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LORETTO, Pa. (WJAC) — One private school in Cambria County is holding a unique fundraiser next month. Students are putting the skills they've learned in the classroom to the test, while also testing the problem-solving skills of their community. Eighth-grader Haley Gray picked up test tubes Wednesday night, not for a science experiment, but a fundraiser for St. Michael School in Loretto. Nine students are going through the process of creating, designing and implementing an escape room in their school.

SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Wednesday afternoon at Ideal Market, Johnstown native Karen purchased something other than just groceries. "I donated three cases of water for the hurricane folks, because I used to live in Florida, so I know what it's like," she told 6 News. The donations are being taken by volunteers from 3C's Church in Central City, home of the Machine Gun Preacher. The items will soon be delivered to Florida to help the victims devastated by the impacts of Hurricane Ian.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Officials say a grocery store in Pennsylvania has become the first supermarket since Prohibition to sell wine in the state. A Giant Eagle store in suburban Pittsburgh began selling wine Friday. Only state-owned liquor stores or kiosks had been allowed to sell wine since the nationwide constitutional ban on alcohol that lasted from 1920 to 1933. Under a new law, customers can buy up to 3 liters of wine to go from businesses that hold restaurant or hotel liquor licenses.

DENVER, Colo. — There are certain assumptions people often make about diesels. They’re dirty. They get good fuel economy. They’re loud. The dirty part is no longer true thanks to stringent emissions standards in the United States. You can’t bring a diesel here that’s dirty, and if you cheat on your emissions testing, well, then you have Volkswagen. The fuel economy part definitely rings true – even in a pickup truck like the Ford F-150, which is estimated to get 30 mpg on the highway in the 4X2 configuration.

MINGO COUNTY, W. Va. (WCHS) — UPDATED: 11:00 p.m. 6/2/23 Emergency dispatchers reportlaw enforcement officers have apprehended a man connected to a deadly shooting that unfolded Friday in the Beech Creek area of Mingo County in West Virginia. Timothy Kennedy, 29, was arrested late Friday, according to Mingo County dispatchers. State Police were met with gunfire Friday afternoon after responding to a shooting complaint. The shootout resulted in the death of Sgt.

BOSTON (TND) — A 19-year-old woman from London who was found with 70 pounds of marijuana at an airport in Boston was arrested on drug trafficking charges, according to prosecutors. District Attorney Kevin Hayden on Tuesday said Fareedat Folunsho was held on $1,500 bail. He said she also had to surrender her passport. In a news release, Hayden said U.S. Customs and Border agents seized the marijuana Sunday night at Logan Airport before Folunsho's scheduled flight to the United Kingdom.

Clearfield Co., PA (WJAC) — Authorities with the Sandy Township Police Department have filed charges against a DuBois woman following an investigation into a two-vehicle crash that took place last September. According to the affidavit, police were dispatched to the crash, in the area of Mountain Run Road and Route 255, on Sept. 2nd. Investigators say the driver of a 2005 Jeep Cherokee and the driver and passenger of a 2012 Ford F-150 all suffered injuries in the crash.

HUNTINGDON - The Huntingdon County commissioners have fired EMA Director John Cirko. According to Huntingdon County Chief Clerk Michelle Barnett, Cirko was terminated Tuesday at the commissioner's meeting. She said she was unable to discuss the reasoning behind the termination. Cirko has been the EMA director for the county since 2015. Barnett said that Chris Stevens is the acting director and that the position is posted on the county's website.