TSA officers at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport confiscate loaded gun, bullets
AVOCA, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — TSA officers at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport intercepted a loaded .40 caliber handgun along with a total of 20 bullets in two gun magazines at the airport checkpoint on Thursday, officials said.
It was the first firearm that TSA officers have detected at the airport checkpoint this year.
The weapon was caught as the man, a resident of Georgia, entered the security checkpoint. The X-ray unit alerted on the firearm among his carry-on items.
Wrong man charged with Hollidaysburg school threats
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (WJAC) — State Police in Hollidaysburg announced they have charged a different man with threats against schools in the Hollidaysburg School District and withdrawn charges again the man they originally arrested in the case.
Javier Cantos Jr., 24, has now been charged with charges related to terroristic threats and risking catastrophe after threatening messages were received by the district. The release said he is not a threat to the district or the community, but did not indicate if he was in custody.
'It keeps you young!' 78-year-old participates in Ridgway 'Almost Naked Run'
RIDGWAY, Pa. (WJAC) — In Elk County, a New Year's Day tradition went on as planned Friday despite the rough weather.
The Ridgway “Almost Naked Run” drew in about a dozen residents from across the area to participate in the short run.
Organizers say runners wore bathing suits and Christmas garbs as they ran through downtown Ridgway.
The run ended with participants jumping into the Clarion River.
One of Friday’s runners was 78-year-old Bev Yates.
Cleanup continues after part of Tyrone business destroyed by fire
TYRONE, Pa. (WJAC) -- The cleanup has begun at a garden center in Huntingdon County that caught fire Tuesday night.
Flames engulfed two buildings at Martin's Garden Center, which sits several miles outside Tyrone.
No one was injured, but it's a terrible loss for the business.
Cleaning up the debris is not an easy task and, for owner Daniel Martin, it's a tough sight to see.
"Step out of the house and you see this, I'm, like, 'Wow.
NBC's Richard Engel says six-year-old son Henry has died
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel posted on Twitter Thursday that his six-year-old son Henry passed away.
Engel said, "Our beloved son Henry passed away. He had the softest blue eyes, an easy smile and a contagious giggle. We always surrounded him with love and he returned it, and so much more. Mary and Richard."
The couple had been open about Henry's battle with RETT Syndrome, a genetic brain disorder that does not have a treatment or cure.
Police find alligator during drug bust in Chester County
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Spring Mills man accused of repeatedly abusing young girl over period of 5+ years
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Authorities in Centre County say a Spring Mills man is behind bars following an investigation into allegations that he repeatedly sexually abused a young girl over a five-year period.
According to the affidavit, police were first contacted in January of 2023, by the victim's mother, after the victim reportedly disclosed that she had been repeatedly abused by 35-year-old Vladimir Slavskiy.
Police say the victim told investigators that the alleged abuse began in 2017, when she was approximately 7 or 8 years old.
Steelers inaugural Hall of Honor class comprised of 27
PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Steelers released their inaugural Hall of Honor class Tuesday morning and it includes 27 former players, coaches and contributors.
The class includes:
Jerome Bettis, Mel Blount, Terry Bradshaw, Jack Butler, Dermontti Dawson, Bill Dudley, Joe Greene, Kevin Greene, L.C. Greenwood, Jack Ham, Franco Harris, Dick Hoak, John Henry Johnson, Walt Keisling, Jack Lambert, Bobby Layne, John McNally, Chuck Noll, Arthur J. Rooney, Sr., Daniel M. Rooney, Andy Russell, Donnie Shell, John Stallworth, Ernie Stautner, Lynn Swann, Mike Webster and Rod Woodson.
a 51-year tradition fuels local fire company funding
For 51 years, the Southmont Volunteer Fire Company Jubilee has been a summer staple in the Johnstown area.
This is our biggest fundraiser we have for the year. It’s a great time. Families come in; everybody looks forward to it every year. Everybody’s welcome to have a good time,” says Southmont Volunteer Fire Company Safety Officer Jim Dailey.
While hundreds of visitors attend the Jubilee annually, Dailey says most people don’t realize that it raises the majority of the organization’s budget.
Chad Daybell sentenced to death for triple murder in jury decision
BOISE, Idaho (KUTV) — Chad Daybell was sentenced to death Saturday for the murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children in Idaho.
The sentence was handed down after an Idaho jury unanimously agreed that imposing the death penalty would be a just resolution to the triple-murder case. The sentence marks the end of a grim investigation that began with a search for two missing children in 2019. The next year their bodies were found buried in Daybell’s eastern Idaho yard.