News Staff A former wrestling coach in the Bellwood-Antis School District who is accused of sexually assaulting three children, including two student wrestlers on school property, will now face a jury at the end of August. Ryan Blazier was charged last year, with child rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault, institutional sexual … Read more
Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff announced Wednesday that Senate Bill 618, legislation restoring freedom to Pennsylvanians by clarifying the Secretary of Health’s authority under the Disease Prevention and Control Law, passed the House by a vote of 112-89. Benninghoff said over the course of the last 16 months, there has been an expansive view … Read more
A plan by state Senator Judy Ward that allows voters to decide if the Pennsylvania Constitution should be amended to require identification each time a voter casts a ballot was approved Wednesday by the Pennsylvania Senate…. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WRTA-062421-WARD-CONSTITUTION.mp3 The bill also proposes amending the voting age in the Pennsylvania Constitution from 21 to 18, making it … Read more
Around 2 yesterday afternoon, Philadelphia City Councilwoman Helen Gym and about a dozen protesters were arrested by Capitol police in Harrisburg while calling for an increase in education funding. But according to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, Pennsylvania is 8th in the nation in education funding, with more than $18,000 … Read more
A fireworks explosion inside a pickup truck critically injured a man in eastern Pennsylvania… Police in Emmaus said the 35-year-old man was sitting inside the truck when the fireworks detonated. He was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital in critical condition with injuries that were described as “severe.” Police, first responders, and the Allentown bomb squad … Read more
The state Senate on Tuesday, approved Senator Judy Ward’s plan to expand senior access to prescription drugs… http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WRTA-062321-WARD-DRUGS.mp3 Senator Ward said as prescription drug costs continue to rise, many older Pennsylvanians who live on fixed incomes or rely solely on Social Security find themselves unable to afford their medications. Eligibility for the program is based … Read more
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Pennsylvania Voting Rights Protection Act by a vote of 110 to 91. House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff said Pennsylvanians can only have faith in their government if they have faith in the system which creates it. The Pennsylvania Voting Rights Protection Act takes a realistic and … Read more
More info on the elderly woman who was beaten in her home in Huntingdon County Sunday sending her to the hospital with extensive injuries. The suspect believed to be African American, stole the womans 2001 Chevy Impala which had a sticker in the rear passager window that said, “In memory of Jamie Peterson.” Anyone with … Read more
Authorities in Cambria County responded to a fatal motorcycle crash in Allegheny Township late Sunday night. The crash happened around 11:15 p.m. along Columbia Street, just outside of Loretto. Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees says two people were riding a motorcycle northbound on Columbia Street when they crossed over the double yellow lines while rounding … Read more
The Altoona Area School Board has approved the new final general fund budget, and it does not include a tax increase… although some board members didn’t agree with the final decision. Rick Hoover… according to published reports… said a tax increase is necessary in order for the district to avoid a fiscal cliff within the … Read more