UPDATE:CLEARFIELD CO, Pa (WJAC) — State police have released additional details about missing Clearfield County man Gerard Joseph Flango Jr., who was last seen nearly three weeks ago.
Authorities say Flango is a 48-year-old white male, who was last seen on surveillance video at the Family Dollar store, along the 1100 block of Old Town Road in Clearfield, on May 16th.
Troopers say the video shows Flango wearing a camo ball cap, black T-shirt and blue jeans.
ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC) — In a time when themes of remerging, resurging and returning to normal are in the forefront, what emerged just over 100 years ago in Blair County set a new normal in train travel: The K4 locomotive.
“They were used on mainline passenger services,” explained Andrew Brumbaugh with the Railroaders Museum. “If you were going to travel on the Pennsylvania railroad, odds are your train was pulled by a K4 engine.
SAINT MARYS, Pa. (WJAC) — At least two people were seriously injured in a crash involving a Fed Ex truck in St. Marys Monday afternoon, according to Elk County officials.
Officials say the crash happened just before 2 p.m. on the 300 block of Route 120.
They say a Fed Ex truck and passenger vehicle collided, damaging several vehicles that were parked nearby.
According to Elk County emergency officials, the Fed Ex driver was injured along with the passenger of the other vehicle.
STONYCREEK TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WJAC) — State police in Somerset County are investigating a fatal accident that happened Saturday morning.
According to a release, 21-year-old Alex Fitchett died after falling off an all-terrain vehicle on Boone Road near Huckleberry Highway.
Police said while Fitchett was driving, he hit a large puddle and fell off the ATV. Officials said Fitchett died from his injuries after falling off the vehicle.
State police and the Somerset County coroner are investigating.
(WJAC) — "When we walk in, you basically cross your fingers and hope that you don't come into contact with somebody that has it."
That's what John Eckenrode, President of the Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association, says about working in a state prison during the pandemic.
He's fighting for 11,000 of their corrections officers in the PSCOA to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
"We've been trying to get prioritized. We've been trying to get into the 1A Phase going on two and a half months now.