State College, PA (WJAC) —
Penn State announced its new Athletic Director at a press conference Friday morning.
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According to a release, former Director of Athletics at Boston College Patrick Kraft will assume the role following the retirement of Sandy Barbour.
Read MoreThe university announced Barbour's retirement last month, and Kraft is slated to take over beginning July 1.
I am thrilled to welcome Pat Kraft and his family — Betsy, Annabelle and Joseph — to the Penn State family.
VINELAND, N.J. - Police have charged a Duncansville man in connection with the homicide death of an Altoona man at a hotel in New Jersey.
According to media reports, Vineland police found the body of Ivan Strayer II, 33, of Altoona inside a room at the Wingate Inn early Tuesday morning after responding to a report of a possible unconscious person.
Police said Strayer had been shot multiple times.
According to an arrest warrant, Larry Pulcine Jr.
Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — Johnstown officials announced Wednesday that the reopening of the Inclined Plane has been delayed to next spring.
Officials say the primary reason for delaying the reopening to 2024 is a delay in the delivery of "sheave wheels," which the cables attach to and help pull the car up the tracks.
The transit authority says the last two wheels were supposed to be delivered this week, but officials are now being told that the delivery will be made in mid-June.
SEATTLE (KOMO) — University of Washington football coach Kalen DeBoer, who led the Huskies to the national championship game in his second season, told UW officials Friday he was leaving to replace Nick Saban at Alabama.
ESPN first reported that DeBoer was negotiating with Alabama on Friday. ESPN's Pete Thamel and The Associated Press both reported that new Washington athletic director Troy Dannen made an aggressive pitch to keep DeBoer, 49, who inherited a 4-8 Washington team and guided them to an 11-2 ledger in 2022 and a 14-1 record this past fall.
State College, PA (WJAC) — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford will use his extra year of eligibility and return to the Nittany Lions for one final season in 2022.
Clifford, who is a redshirt senior, made the announcement on social media Friday.
According to his Penn State football bio, he is one of 11 Nittany Lions with 5,000 career offensive yards.
Clifford's brother Liam, a receiver, will also be a member of the Nittany Lions in 2022.
UPDATE | Mifflin County, PA (WJAC) — State police announced late Wednesday that 26-year-old Trevor Middaugh, one of two men charged in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old woman last month, has been taken into custody.
Police say Middaugh is awaiting arraignment.
ORIGINAL | State police in Lewistown announced that an arrest warrant has been issued for a second man charged in the shooting death of a woman last month in Mifflin County.
UPDATE |SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — State police are providing new details about this week's hours-long standoff in Meyersdale as authorities say the suspect reportedly claimed that he was being followed.
According to the affidavit, troopers were dispatched to the area of Large Street, around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, for reports of a man walking around with a handgun.
Police say the man, later identified as 57-year-old Scott Herring, was also allegedly yelling and "
Pennsylvania State Police say dozens of individuals have been arrested following a year-long drug investigation in Clearfield and Jefferson counties.
On Tuesday, troopers announced the arrests of 32 individuals following a warrant sweep in both counties. Brian Hirchert of Brockway, PAJoseph Lester of Reynoldsville, PADennis Coombs of Punxsutawney, PALance Martin of Summerville, PAJeremy Newcome of Punxsutawney, PAApril Siple of Reynoldsville, PAReese Barnes of Punxsutawney, PAJason Soliday of Punxsutawney, PAGrace Sutter of Punxsutawney, PADrew Maines of Punxsutawney, PAKirsten Hayward of Olanta, PATimothy Froum of Cherry Tree, PAHarry Dunlap of Grampian, PAMichael Cook of Philipsburg, PAJohn Irwin of Clearfield CountyJessica Ryder of Northern Cambria, PAJohn Jefferson of Clearfield County JailJason Lentz of Clearfield County JailTanner Alley of Clearfield County JailChristopher Luzier of Clearfield, PATerry Fetterman of Reynoldsville, PADevin Knepp of Mineral Springs, PAMarcus Waltmon of Clearfield, PARandy Dickey of DuBois, PALiberty-Ann Mercer of Punxsutawney, PADenton Best of Curwensville, PAAshley McGarvey of DuBois, PAFrank Minicucci of Grassflat, PASonny Edwards of Clearfield, PAMatthew Dunlap of DuBois, PAJennifer Roussey of Clearfield, PAPatrick Ogershok of DuBois, PATroopers say police are still searching for seven other unnamed individuals in connection to the investigation.
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