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CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — The Central Cambria school board is weighing its options on how to proceed regarding a possible consolidation.
A feasibility study was made available to the public Monday evening, highlighting the district’s options moving forward.
The school board says option 1 is to continue to operate both elementary schools at status quo, which officials say would require a tax increase through 2026.
Option 2 would include integrating grades 3rd through 5th at Cambria Elementary, which the feasibility study found would save the district just shy of $500,000 in the first year alone and would come with a smaller tax increase than option 1.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WJAC) — A tow truck driver was killed last weekend while he was working on the side of Interstate 80. Friday, his funeral was held in State College.
Folks at the service couldn't be saying nicer things about Jim Corl. You can hear in their voices how much they miss the man who put the "Happy" in Happy Valley.
Willie Nelson songs echoed throughout Koch Funeral Home on Friday.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — The Learning Lamp wrapped up a round table discussion Tuesday morning.
It was held at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College.
The purpose of the discussion was to address child care needs in the work force.
According to officials, more than a half-million children under the age of 6 are likely to need some type of child care as both parents work away from home.
"We have to have quality child care, and we need to have a workforce that can both prepare for their family, but provide for their community,"
PHILIPSBURG/CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa — The Moshannon Valley Correctional Center will be closing its doors on March 31st.
Since it opened in 2006, the Moshannon Valley Correctional Center has been a large part of the surrounding economy.
Sadly, Clearfield County Commissioner John Sobel confirmed the prison will shut next week, leaving about 300 people without jobs next week. However, Sobel says they will have help finding a new position.
“The North Central Workforce Development (Board) is an entity that has already approached the prison and is working with employees, giving them opportunities to train, if they wish to go in another employment direction,"
WACO, Texas - Matt Rhule is the new coach at Baylor, where he takes over a beleaguered Big 12 Conference program after winning 20 games over the past two seasons at Temple.
Rhule, a State College native and former Penn State linebacker from 1994-97, becomes the full-time replacement for two-time Big 12 champion coach Art Briles.
Briles was dismissed after a scathing report over the university's handling of sexual assault complaints, including some against football players.
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (WJAC) — The latest (AP):
Vice President Mike Pence is crediting the crew and passengers who fought back against hijackers on 9/11 with protecting the U.S.
Pence spoke at the commemoration Wednesday of the hijacked Flight 93, which crashed in a Pennsylvania field, killing 40 passengers and crew.
The Flight 93 National Memorial marks the site near Shanksville where the plane went down at 10:03 a.m., after passengers fought back.
RICHMOND, Va. (TND) — Video circulating social media Tuesday shows chaotic scenes from a night of protesting at Virginia Commonwealth University.
The school is one of several across the country experiencing upheaval over continued fighting in the Middle East as the academic year draws to a close. The demonstrations have even prompted federal lawmakers to introduce legislation intended to empower the U.S. Department of Education to monitor antisemitism at colleges receiving federal funding.
WASHINGTON (TND) — Members of Congress turned to K-12 schools after college protests and antisemitic incidents erupted across the country. Some members on Capitol Hill believe grade school is where antisemitism begins, while school administrators pushed back on the claim that antisemitism is running rampant through their halls.
House Republicans grilled three school leaders from large school districts and liberal cities nationwide. The school officials from New York City, Berkeley, California, and Montgomery County, Maryland have all faced allegations of antisemitic incidents in their schools, including hate speech and harassment.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A student shot and killed another student early Wednesday outside a school in Pittsburgh, authorities said. The alleged shooter was soon captured after a foot chase.
The ages of the students involved were not immediately clear. According to the city school district’s website, Oliver Citywide Academy is a full-time special education center serving grades 3-12.
It wasn’t immediately clear what spurred the shooting, which The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said happened around 7:25 a.