Cambria County News

Storms brought trees down all across our region. A tree crashed into some power lines on Sandy Springs Road near Ashville, Cambria County Wednesday night.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Humane Society of the United States are offering more than $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of whoever fatally shot a bald eagle in western Pennsylvania earlier this month.

Methadone is a legal drug when administered properly, but is it being abused, WTAJ News investigates.

Court appointed defense attorney Tim Burns said he still recovering after being hit in the head more than a week ago by his client.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is trying to determine who fatally shot a bald eagle in western Pennsylvania earlier this month.

A Cambria County homeless shelter is closing their doors. The Salvation Army Homeless Shelter in Johnstown is slated to close by the end of this summer.

Area residents with household materials will have the opportunity to dispose of them Saturday, May 18th.

A man wanted in New Jersey on an aggravated assault with a firearm charge was arrested in Johnstown Wednesday night.

A 22 YEAR OLD ARMY SENIOR COMBAT MEDIC FROM PINE GROVE MILLS, CENTRE COUNTY, lost his legs from THe knee down while trying to save fellow soldiers tuesday in afghanistan.

The men and women who put their lives on the line every day were given a special honor Thursday morning.

The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat newspaper reports the white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus being driven Tuesday evening in Johnstown, about 65 miles east of Pittsburgh.

A coal truck and two cars collided shutting down Route 219 in Cambria County. It happened shortly after 7:30 Tuesday morning in the southbound lanes of the highway right near the Southfork- Portage Exit.

On Today's segment of Tuesday's Tails, Jeannine Gailey from the Humane Society of Cambria County visited the Altoona studios.

A Cambria County attorney was hit in the head by a convicted murderer he was court appointed to represent.

Police HAVE RELEASED THE NAMES OF 2 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE HORNERSTOWN SHOOTING MONDAY NIGHT ALONG MESSENGER STREET.

Justin Capouellze works part time at the Market Basket in Richland Township, doing anything that needs done.

One of Altoona's favorite eating and bar establishments marks another anniversary, an acoustic contest reaches its finals, and a former member of the Misfits returns to an area stage; all happening in the coming week on the area music scene.

May 08--A plan that would increase the state's investment in addressing its transportation needs by $2.5 billion more annually cleared the Senate Transportation Committee today.

A bar and grill, a farm producing hydroponically grown bibb lettuce, a spa - those are just a few of the small businesses Johnstown Area Regional Industries has assisted in the past year.

Cambria County's DUI Taskforce arrested five suspected drunk drivers over the weekend while performing extra patrols.