PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring Friday in Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania, the scene of the country’s largest and best known Groundhog Day celebration in the United States.
The annual event is a tongue-in-cheek ritual in which Phil’s handlers, members of a club with roots in the late 19th century, reveal whether the groundhog has seen his shadow.
Just after sunrise Friday, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club announced Phil did not see his shadow, which will usher in early springlike weather.
ALTOONA -- Many Altoona residents are without power Sunday night due to a widespread power outage.
Blair County Non-emergency says callers began reporting problems around 6:30 p.m.
According to an Altoona Firefighters Facebook page, there was an underground explosion inside a vault on 15th Street, causing the outages. Penelec is on scene trying to restore power.
There is no estimated restoration time.
Altoona Police are asking people to avoid downtown if possible while the problem is resolved.
BELLEFONTE, Pa (WJAC) — Suzanne's Fine Cuts in Bellefonte opened its doors at 9 a.m. Friday morning, and was one of many hair salons that re-opened now that Centre County has moved into the Green phase.
Customers can get on a waiting list and wait outside, or wait inside, while following social distancing guidelines.
"We have sanitizer, disinfecting wipes and Lysol. We are trying to do all we can do, and our customers have masks, we’re doing whatever it takes,” said salon owner Suzanne Krebs.
BLAIR CO, Pa (WJAC) — A Tyrone man is facing a slew of charges related to gun and drug possession after police say they found him passed out in a vehicle at the Sheetz along Pleasant Valley Boulevard.
Logan Township Police say officers were dispatched to the Sheetz location around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday after receiving reports of a man passed out in a van near the air pump station.
The release states that officers approached the vehicle and found the driver, identified as 42-year-old Justin LeFevre, asleep at the wheel.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Model Janice Dickinson is telling a jury that Bill Cosby raped her after giving her a pill he claimed would help her with menstrual cramps.
Dickinson is the fourth accuser to take the witness stand at Cosby's sex assault retrial in suburban Philadelphia. She told jurors Thursday she was "rendered motionless" by the pill as Cosby got on top of her in his Lake Tahoe, California, hotel room.