8-year-old fights to save town's trees from removal with heartfelt signs
SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — One Sullivan’s Island 8-year-old hopes to save the town’s trees with his homemade signs.
After five years, Dominion Energy crews are back and preparing for another round of palmetto removal. With 523 trees slated to be cut down, the Town of Sullivan’s Island is considering new options to minimize that loss for the next cycle.
People may have noticed white circles painted on trees or signs placed on them reading “Don’t cut them down.
Centre Hall hosts annual community-wide yard sale this weekend
CENTRE HALL, Pa (WJAC) — The annual Centre Hall community-wide yard sale kicked off Friday morning.
More than a hundred families and vendors set up yard sales throughout the borough, offering antiques, clothing, furniture, children's games and food.
Organizers say the annual event has brought the community together since the early 1980's.
"This is a big family reunion. You see the same people every year, they look for the same thing or you might know what they need or what they're looking for.
Child rapist found dead in cell at SCI Houtzdale, investigators say
CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — An SCI Houtzdale inmate in prison for child rape was pronounced dead Tuesday, according to a press release.
Superintendent of the State Correctional Institute at Houtzdale Scott Klinefelter stated in the release that Daniel Barnett, 40, was found unresponsive in his cell Tuesday afternoon by prison staff.
According to the release, prison staff and medical personnel performed life-saving measures until EMS arrived on scene.
The release states that Barnett was pronounced dead just before 4:30 p.
Investigator killed in North Carolina shootout to be laid to rest
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TND) — A memorial service for one of the four law enforcement officers who were killed while trying to serve a warrant in North Carolina is set for Thursday. William "Alden" Elliott was fatally shot April 29. Elliot was assigned to the U.S. Marshals Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force and was a 14-year veteran of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. He previously served the nation as a U.
Man sentenced for 2011 motel murder
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A man was sentenced Monday morning to life without parole in a murder case.
Jaime Osuna previously pleaded guilty to six charges to avoid the death penalty.
He admitted to killing 37-year-old Yvette Pena in November 2011. Pena had been found at the El Morocco Motel on Golden State Avenue. Investigators said she had been gagged, and she was found with "stabbing instruments" protruding from her back.
Suspects burglarize Windber Country Club; steal cash from Skill, payout machines
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Take a look at this! Surveillance video from inside the Windber Country Club shows two suspects burglarizing the establishment overnight.
Adams Township Police say the suspects broke in just before 3 a.m. Tuesday morning and targeted four Games of Skill machines, as well as the payout machine.
Video shows the suspects physically removing the payout machine.
Police say the machine was later found in the woods nearby, emptied of all the cash.
20 feet of pizza to be made in Punxsutawney for PACC 20th anniversary
PUNXSUTAWNEY - Ten local pizzerias and organizations in Jefferson County will team up this weekend to create a 400-square-foot pizza.
The event is being held to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Punxsutawney Area Community Center.
But the pizza challenge will also be a practice run and send-off for the owner of Punxsy Pizza, Scott Anthony.
Anthony, representing Punxsutawney, will head to California on April 9 to help break the Longest Pizza World Record for Guinness World Records.
Annual list of most popular baby names released in celebration of Mother's Day
WASHINGTON (TND) — The 1,000 most popular baby names of 2023 were revealed Friday, with Liam and Olivia topping the charts once again. It marks the fifth year in a row parents in the U.S. "have chosen the monikers for their little ones," according to the Social Security Administration, which releases the list each spring ahead of Mother's Day. Happy Mother’s Day to all the incredible moms in our lives. Your love, strength, and selflessness motivate us all, and we thank you for everything you do,” Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley said in a news release.
Ben Affleck, Orlando Bloom among 'Red Nose Day' stars
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ben Affleck, Jack Black, Orlando Bloom, Paul Rudd and DJ Khaled are donning red noses to help kids as part of TV's"Red Nose Day Special ."
NBC announced Thursday that those stars will be joined by Julia Roberts, Mark Hamill, Bear Grylls, Dax Shepard, Yvette Nicole Brown and the cast of TV's "This is Us" during the fundraising telecast on May 25.
The hourlong special hosted by Chris Hardwick will also feature a sequel to the 2003 film "
Indiana Co. church erecting 100+ foot cross that 'can be seen for miles'
Indiana County, PA (WJAC) — A giant cross in Indiana County has to be seen to be believed.
The newly erected steel cross is located at Hilltop Baptist Church.
Standing 108 feet high, and 70 feet wide, the steel cross can be seen from miles away.
Church leaders say they've been working on it for several months now and so far, volunteers have committed thousands of hours to help build it.