NTSB has been investigating the natural gas-fueled explosion at R.M. Palmer Co. Factory that ended 7 people's lives last March in West Reading, PA. According to NTSB's latest findings, natural gas was linking from a DuPont Aldyl A service tee that was installed in 1982. UGI exposed and retired the service line that was connected to this tee in 2021 when they relocated the natural gas meter from the basement to the outside of Building 2, where the explosion would later occur.

HUNTINGDON, Pa. - An inmate is back in custody after he walked off of work detail Friday, police said. According to police, the inmate was on work detail on state Route 26 near the Walmart when he walked off around 12:30 p.m. Department of Corrections identified the inmate as 26-year-old John Adam Bertolette. Police said Bertolette stole a vehicle from a nearby housing development and tried to escape. Troopers began a search and spotted, then stopped the vehicle just south of Marklesburg Borough.

Centre Co., PA (WJAC) — Penn State admitting a financial shortfall in the university budget as now they are implementing a hiring freeze through at least next summer. As Centre County's largest employer, the university has a huge impact on the county's, and the larger region's, economy. The hiring freeze, one of several steps Penn State says it’s now taking due to an operating budget deficit nearing two-hundred-million-dollars. “It’s always a concern when you see local institutions talk about freezing hiring.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky Derby look isn’t complete without headwear. Hats or fascinators for women. Hats for men, and not only traditional ones. People create their own statement pieces involving the Twin Spires, horses and even the starting gate at Churchill Downs, which is celebrating the 150th running of the famous race this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky. The Derby was created by Meriweather Lewis Clark Jr., who wanted to bring the class and elegance of European racing to America.

What is a gob? To some of people, a gob is a sweet treat, but to Solomon Run Ladies Auxiliary member Linda Haynes, it’s a legacy. “As far as doing gobs, it's been what, 30 years? It's been at least over 30 years,” Haynes said. Haynes has been coming to the Solomon Run Station every Monday for the past 17 years to make some of Johnstown’s award-winning gobs. “Every couple of weeks, we sell $2,000 to $3,000 in gobs that we sell,” Haynes said.