On remote trail, man stumbles upon heavy, mysterious object possibly from outer space
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A Haywood County man is sharing his story after just discovering a strange object that may have been from outer space.
So far, the object hasn’t been inspected by aerospace experts, but the discovery has a lot of people scratching their heads. Justin Clontz, who’s a grounds maintenance worker, found it earlier this week along a remote trail on a property owned byThe Glamping Collective. The unidentified object is about three feet high, and it’s so heavy that the worker had to tow it out of the trail using a lawn mower.
Nearly 2 million doses of fentanyl seized, 24 arrested
TACOMA, Wash. (KOMO) — A federal investigation into a drug-trafficking operation with ties to a white supremacist prison gang led federal agents to seize nearly two million doses of fentanyl, more than 200 pounds of methamphetamine, and more than 200 guns. They also made 24 arrests.
Federal officials said the operation moved drugs from Mexico through Washington state, Idaho, and Alaska.
“Not only are we seeing the drugs coming in from Mexico, but we’re also seeing the sheer amount of weapons that we seize, some of those are going down to Mexico to fuel the violence of the cartels down there in Mexico,” Acting Special Agent in Charge Jacob Galvin with the Drug Enforcement Administration in Seattle said.
Road closed near Nittany Mall for sinkhole
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- East College Avenue near the Nittany Mall has reopened after PennDOT crews fixed a sinkhole that was discovered Saturday.
PennDOT said crews have filled the hole with stone and concrete and have paved the roadway.
The road had had been closed since Saturday when the sinkhole was discovered.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials said the sinkhole was 4 feet by 5 feet wide.
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Annual 'Centre Gives' online fundraiser to raise millions for local non-profits
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — An annual online fundraiser is once again underway in Centre County and is expected to raise millions of dollars for hundreds of non-profit organizations.
It’s a fundraiser with a simple, short title and big results.
Organizers say the actual number of donors is continuing to grow.
The Centre Foundation's Centre Gives fundraiser is now in its 13th year has raised over $14 million.
Last year alone, there were more than $2.
'We're still here:' Johnstown's Salvation Army celebrates 135th Anniversary
Tribune Democrat moving to 5-day publishing schedule
JOHNSTOWN -- On Wednesday evening, a Johnstown staple of over 100 years announced it was cutting back publishing to 5-days-a-week. The Tribune Democrat will now publish on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
The local publication cited the virus crisis and the strain it has put on advertising dollars as the justification for a switch in which there is no paper produced on Tuesday and Sunday.
The Tribune Democrat released a statement on its website saying, Discontinuing two print days will allow us to focus our resources on printing more local news on the other five days.
Paterno Family's Beaver Stadium Run raises over $500k for Special Olympics PA
The Paterno Family Run brought thousands of runners and walkers onto the field at Beaver Stadium. They raised more than $500,000 to support Special Olympics Pennsylvania athletes.
“Nothing could be more perfect, we had great weather, great people, and everybody’s having fun and what more could we ask for and the cause is unbelievably good," said Sue Paterno.
Runners and walkers of all ages made their way to Beaver Stadium on Sunday morning.
18-year-old drowns in Quemahoning Reservoir
CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP, Pa (WJAC) -- Rescue boats filled the Quemahoning Reservoir, in search of an 18-year-old man who officials say drowned Monday afternoon.
They searched a little under a square mile with side scan sonar, multiple dive teams and drones.
Scalp Level deputy fire Chief David Boyer says it's like looking for a needle in a haystack, and the depth of the water can change drastically as they search.
"We vary from shoreline here, 10, 15 feet of water to 80 feet of water out in the channel, and the channel's a couple hundred feet wide,"
Local urgent care centers now offering coronavirus antibody tests
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Urgent care facilities are now offering coronavirus antibody tests.
iCare locations in Westmont, Ebensburg and Monroeville have started offering the coronavirus antibody test through a blood draw.
“It’s going to tell us if you’ve had any exposure or possible immunity to COVID-19 coronavirus. We don’t know if the antibody infers immunity yet hopefully, we will find that out soon,” said iCare medical doctor, Dr. Mathew Zajdel.
4 PA PetSmart employees charged after toy poodle dies during grooming visit
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Four former PetSmart employees in Pittsburgh have been charged in the death of a toy poodle.
A.J. Ross brought her toy poodle Kobe to this PetSmart store to be groomed last November.
When she came to pick up the dog, he was dead.
Ross then rushed Kobe to a nearby animal hospital, but after 15 minutes of CPR, hospital staff pronounced the dog dead.
All four former employees are facing felony animal cruelty and neglect charges for their alleged role in the dog's death, which happened during a nail trim.