Philly activist who acknowledged helping flip police car during 2020 protest sentenced to 1 year in
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A well-known west Philadelphia activist who acknowledged having helped overturn a police car during 2020 protests following the death of George Floyd has been sentenced to a year in prison.
Anthony Smith was sentenced Tuesday following a guilty plea in June to a federal charge of obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder, which included aiding and abetting an arson, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Smith acknowledged having helped others flip a vacant Philadelphia police car over outside City Hall on May 31, 2020.
Miss PA 2023 helps judge annual Groundhog Day talent show
Punxsutawney, PA (WJAC) — Festivities kicked off Thursday in Punxsutawney leading up to Groundhog Day.
On Thursday, the Gobbler's Knob talent competition was held at the community center in town.
This year's competition featured eleven contestants from Jefferson County, and from as far away as Australia.
Miss Pennsylvania 2023 -- Miranda Moore -- is one of the guest judges for the competition.
She says this is the first time she's been part of judging someone else's talent, as she's usually the one being judged.
Local funeral home brings families together in unique way during COVID-19 restrictions
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — As measures are being taken to decrease the spread of COVID-19, how we go about our everyday lives is changing for now, including how we handle major life events like a loved one passing away.
Funeral homes in Pennsylvania have been ordered by Gov. Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association to keep all funeral services private and limited to 10 people or less.
North Korea's trash rains down onto South Korea, balloon by balloon. Here's what it means
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Manure. Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers. This week, North Korea floated hundreds of huge balloons to dump all of that trash across rival South Korea — an old-fashioned, Cold War-style provocation that the country has rarely used in recent years.
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un confirmed Wednesday that North Korea sent the balloons and attached trash sacks.
Former Osceola Mills mayor sentenced in shots fired incident, DA says
Clearfield Co., PA (WJAC) — Former Osceola Mills mayor Ida Reams has been sentenced for her involvement in a 2022 shots fired incident outside a local community food bank.
Officials say Reams appeared in court Monday where she was sentenced to serve four months to one year in jail, followed by one-and-a-half years probation.
Reams was arrested in March of 2022 following an altercation in which police say she allegedly fired multiple shots in the direction of two people who were reportedly playing the online game Pokémon Go.
DMV-area high schoolers recruited to march in 'School Strike for Gaza,' docs show
WASHINGTON (CITC) — High school students in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., are being recruited to join a "School Strike for Gaza" Friday, according to documents shared with a parents' rights group.
Friday's strike is being led by DMV School Strike for Gaza, according to the documents shared with Parents Defending Education (PDE). A "recruitment" toolkit drafted by the group says a march will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at McPherson Square in Washington, D.
8 killed when bus and truck collide in Florida; Truck driver facing DUI charges
OCALA, Fla. (TND) — Eight people were killed and more than 40 others were hurt in a bus crash in Florida early Tuesday morning, according to authorities. Lt. Pat Riordan, who is public affairs officer for the Florida Highway Patrol, said a 2010 International Bus was carrying at least 50 migrant farm workers when a 2001 Ford Ranger driving in the opposite direction traveled toward the center line along a state highway around 6:35 a.
New medical marijuana dispensary opens in DuBois
DUBOIS, Pa. - Clearfield County's first medical marijuana dispensary opened its doors Monday in DuBois.
Grassroots Cannabis, an Illinois-based medical cannabis company with licensed business operations in six states and growing, opened a new Herbology medical cannabis dispensary on South Brady Street.
More than 40 patients stopped by the dispensary Monday.
The company’s Herbology medical cannabis dispensaries serve patients with cannabis products, including flower, ingestible and topicals, cannabidiol (CBD) products, concentrates, oil vape cartridges and disposable vape pens.
Penn State announces plans for fall semester's end
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (WJAC) — Penn state has announced plans for the end of the fall semester while urging students to get tested for COVID-19 before leaving campus.
Dormitories at University Park will be closing on November 20.
After Thanksgiving break, all classes will be online.
Testing will be available for students beginning on November 6.
For students who test positive for COVID-19, the university will make quarantine space available after November 20.
'Mad Men' actress Christina Hendricks files for divorce
'Mad Men' actress Christina Hendricks files for divorceWed, 05 Jun 2024 09:29:44 GMT (1717579784031)
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