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Area Man Found Not Guilty of Rape Charges in Indiana County
INDIANA CO., Pa. (EYT) — An Oil City man was found not guilty of rape and related charges stemming from an alleged incident in Indiana County in February 2023. Court records show 27-year-old Zechariah Edward-Robert Lemke, of Oil City, was found not guilty of the following criminal charges during a non-jury trial on Tuesday, May 7, with President Judge Thomas M. Bianco presiding:
Look Back: A quarrel between 2 Jackson Township farmers
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. There was intense animosity between Jackson Township farmers James Williams and William Chapman in 1895. The two men had a yearslong feud over a dirt road between their farms near Mud Pond and the village of Muhlenburg, which came to a conclusion with a fatal shooting.
Pennsylvania juveniles pleaded guilty after ‘thrill killing’ of 10 deer
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission, Southwest Region, announced multiple juveniles have pleaded guilty to illegally killing 10 deer last fall. In the fall of 2023, the State Game Warden received information regarding the possible “thrill killing” of multiple illegal deer in the Dysart area of Cambria County. Reports showed that multiple […]
Crash injures at least two in Johnstown
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WTAJ) — A car accident in Johnstown has sent at least two people to the hospital, according to Cambria County 911. While details are limited, we know the accident happened around 4:07 p.m. on Johns Street near the bottom of the Incline Plane. Cambria County 911 said two people were taken to Conemaugh […]
Coroner IDs victim of Hornerstown house fire
Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — Cambria County coroner Jeff Lees has identified the victim of the early morning fatal house fire in the Hornerstown section of Johnstown. Lees says 32-year-old Alexander Perring suffered thermal and inhalation injuries in the blaze. Investigators say the fire broke out at the home, located...
Update: Weather alert for fog in part of Pennsylvania until Saturday morning
An updated report was issued from the National Weather Service on Saturday at 4:51 a.m. for fog until 8 a.m. for Westmoreland Ridges, Fayette Ridges and Higher Elevations of Indiana as well as Mercer, Venango, Forest, Lawrence, Butler, Clarion, Beaver, Allegheny, Armstrong, Washington, Greene, Westmoreland, Fayette and Indiana counties. "Areas...
Cambria County Firemen’s Club receives grant for building repairs
EBENSBURG, Pa (WTAJ) — The Brownstown Volunteer Firemen’s Club has received a state grant for much-needed foundation and roof repairs. State Rep. Frank Burns (D-Cambria) announced Friday that $50,000 is heading to the club that needed to repair its building. “They contacted our office for help to repair their building,” Burns said, “And we got […]
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