Allegheny County, PA — The last coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County is no more. The smokestacks at the former Cheswick power plant came down Friday morning. The scheduled implosion of the two chimneys took place about a year after the plant officially closed. The two chimneys, one 552 feet tall and the other 750 feet tall, fell into the old coal yard to the north of the property.

Major League Baseball announced Wednesday that it is extending the draft league through the year 2030. The league was created in 2021 following the MLB's realignment, which eliminated 40 teams from being minor league affiliates. Locally, the State College Spikes were among those teams that were no longer affiliated with a major league club. “We are excited that the MLB Draft League will continue to offer opportunities for up-and-coming players through 2030,” said Scott Walker, Spikes President & General Manager.

Blair Co., PA (WJAC) — 911 officials in Blair County say no one was hurt after a car slammed into a local salon Monday morning. According to dispatchers, crews were called to the Tame Your Mane hair salon, in East Freedom, around 9:30 a.m. for a reported crash. Authorities say despite there being people inside the salon at the time of the incident, no injuries were reported. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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EBENSBURG — Cambria County will spend more than $77,000 on an X-ray scanner for the county prison, in the wake of two incidents earlier this year in which two female inmates overdosed inside the prison. The scanner, which the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection didn't allow inside prisons until recently, will help keep contraband including drugs and weapons out of the prison, said Cambria County Prison Warden Christian Smith. "I don't think you'll find any jail that will say they can keep 100 percent of the contraband out of their facility,"

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — It is a big election year and already there are fears of more voting related lawsuits and legal challenges, like the one that's resulted from Centre County's primary election last month. For taxpayers, that also means more legal bills. Is the primary election, mail-in ballot lawsuit filed in Centre County a preview, in this presidential election year, of what’s to come? “I believe we were sued 17 different times in 2020.

HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- An inmate at SCI Smithfield is suing two top Pennsylvania Department of Corrections officials and is asking for criminal charges to be filed after he was forced to relinquish his three pairs of Timberland boots. Robert Fennell has filed a lawsuit against Eastern Region Deputy Secretary Michael Wenerowicz and SCI Smithfield Superintendent Eric Tice after three pairs of Timberland boots were confiscated and he was not reimbursed following the DOC mandate on hard-sole boots.

Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — Organizers of the annual Thunder in the Valley Motorcycle Rally in Johnstown announced that volunteers are still needed for this year's event. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Thunder in the Valley, which will take place from June 22-25. Officials say volunteers are needed to operate the information booths, as well as to scan IDs throughout the weekend. In February, organizers announced that famous rock bands Buckcherry and Warrant would be among this year's headlining performers.

LANSING, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) — A woman accused of putting her deceased infant into an outdoor toilet at an Upper Peninsula campground in 1997 will stand trial, a judge ruled. On Friday, 92nd District Court Judge Beth Gibson issued an order for Nancy Gerwatowski, 60, to stand trial on the following charges: One count of open murderOne count of involuntary manslaughterOne count of concealing the death of an individualIn June 1997, the remains of a deceased infant were found inside of an outdoor toilet at the Garnet Lake Campground in Hudson Township.

UPDATE |CLAYSBURG, Pa. (WJAC) – — Fire crews from multiple area counties are continuing to battle a massive blaze at a Blair County lumberyard. Officials say the fire initially broke out around 10:30 p.m. Monday at the US Lumber facility, located along Ward Drive, in Claysburg. Blair County emergency officials say a state police fire marshal has since been called to the scene. Fire officials say the initial blaze prompted a 4-alarm response with flames and heavy smoke "