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12/10/2025

PSA for Stuckey Automotive:

The 5th Annual Stuckey Automotive Food Bank Challenge, which began October 27th to benefit the St. Vincent de Paul’s Food for Families Soup Kitchen, will conclude Friday, December 12th when representatives from participating dealerships gather at the Soup Kitchen in Altoona to officially count non-perishable food items collected by each dealership and announce the winning team.

12/10/2025

An update now on Quehanna Boot Camp in Clearfield County.

As previously reported the Department Of Corrections is closing the facility along with SCI Rockview.

Today, State Representative Dallas Kephart posting that he's received official word that the Boot Camp program is moving to SCI Houtzale for the male population.

He goes on to say he's glad the camp will remain in his district and urged the DOC to provide current Quehanna staff the option to transfer to SCI Houtzdale should they choose to do so, so their expertise is not lost.

12/10/2025

We're following breaking news out of Cambria County

Coroner Jeff Lees says his office and Pennsylvania State Police are conducting a death investigation

This, after a man is found dead near the Cambria/Blair County Line.

Lees tells us a 48 year old man was found dead by his truck this morning near the intersection of Tipton Road and Lookout Mountain Road, near State Game Lands 1-58 in Reade Township.

Lees says the man had a single gunshot wound to his leg.

An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday Morning.

12/09/2025

It’s a big day in Happy Valley. After a 54 day search, Penn State has its new Head Football Coach.

Matt Campbell was officially introduced Today inside Beaver Stadium as the 17th head coach in program history.

Matt Campbell, new Head Coach of Penn State Football arrived on Campus Sunday, officially ending a coaching search that began back on October 12th.

After Ten seasons at Iowa State where he became the winningest coach in Cyclones history, he now steps into one of College Football’s biggest positions.

On Monday, he made it clear what this opportunity means to him.

"I'm humbled, honored, grateful to be standing before all of you, this world class University, this world class Athletic Department, and truly one of the greatest football programs in the World. And it's an absolute honor to be the next Head Football Coach here at Penn State University. "

Campbell says the next step is meeting one on one with every player and building his staff including keeping Interim Head Coach Terry Smith in a key role moving forward.

Penn State is preparing for the Pinstripe Bowl, where the Nittany Lions will face Clemson at Yankee Stadium on December 27th with kickoff set for Noon.

12/09/2025

A man was taken into custody Sunday, accused of driving under the influence, after a crash in Centre County.

According to State Police, Joseph Woomer of Tyrone was driving along the 400 Block of State Street in Sandy Ridge when his pickup truck went off the road.

Troopers say the vehicle struck two utility poles and the porch of a residence pulling down power lines.

Mountain Top Fire Company says several hundred customers lost power following the crash.

According to First Energy, they were without power for around 5 hours, before it was fully restored.

12/06/2025

See College Football coverage beginning today at Noon as we bring you the Big 12 Championship game between BYU and Texas Tech! Stay tuned for the SEC Championship between Alabama and Georgia around 4pm and the ACC Championship between Duke and Virginia tonight at 8pm on !

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12/05/2025

PSA for St. Nicholas Servian Orthodox Church:

CANCELLED: Due to an equipment malfunction, the Fish Fry at St Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church on St. Clair Road in the Westmont section of Johnstown will not be held today.

12/05/2025

We told earlier that the proposed, $120 million dollar, Centre County Government Budget for next year includes no property tax hike

County Commissioners admit its a lean plan thats boosted by funding.

Overall Property Tax revenue does increase in Centre County due to ongoing development.

But that increase doesn't keep pace with the county's costs in delivering and administrating a host of services.

So to cover that nearly $2 million dollar shortfall, the proposal is to take money from the County's General Fund Reserve.

"Given the structural deficit we've impacted here, I think we need to really look at it early and figure in ways we can save that money, because you cant sustain structural deficit after structural deficit and keep your tax rate levels"

Like many counties, Centre County is struggling to fill job openings in key areas from the County Prison to other departments.

We asked if next years budget is cutting any employees. No is the answer, but in at least one area more Part Time Positions are being considered

"Just for Custodial type work we were having a lot of difficulty to do it for 40 hours a week, so we came up with an innovative program to pay $2 dollars an hour extra. But it's part time, there's no benefits, but because we're
flexible, and a lot of the positions do tend to work in the evening, we've had lot of interest"

The 2026 Centre County proposed budget total is less than the current years budget, mainly due to a drop in Federal, Covid Relief Funding, and the completed renovation of the Community Services Building a nearly $30 million
dollar project.

12/05/2025

Emergency officials in Centre County say one person was sent to the hospital this morning following a two vehicle crash in Bellefonte.

It happened just before 10 am near the intersection of West High Street and South Water Street.

Our crew on scene says the driver of a Red SUV was briefly trapped and has since been taken to a local hospital with unknown injuries.

The driver and passenger of the second vehicle were reportedly unharmed.

A section of west High Street was briefly closed as emergency crews worked to clean up the scene

12/04/2025

As the Trials and Tribulations continue in the naming of a new Penn State Football Coach, in a surprising twist, the State College Food Bank is benefiting

Over the last two days, the Food Bank has received close to $5000 in donations from BYU fans.

The coach at BYU was a leading candidate to be named the new coach at Penn State. But when he turned down the job, a Podcaster at BYU started a campaign to send the Penn State area some type of assistance in the form of Food Bank donations

"It is amazing,and humbling it was overwhelming last night as I was watching those donations come in, they're just not from Utah. They’re coming from Texas, they're coming from California. Just as we know here with our Penn State
alumni base across the World it doesn’t surprise me that BYU also has a base of fans that are all over the country and want to be kind and support us."

The BYU fans were urged to make Food Bank donations of $30.17. A financial tribute to the score of when BYU last played Penn State, with BYU winning 30 to 17.

12/04/2025

An Ohio man is accused of driving drunk when he hit a buggy in Centre County Tuesday Night sending two people in the buggy to the hospital.

8;30 Tuesday Night on Route 150 in Centre County, Liberty Township near the Clinton County line.

State Police on scene of an Amish Buggy crash saying the Buggy was hit by a car driven by Jose Ortiz, of Akron Ohio.

Police say Ortiz was uncooperative at the scene, wouldn't provide his drivers license, while showing signs of DUI impairment.

He was taken to the Mount Nittany Medical Center for a blood test, that he initially refused, until a search warrant was obtained.

Police say Ortiz had to be restrained at the hospital by two Troopers, while he was shouting and causing a disturbance.

Ortiz is jailed in the Centre County Prison on two felony counts, including aggravated assault while driving under the influence, and other charges.

The two people in the Buggy were taken to UPMC Williamsport where were told they're recovering from their injuries.

12/04/2025

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