Four years ago, nurses and other medical professionals were working on the frontlines of the Coronavirus pandemic.
This – taking a toll on many – resulting in extreme nurse shortages across the country.
According to a report by the United States Chamber of Commerce there is still a present nursing shortage, but Cambria County nurses 6 News spoke with say it has improved immensely.
“It was a huge strain," said Kris O'Shea, Chief Nursing Officer with Conemaugh Medical Center as she reflected on the Covid-19 pandemic.
LANSFORD,CARBON COUNTY(WOLF) — Authorities in Lansford were called to No.9 Coal Mine earlier this morning.
A man broke into the mine and refused to come out, stating he was armed.
Officials tell us the man spent more than 12 hours in the coal tourist attraction.
Authorities tell FOX56 the suspect David Eisenhauer from Carbon County broke into the coal mine around 4am Thursday Morning. Workers noticed signs of a break-in, and smoke coming from the mine.
CLOVIS, Calif. (KMPH) — What started as two shoplifting arrests at a Target in California has cracked open what police are calling an international counterfeit ring.
The Clovis Police Department said a worker at the store in called the department's organized retail crime task force unit, saying people were stealing.
Police said they found a man, 18-year-old Vasile Stoian, and a teenage girl in the parking lot Friday night and caught them with several different counterfeit Apple products.
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A Cambria County man charged in the "violent" slaying of a missing Altoona man last spring appeared in court Monday morning.
Austin Kline was charged with homicide and abuse of a corpse in the death of Richard Morgan.
Investigators say Morgan was found "shot and bludgeoned" at Kline’s home in South Fork in May of last year.
Police say Kline reportedly hired Morgan to help him with some work and later confessed to killing him.
Clearfield Co., PA (WJAC) — Authorities say a Clearfield County man was convicted last week after standing trial for his role in a 2021 fatal overdose of a 36-year-old woman.
Officials say Trevor Bloom was found guilty on most of the charges he faced, including drug delivery resulting in death, possession with the intent to deliver and reckless endangerment. He was, however, found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter, according to District Attorney Ryan Sayers.
Johnstown, Pa — The deadline for residents of Johnstown's Prospect Community to move out came and went this past weekend.
With the community now mostly vacant Channel 6 continues to look into low-income housing struggles within the city of Johnstown.
6 News spoke with State Representative Frank Burns about the relocation of the Prospect Community as well as low-income housing struggles around Johnstown overall and some of the numbers may surprise you.
Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — Installation of the mural honoring Johnstown native Steve Ditko began this week.
Ditko helped create Marvel comic characters like Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.
The 49-foot wide and 28-foot-high mural is being placed on the side of the Stone Bridge Brewing Company along Washington Street downtown.
Those involved say the project has been more than two years in the making and will be the only Marvel-approved piece of public art in the entire world.
HARRISBURG (AP) — The Pennsylvania Turnpike now takes plastic.
Philly.com reports the turnpike is now accepting credit cards at toll booths across the state.
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission spokesman Carl DeFebo says toll collectors began receiving card readers last month.
DeFebo says cash and E-ZPass are still the preferred methods of payment, but with fewer people today carrying cash, this gives drivers another option.
DeFebo calls it "a backup" if you get to the toll booth and don't have any cash.
UNDATED (WKRC) - A TikToker claimed an Airbnb host charged her around $924 for using the pool table, the television and other things around the property.
According to The Daily Dot, a video was posted to TikTok on May 8, in which a woman, identified by the outlet as Joanna Anderson, is heard negotiating with her Airbnb host. “So I’m here at this nice Airbnb, but it’s not so nice, because there’s notes everywhere,” Joanna Anderson says in the video, which eventually went viral and has been viewed over 11 million times.