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Mother sentenced to 22 years after giving birth, putting baby in a trash bag in 2018

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — A 27-year-old woman was sentenced to prison for the death of her newborn daughter on Wednesday, according to the Eleventh Circuit Solicitor's Office. Brennan H. Geller was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the death of her newborn Kimberly Faith Taylor. Chief Administrative Judge Walton J. McLeod, IV, sentenced Geller following her guilty plea to homicide by child abuse. Geller is not eligible for parole under South Carolina law.

Windber Community Building overcomes fire, Winter Wine Fest & fitness classes still held

SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — After a municipal building in Somerset County was damaged by a fire last month, their employees want the public to know that they're back "open for business." The Windber Community Building is home to fitness classes, sporting events, and community traditions. But since a kitchen fire caused extensive damage in parts of the building, many community members think those things aren't happening anymore. Crews are now cleaning up -- and everything is "

Woman pleads guilty to causing death by sitting on boyfriend

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — An approximately 300-pound woman has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder for killing her nearly 120-pound boyfriend by beating him with a table leg and sitting on him, rendering him unable to breathe. Authorities say 44-year-old former home health aide Windi C. Thomas entered the plea in Erie County court on Monday, agreeing to a recommended sentence of 18 to 36 years. Defense attorney Mark Del Duca says Thomas passed out on top of 44-year-old Keeno Butler as a result of drinking.

5 things to know about Memorial Day, including its evolution and controversies

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it's come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers. But for people such as Manuel Castañeda Jr., the day is very personal. He lost his father, a U.S. Marine who served in Vietnam, in an accident in 1966 in California while his father was training other Marines.

700-pound bear taken in 5th best bear harvest ever in Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, PA — Its that time of the year... the 2021 Pennsylvania bear hunters report was released from the Pennsylvania Game Commission. A 722-pound male taken with a shotgun on Dec. 4, in Letterkenny Township in Franklin County, by Wade Glessner, of Shippensburg, was the biggest bear taken last year.. The PA Game Commission says the heaviest bear ever taken in Pennsylvania was an 875-pounder harvested in 2010 in Middle Smithfield Township, Pike County.