WASHINGTON (7News) — A small zip-lock bag filled with a substance that field tested positive as cocaine was found inside a heavily trafficked area of the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Headquarters, according to a statement from the agency. Officials said they are looking to find out why the one-inch by one-inch bag was found in a second-floor hallway at around 1 p.m. Wednesday. USCP said they will perform DNA and other forms of testing on the baggie.
GRAMPIAN - A Clearfield County destination that's millions of years old is adding something new.
The Bilger's Rocks Association has plans to remodel one of its cabins into a visitor center.
Bilger's Rocks is geological sandstone formations nestled in the woods outside of Grampain.
"These rocks are over 325 million years of age and they have a mysterious type of environment for people to come and explore," said association member Terry O'Connor.
WASHINGTON (TND) — The House voted to pass a bill providing a broader definition of antisemitism in discrimination cases on Wednesday. The vote taking place as college protests have crippled campuses nationwide.
The proposal, which passed 320-91 with some bipartisan support, would codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’sdefinition of antisemitism in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal anti-discrimination law that bars discrimination based on shared ancestry, ethnic characteristics or national origin.
NBA shot-blocking king and Utah Jazz legend Mark Eaton has died. He was 64.
ESPN reported that Eaton died as a result of a bicycle crash.
The 7-foot-4 center twice won the NBA defensive player of the year award. He spent his entire career with the Jazz, led the league in blocks per game four times and his average of 5.6 per contest in 1984-85 remains the highest average since the NBA started officially tracking that statistic.
Cambria County, PA — Conemaugh Health leaders say work repairing structural issues at the Ebandjieff Clinic in Nanty Glo is underway, and they hope to have it finished later this year.
Conemaugh vice president of operations, Tony Campagna, says he saw a lot of people at a town hall meeting on Tuesday, in Nanty Glo. Locals say it was put together to discuss what would happen to the Conemaugh Ebandjieff clinic in town.
Cambria County senior citizens came together for a one stop event for health and well-being.
State Representative Frank Burns hosted his annual senior fair Friday at Bottle Works in Johnstown.
More than 30 vendors were there providing information on various services and state-related programs, including healthcare, tax and rent rebates as well as unclaimed property.
Burns said, “A lot of what’s on their minds is getting their REAL IDs, through our office, and getting the state department to help them with various issues.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Only three out of 100 Americans donate blood, yet every two seconds someone needs it, and for a patient in the hospital needing blood, it's everything.
“We do this effort every year, I never imagined that I would need so many units of blood to keep me alive,” said WJAC’s News director Jim Platzer.
WJAC Donor Day has new meaning for our news director this year -- Platzer looks healthy, but he's living with a chronic disease.
WJAC — Local leaders say the impacts of the solar eclipse April 8th, reach both nationally and locally, including in schools. “We felt mostly a safety issue, to allow students, staff, and bus drivers to get off the road, during the solar eclipse.” says Bald Eagle Area School District superintendent, Curt Whitesel.
Select school faculty at the Altoona Area School District say they are surprised that other districts are dismissing early; considering the fact that the eclipse will happen after most schools in our area let out.
SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — State police in Somerset County say a Hooversville man is behind bars following an investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl.
Police say in February, troopers were contacted to investigate reports of sexual abuse at a residence along Maple Avenue, in Hooversville Borough.
Investigators say the victim, a 13-year-old girl, told troopers that she was staying at the home of a relative and was repeatedly assaulted by the relative's boyfriend, identified as 27-year-old Travis Taresco.
JOHNSONBURG, Pa (WJAC) — The Johnsonburg Community Center is reopening Monday.
Volunteers are cleaning and sanitizing the entire Elk County facility in preparation for the reopening.
All of the facility's amenities will be available, except for the indoor swimming pool.
The community center has been a Johnsonburg staple for 100 years.
One volunteer explained what the center means to him.
"I think this is the heart of their soul. This is about the only thing they have left in this town that they can use.