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Johnstown native Geroy Simon got the call for the hall. Simon, nicknamed “Superman,” learned Wednesday that he will be part of the class for the 2017 Canadian Football Hall of Fame in September. “I’m both grateful and tremendously proud to be selected by the Canadian Football Hall of Fame for this incredible honor,” Simon said on the BC Lions website. “Receiving the call from CFL Commissioner (Jeffrey) Orridge a short time ago will be one of the fondest memories of my football career.

Demolition of the Appvion Paper Mill in Roaring Spring has officially begun, and plans are in the works for what will eventually take its place. Representatives from the companies working on the site shared their post-demolition plans at the Roaring Spring Borough council meeting on Monday night. The Altoona Blair County Development Corp. along with an engineer working on the demolition presented not only the unique challenges of the site but also a new proposal for the future – a recreational area that will hopefully draw in crowds as well as revenue.

ATLANTA (AP) — The ex-wife of R&B singer Usher is calling to drain Georgia's largest lake, where her son was fatally injured 11 years ago. Fashion designer Tameka Foster has collected more than 2,500 signatures for her online petition imploring officials to "drain, clean, and restore" Lake Sidney Lanier, to allow for safety improvements and the removal of hazardous debris and other obstructions. Kile Glover, her 11-year-old son with Bounce TV founder Ryan Glover, died in July 2012 after a personal watercraft struck the boy as he floated in an inner tube on the lake.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Welcome to the first weekend of May. As a friendly reminder, Mother's Day is May 12 in the USA and is fast approaching. I'll try to put up some gift options this weekend (but a Star Wars guide for May the 4th will come first). If you're thinking of heading out to theaters, your new option is "The Fall Guy," a fantastic action film with a bit of humor and romance from "

WASHINGTON (TND) — George Washington University students are demanding Washington officials intervene as anti-Israel campus protests continue. As protests enter a sixth day at George Washington University, students told The National Desk (TND) they want to see the makeshift tent city at their campus promptly removed. GWU student Ari Patinkin, a Jewish economics major, said the local government has failed to address an escalating problem. Mayor Bowser, you have effectively failed to protect students both foreign and domestic within your own territory,” Patinkin said.

ROSEBURG, Ore. (KVAL) — Multiple times a week, you can find Peggy Konzack at the Roseburg YMCA in Oregon. At 102 years old, she continues to teach a class where she helps babies six months to three years old get accustomed to being in the water. It's just a joy in my life,” Konzack said. “I'm playing with them. I'm not working, I'm playing.Her instruction has been especially helpful to Jennifer Reid, whose daughter Lyla is deaf.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — The owner of the Johnstown Galleria, as well as owners of businesses within the mall, showed up to the Richland Township municipal building for a meeting Monday night where they voiced their opposition of the zoning board "possibly" re-zoning the former Sears store, allowing for it to become a storage facility. Johnstown Galleria owner Leo Karruli says he's worked hard to bring attractive new businesses to the mall and believes a storage facility moving in would be detrimental to businesses that have opened up shop there.

MOUNT EVEREST, Nepal (TND) — A seasoned climber who found himself at death's door on Mount Everest was incredibly fortunate to be rescued, but after he thanked his sponsors instead of the sherpa who saved him, he has been the recipient of some repeated online criticism. Malaysian mountaineer Ravichandran Tharumalingam was trapped in Mount Everest's infamous oxygen-limited and freezing "death zone" on May 18 when he was discovered by Gelje Sherpa, who was himself taking a client to the top of the world's highest mountain according to CNN and Insider.

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania man who authorities say shot a friend and then posed for a selfie with the dying teen has been convicted of a less serious charge. Maxwell Morton was convicted Thursday of third-degree murder in the shooting of 16-year-old Ryan Mangan in February 2015. The jury rejected prosecutors' arguments that Morton intentionally killed Mangan. Morton testified Thursday that the teens were playing with a handgun and he thought it was unloaded when he pointed at him and pulled the trigger.