UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa (WJAC) — The 2021 THON dance marathon has raised a total of $10,638,078.62 for the fight against Pediatric Cancer.
Penn State's annual 46-hour dance marathon looked different this year, as it was held virtually, but the community still came together to raise millions of dollars for the Four Diamonds fund.
Even though dancers performed in front of computer screens instead of in the Bryce Jordan Center this year, their goal remained the same.
UPDATE | Blair Co., PA (WJAC) — Authorities say at least two people were injured Tuesday afternoon when a Coca-Cola truck collided with a horse and buggy in North Woodbury Township.
Officials say the crash occurred just before 3 p.m. in the area of Cove Mountain Road and Auction Road, near Martinsburg.
911 officials say the horse was also injured in the crash and authorities have not yet confirmed the extent of its injuries.
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Calling all Maxxinistas! T.J. Maxx in Richland Township reopened its’ doors Thursday morning.
Hundreds of shoppers were anxiously awaiting to return to their favorite stores like Ross and T.J. Maxx.
“It kind of gives you that sense of normalcy that you can go out and get out of the house after being stuck there for so long. Deals have been good. The lines haven’t’ been too terribly long.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa (WJAC) — Penn State announced Wednesday that it will begin issuing refunds to students for room and board costs, as well as for unused meal plan dollars, according to a release on the university's website.
University officials say any students who did not return to campus for the remote-learning period will have their refunds processed during the first week of April, and refunds for those students who left campus after the remote-learning period will be processed beginning on April 13.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes’ stuff was as electric as advertised.
A fastball that reached at least 100 mph 17 times. A slider that left major leaguers shaking their heads. An invention called a “splinker” that is a hybrid of a splitter and a sinker and dips and dives unlike any pitch anywhere in baseball.
Yet even at age 21, the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie knows all the “oohs” and “ahs” and knee buckles a ball that at times seems to explode out of his right hand can produce won’t matter if he can’t control it.