Cambria County News

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.

The state Supreme Court unanimously upheld a redistricting plan Wednesday that could pit two Cambria County Democratic representatives against each next year.

A police chase ends with a local sheriff wrestling a knife away from the suspect.

Police continue their search this morning for suspects in an overnight shooting.

State Police out of the Ebensburg barracks are investigating an ATV crash. Cambria County 911 operators said it happened right before eleven Sunday night in the 800 block of McCoy Street.

Officials broke ground Friday morning on a new headquarters for CamTran. The building currently used by CamTran was built in the 19th Century.