Duke beats Pitt 79-67, spoils coach Jeff Capel's return to Cameron Indoor Stadium

 Posted on May 8, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  105 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

DURHAM, N.C. — Vernon Carey Jr. scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as No. 9 Duke beat Pittsburgh 79-67 on a night when both teams honored Kobe Bryant during a pregame ceremony at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The somber opening gave way to a testy battle on the court that included an eruption by Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski -- in the direction of his own fans. The Hall of Fame coach was angered by the Cameron Crazies directing a playful chant at Pittsburgh coach Jeff Capel. [Read More]

Flood City Volleyball Challenge draws hundreds of athletes to Johnstown

 Posted on May 8, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  192 words  |  Brenda Moya

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Hundreds of volleyball players from across Pennsylvania -- and even out of state -- travelled into Johnstown for the weekend. It's for the Ridgetop Volleyball Club Flood City Volleyball Challenge at the 1st Summit Arena. The teens are playing for a paid bid to the National AAU Junior Championships in Orlando, Florida. This is Ridgetop's 10th year of supporting volleyball throughout the Cambria County region and beyond. [Read More]

Hollsopple woman used pages from "spell book" to set car on fire

 Posted on May 8, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  254 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Police say a Somerset County woman is accused of using pages from a spell book to set a vehicle on fire. According to a criminal complaint, 47-year-old Kristy Malzi, of Hollsopple, is facing charges related to reckless burning, terroristic threats and simple assault. Officers say they were called July 30 to BK’s Klassics on Bedford Street in Stonycreek Township for reports of a vehicle arson. [Read More]

Local group honors veterans by putting up banners in Blair County

 Posted on May 8, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  247 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

The Tyrone Improvement Group was started in 2021 by local business owners and residents; on Saturday, they put up veterans’ banners throughout downtown to recognize those veterans from the area. The co-president of the group, Brian Igou, said that their volunteer numbers have continued to go up each year. Igou said, “We wanted to bring some liveliness to the downtown district; we’ve lost a lot of businesses out of here and so we wanted to do something to help spruce up the downtown, and this was one of our ideas with the veteran banners. [Read More]

Shooting at UNLV leaves 3 dead, 1 critical; gunman believed to be former college professor

 Posted on May 8, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  626 words  |  Brenda Moya

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Three people are dead and another person is hospitalized after a gunman opened fire in a building on the UNLV campus Wednesday morning, authorities said. The suspect, identified by news outlets as a 67-year-old college professor, is also dead. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said that at about 11:45 a.m., Las Vegas Metropolitan Police responded after getting reports of an active shooter on campus. University and LVMPD officers responded and found the suspect outside of Beam Hall, McMahill said. [Read More]

45th annual Elk County fair

 Posted on May 7, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  104 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

KERSEY, Pa. (WJAC) — The 45th annual Elk County Fair is being held in Kersey. The fair runs from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and noon to 11 p.m. Saturday Wednesday is family fun night, where admission is $5 per person. Some of the events going on include cow town, first bite fishing, beautiful baby and cutest pet contests, power wheels races at 6 p.m., a storm truck show at 7 p. [Read More]

Employees complained to linen company owner about suspect day before deadly shooting spree

 Posted on May 7, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  416 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

CHESTER, Pa. (TND) — A man who went to his workplace and went on a shooting rampage was identified Thursday. Wilbert Rosado-Ruiz is being charged with two counts of first degree homicide, multiple counts of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and a firearms charge, said Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer who describe the shooting as a "horrible tragedy." The prosecutor claimed that there had been complaints filed about the murder suspect to the owner of Delaware County Linen where five people were shot and two died. [Read More]

Pitt-Johnstown inducts five into athletics hall of fame

 Posted on May 7, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  43 words  |  Christie Applegate

by Jordan Conigliaro

Sun, April 15th 2018 at 9:36 PM

Updated Sun, April 15th 2018 at 9:39 PM

UserWay icon for accessibility widgetThe University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown honored some of its best athletes of all-time Saturday night, inducting five new members into its Athletics Hall of Fame.

ncG1vNJzZmivmpawtcKNnKamZ6OlvLPA0miaqKakmru1e8%2Biq61lmqS1r7%2FTqK6nZZmjsbav06xkn6GmmnqqutOoZJqsmKGytbXCrGShmZyherCyjJ%2BYpp0%3D

Possible job cuts announced at several Pennsylvania universities, including IUP

 Posted on May 7, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  96 words  |  Brenda Moya

HARRISBURG, Pa (AP) — Faculty union officials say more than 80 tenured and tenure-track faculty members at a western Pennsylvania university have been told they may lose their jobs at the end of the 2020-21 academic year, part of more than 100 possible job cuts at five universities in the commonwealth. Faculty union officials said retrenchment letters, or furlough letters, were sent to 81 faculty members at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and 21 at Edinboro University. [Read More]