Cameron County, PA (WJAC) — Visitors to Sinnemahoning State Park have been packing the park this summer despite high gas prices, lack of rain, lower water levels in the streams, and issues with the economy.
The park manager says the campground has been full and the park in general has been busy.
Space for camping this fall is filling up fast as people flock to our northern tier areas in October.
Centre Co., PA (WJAC) — A former prison guard at SCI Benner was sentenced Tuesday on charges related to smuggling contraband into the facility.
Kevin Hoch was sentenced to serve 9-and-a-half to 23-and-a-half months in the county jail.
Hoch was arrested last November after he admitted to being paid by an inmate's family to smuggle to contraband into the prison.
According to the affidavit, authorities began investigating Hoch after prison staff had reviewed phone conversations, made by the unidentified inmate, and suspected that a package was going to be delivered to Hoch's home.
(TND) — A pair of muscle cars top the list of most-stolen vehicles for model years 2020-22, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute.
Theft claims for the top car, the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, were more than 60 times more frequent than the average for all 2020-22 models, the HLDI said.
The list features vehicles that are valuable and powerful, HLDI’s director of insurance outreach Kay Wakeman said.
“That's reflected in the top two vehicles on the list,” she said.
Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — State Representative Frank Burns is calling on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to take corrective action by changing the public housing policy that allegedly makes the Johnstown Housing Authority "fiscally responsible" for Section 8 housing payments, even after a voucher holder leaves the city.
According to newly obtained documents, Rep. Burns says that the Johnstown Housing Authority reportedly paid $1.5 million, in 2019, to cover the costs for families who were no longer residing in the city.
Pittsburgh (WJAC) — Just days after trading away their 2020 4th round pick, Kevin Dotson, the Pittsburgh Steelers have reportedly made another trade.
According to multiple reports, the Steelers are trading offensive lineman Kendrick Green to the Houston Texans in exchange for a 2025 6th round draft pick.
Green was drafted by Pittsburgh in 2021 and played in 15 career games thus far, both as a center and a guard.