CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Family members of 54-year-old Denise Williams of Johnstown describe her as outgoing, loving, and caring.
"There was never a dull moment with her. You knew when she was around. She made everybody laugh," said her sister, Kim Banda.
Denise was stabbed to death last April during a Facebook marketplace transaction when she was attempting to purchase a refrigerator.
Her convicted killer, Joshua Gorgone, will now be spending the rest of his life in prison.
Cambria County controller Ed Cernic Jr. said about $70,000 went to five county employees at the end of last year.
The people are getting the stipends in large part because of the additional work they did after former chief clerk Michael Gelles died in April last year. The county is still without a chief clerk.
Officials said the employees role in implementing a new software system.
Cernic said he is the one that proposed the idea to the commissioners and when the salary board, made of the commissioners and the controller, voted on the stipends at the last commissioners meeting of 2023, the stipends passed with a 3-1 vote.
Officials in Clearfield County say they were able to make the needed improvements to keep the operating license for their Children, Youth, and Family Services (CYFS) for at least the next six months. Commissioner Dave Glass says they haven’t been able to fix every problem yet, but the state says they are on the ‘right trajectory.’
On Monday, the Department of Human Services sent out a release saying they revoked the license for Blair County Children, Youth, and Families (BCCYF) due to multiple violations, including a large backlog of reports.
BEDFORD COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — The man charged for his role in a deadly Bedford County crash that claimed the life of a teenager has reportedly pleaded guilty to multiple summary offenses in the case and has been ordered to pay an $850 fine.
Last March, police charged Jeffrey Miles Jr., of State College, following an investigation into a fatal, head-on collision near the intersection of Route 220 and Cumberland Road in Bedford Township in February of 2022.
Huntingdon Co., PA (WJAC) — State police in Huntingdon County say an 83-year-old man is facing several felonies, accused of attempting to burn down a woman's home Monday morning with her still inside it.
According to a criminal complaint, Gary Harbst, of Huntingdon, faces numerous charges including attempted homicide, arson, aggravated assault and risking catastrophe.
Troopers say just before 8 a.m. Monday, Harbst reportedly drove his UTV from his residence along John Bum Road to the victim's home, located along the 7300 block of Fosters Road in Union Township.