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'Back & better than ever:' Baker's Loaf to reopen 4 months after fire damaged basement

Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — A popular Johnstown business is preparing to reopen, four months after heavy smoke and flames damaged the building's basement. The owner of Baker's Loaf is calling Monday her “Christmas morning," saying it has been a stressful past few months, but she is thrilled to be opening up her business again. August's electrical fire left owner Maigin Boring no choice but to temporarily close the business she has owned since 2015.

Community looks to help Cambria Co. fire department buy new truck

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — A community in Johnstown is coming together to help its local fire department after an unfortunate event. In January, West Hills Regional Fire Department's ladder truck caught on fire, leaving the fire station without a critical piece of equipment. It's been almost three months since the event and West Hills Fire Department’s fire chief Robert Tauber says they’re still not sure how much money the insurance will reimburse the department for a new truck that’s expected to cost between $900,000 to a million dollars.

Fast-food restaurants 'fighting' over fewer, price-weary customers

(TND) — Americans are tightening their belts at mealtime. Inflation-weary consumers are cutting back to save money on food, and that’s not lost on the companies. “Consumers continue to be even more discriminating with every dollar that they spend as they faced elevated prices in their day-to-day spending, which is putting pressure on the (fast-food) industry,” McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said during an earnings call last week. McDonald’s quarterly U.S. comparable sales were up 2.

Reitz Theatre receives $300,000 grant to make improvements

DuBois, PA — The Reitz Theater was the only building to survive the Downtown DuBois fire in the late 1880s. Since then, Culture Resources Incorporated purchased the building and started the Reitz Theater back in the 1990s. Recently they were awarded $300,000 from the Department of Economic Development for this theater. "They gave us an additional $300,000 on our own we had raised about $140,000 so we're using all those funds together to do some improvements on the building and also to build our addition,"

Richland Township police make arrest in armed robbery

RICHLAND TOWNSHIP – Richland Township police have made an arrest in Tuesday night’s armed robbery at the Honey Bear Mini Mart convenience store at 3100 Elton Road. Police said they arrested Zach Nagel, of Windber, after getting a tip on Facebook. Police said Nagel was armed with a gun and got away with an undisclosed amount of money around 7 p.m. Nagel also told the clerk "he would blow his head off.