JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) – — A shooting range in Johnstown transformed into the "North Pole" Saturday as people took their shot at shooting a polar bear target.
The Daisytown Sportsmen Club hosted its 19th annual polar bear shoot.
For $1 a shot, people were able to take a chance at hitting a polar bear target the club set up at its gun range.
When the polar bear was hit in the right spot, a target exploded.
Cambria County, PA — The marketing consultant, Qualfon announced late last month that they are going to be laying off roughly 206 employees by March 24th. This comes 1 year after the Michigan based company said they would be adding over 400 employees.
People who wish to remain anonymous, tell me that they “could see it coming long before” the announcement was made. They say that they are dissatisfied with the decision, and allege layoffs would happen “for the smallest of reasons.
JOHNSTOWN — Sideline Cancer is about more than just winning basketball games. Yes, the team is one win away from The Basketball Tournament's $1 million championship prize. But, this organization plays for the fight against cancer. The team sponsor is Hollidaysburg's Cathy Griffith. She's the president of the Griffith Family Foundation, which is an organization created in honor of Greg Griffith--Cathy's late husband. Greg lost a battle with cancer in 2011.
JOHNSTOWN — This year's newest Pittsburgh Steelers draft picks are trying to get acclimated to life in the NFL.
So, our latest 6 Sports Stories segment takes a look back at the year 1989, when the Steelers drafted former Pitt-Johnstown wrestling star Carlton Haselrig.
Pittsburgh took Haselrig in the 12th round of the NFL Draft.
"I've been waiting for something like this to happen all my life," Haselrig said.
The 6-time NCAA wrestling champion didn't play football in college.
May is National Water Safety Month.
6 News anchors Jen Johnson and Sean Eiler, along with Meteorologist Tony Martin, "wore" their life vests to raise awareness.
Every year in the United States, an average of 11 people die from drowning every single day.
Friday, May 19th is "Wear your Life Jacket to Work or School Day" to promote water safety this summer season and all year long.
If you snap a photo wearing a life vest Friday -- and tag the Eastin Charles Foundation"
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UPDATEClearfield Co., PA (WJAC) — An inmate who escaped the Clearfield County Jail on Tuesday has been captured.
On Wednesday, questions remained about how exactly he got away and what's being done to prevent something like this from happening again.
Tuesday at 1 p.m. is when authorities say 36-year-old Craig Hauke-Miller completed his escape from the county jail.
According to the affidavit, police say surveillance video reportedly showed Hauke-Miller climbing a door and then the roof of the jail in order to pull of the escape.
WILKES-BARRE (WOLF) — We're learning more about the 74-year-old man from New Jersey who died after a skydiving accident in Monroe County over the weekend. Ed Harney of Paramus, New Jersey died yesterday after he jumped out of a plane to sky dive. We’re told it wasn’t his first time jumping with the Stroudsburg based Sky’s The Limit Center in Monroe County. Close friends of Harney tell FOX56, at 74 years old, Harney spent the warm months skydiving and the winters skiing.
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WTAE) -- As some restaurants across the U.S. start to reopen, they're learning to adjust to their new normal.
And that might mean a longer wait time for customers, especially on a busy day like Mother's Day.
Kevin Horne live tweeted his experience at the Cranberry Township Olive Garden on Sunday and it's going viral.
"My girlfriend's mom was craving Olive Garden, as one does. And so, we placed the order, and we were the ones who went to go pick it up.