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HARRISBURG, Pa. (TND) — An upcoming bill in the Pennsylvania Senate would ban migrants from being eligible for state public housing. Migrants entering the state have become eligible for an emergency housing program, which allows them to obtain a housing voucher, State Sen. Wayne Langerholc, R- District 35, said. The senator called out President Joe Biden in a memo on the bill Wednesday, blaming him for that state’s migrant problems.
Authorities say a 16-year-old Ridgway girl has been charged with stabbing another juvenile. According to a probable-cause affidavit, at about 12:32 a.m. on July 8, Chelse Kurtz, of Elk Avenue, reportedly stabbed a 15-year-old girl in her abdomen near Center Street in Ridgway Borough. The stabbing took place during an altercation between the two girls, according to the affidavit. Officials say the victim was flown to UPMC Altoona where she underwent surgery for damage to her internal organs.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — The security guard at an Amazon facility who died following two gun-related incidents Sunday was identified Monday as Ali Hamsa Yusuf. According to a statement from West Jefferson police in Ohio, Yusuf was working as a security guard at the Amazon fulfillment center in Columbus. Police said he fired at least one shot at the facility Sunday afternoon, then took off before officers arrived. About 90 minutes later, officers caught up with Yusuf near the intersection of Georgesville and Clime roads, and a shootout ensued.
FRESNO, Calif. (KMPH) — A political sign with profanity can be seen in a window from outside Fresno City Hall in California. Someone reached out to KMPH to say they found the sign offensive because in Spanish it says F#@$ Trump. The anti-trump political sign with Spanish profanity can be seen in Fresno Councilmember Miguel Arias' office window. KMPH News reached out to Arias for an interview or comment. His office provided the following statement from Arias saying, "
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (WJAC) -- The Hollidaysburg Public Works Department collects around 20 water from homes in the borough every three years. Several samples collected last year brought back some high numbers. “I’ve been here 19 years and we’ve never had high lead levels in any of our water systems, so I was a little surprise to us,” said Rick Pope, Hollidaysburg Borough director of public works. Pope said three water samples, taken in the third quarter of 2019, showed high amounts of lead.
MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. (WTOV) — A park in West Virginia is getting ready to make a big splash next season with what officials are calling a destination pool. This is going to be an epic build for Marshall County and what we are going to build here at Grand Vue Park," said Craig White, who is the general manager at Grand View Park. With it, officials are thinking big, as it will hold 600 to 900 people.
UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State is hosting events this week as a part of national Sexual Assault Prevention Month. The university is hosting its own sexual violence and awareness week, this week -- trying to shed light on the habit of victim blaming. One exhibit is really getting people's attention. People walking through the student center at Penn State this week will likely notice a display of clothes, presented by the university's gender equity center.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A tornado destroyed homes, forced the evacuation of a nursing home and toppled trees and power lines when it roared through a small Oklahoma town, one of several twisters that erupted in the central United States amid a series of powerful storms that stretched into Tuesday. At least one death was reported. The tornado ripped through the 1,000-person town of Barnsdall, about a 40-minute drive north of Tulsa, on Monday night.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — On Tuesday, the Johnstown Mill Rats will play their season opener at the Point, but the team faced obstacles in the offseason that created confusion about their future. We sat down with their new general manager and learned about how the team stayed in Johnstown. With the Mill Rats season beginning this week, all focus is on this upcoming season, but in fall, the team didn’t even know if they would be playing this year.