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  224 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

JENNERSTOWN - Jenner Township Assistant Fire Chief Mike Novak is calling Corey’s Corral in Somerset County a total loss after an overnight fire. Fire crews were called to the bar around 2:10 a.m. Friday. The bar had closed less than one hour before the crews arrived on scene. Officials said there was no one inside the two-story structure when the fire started. Novak said it took eight different fire crews to help put out the flames. [Read More]