Five people taken to the hospital after over 100 firefighters battled a three-alarm fire at Hotel Crittenden, a historic hotel built in 1891, in Coudersport Wednesday morning. Crews were dispatched to the hotel on the 100 block of N. Main Street just after 6:30 a.m.
A former nurse from UPMC Carlisle will serve up to 30 years in prison after sexually assaulting two emergency room patients and secretly video-recording hundreds of others, including children. Attorney General Michelle Henry announced former nurse Michael D. Bragg, 42, of Franklin County, will serve 15 to 30 years in prison.
The largest coal plant in Pennslyvania announced it will stop burning coal as it plans to be decommissioned this Summer. The Homer City Generating Station plans to begin the shutdown process on July 1. The plant tried to continue its operations despite economic and staffing struggles.
A Centre County woman, who helped start a local roller derby team, was killed in a single-UTV crash that also left two others hurt in Clinton County, according to troopers. It was just after 4 a.m. on Saturday when Rachel Gaddis, 38, of Spring Mills, was thrown from and then pinned by the UTV along … Read more
Delta Air Lines will stop serving the University Park Airport in June, this from airport officials on Monday. This due to a personnel shortage. Delta has reduced flights by 10-15% nationwide because of a lack of pilots and crew members, an issue being felt across the airline industry.
Altoona firefighter and western vice president of the Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters Association Pat Miller advocated for suicide prevention and safer gear during Governor Josh Shapiro’s visit Monday afternoon. Miller adding, the trauma involved with the jobs can put a lot on responders during their careers.
Governor Josh Shapiro visited firefighters and emergency personnel in Altoona this morning where he spoke about his new budget proposal. Shapiro spoke from the Altoona Fire Department where he outlined his proposed state investments of $36 million in new equipment and training for firefighters and EMS personnel.
More charges have been filed in an Altoona burglary where three guns were stolen from a home in February. Shannon Cullen, 37, of Altoona, faces felony charges of burglary, theft and criminal trespassing after the guns were stolen from the home along 4th Avenue.
Police arrested a fugitive wanted for a homicide in Pittsburgh on Wednesday in Altoona. Aaron Smith, 29, of Pittsburgh, was arrested by The City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit in assistance with the Altoona Police Department. Smith was accused of fatally shooting a man in the North Side of Pittsburgh in February.
Emergency crews responded to another fake school threat this morning, this time in Bedford County. State police say the threat call was a false alarm triggered by the school’s sprinkler system. This follows multiple “swatting calls” Wednesday morning at schools in Cambria, Centre and Blair counties.