Johnstown News

Johnstown's annual Giant Balloon Parade made its way down Main Street Friday. Santa also arrived and there was Christmas music in the park.

Johnstown police officers have some new wheels, some much needed new cruisers. Captain Andrew Frear says a good portion of their fleet was old with extremely high mileage.

Fire Crews raced to EMF Scrap Metals in Cambria County Wednesday night. The fire broke out about 8;30, 911 officials say cushions inside the building apparently caught fire.

A prisoner has been charged with mailing a menacing communication - a signed letter that threatened to "place explosives around fed.

This morning police confirm that two arrests have been made, two guns recovered and several shell casings discovered.

Forest Hills High School's new principal is back in some familiar surroundings. Curt Vasas is a Sidman native and 1992 Forest Hills graduate.

The money comes from community block grant funds, distributed by HUD. Officials have been holding public meetings around the city to determine what residents want to see done.

Four Apache helicopters based in Johnstown will have Penn State football fans looking skyward before today's game with Indiana University.

Crews are scheduled to begin construction of two single-family homes in Johnstown's Coopersdale neighborhood this week.

A nurse at the Presbyterian Home of Greater Johnstown was ordered on Monday to stand trial on charges that she assaulted a resident there.

Three people were jailed, one for attempted homicide, following a fight in Johnstown's West End on Saturday.

The incident took place Saturday morning in the cities Westend. Johnstown police say it began as an argument inside My Place bar.

Tuesday Is Election Day! 11/2/2009 Tuesday marks Election Day, and one of the biggest races in the region is the fight for Centre County District Attorney.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM A violin virtuoso has become a favorite with Johnstown audiences.

Voters in two western Pennsylvania counties have apparently elected their first female Common Pleas judges.

Tom Trigona is keeping the mayor's chair in Johnstown. The Democratic incumbent held off a strong challenge from Republican Sharyn Spinelli, who lost by 238 votes with all precincts reporting late Tuesday.

A Fairton man facing child pornography charges in Cumberland County recently admitted in Superior Court in Western Pennsylvania that he traveled to Pennsylvania to sexually assault a teenage girl he met on the Internet, according to reports.

Singer Kenny Rogers, recognized for his silky-smooth voice and silver mane, returns to Johnstown during his Christmas and Hits Tour.

With only a few hotly contested local races and some state judgeships at stake Tuesday, election officials and a political analyst are expecting a low voter turnout at the polls in Cambria and Somerset counties.

The Johnstown Cambria County Airport has been criticized about their financial state but theyre pushing a campaign called The Plane Truth to get their message across.