PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thieves may not have been counting on finding a mountain of change when they broke into a truck filled with $750,000 in dimes, but they still made off with a chunk of the cargo and left coins scattered around a Philadelphia parking lot, authorities said.
Authorities say the thieves apparently fled with at least $100,000. It’s not yet known how they carted off the mounds of dimes.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Central Ohio plastic surgeon Katharine Grawe appeared before the Ohio State Medical Board on Monday, defending herself against accusations that she failed to appropriately treat some of her patients.
Better known as Dr. Roxy on TikTok and other social media platforms, Grawe had her license suspended in November 2022, and several lawsuits had been filed against her.
WSYX was inside the hearing room Monday as Grawe's attorney and the State Medical Board gave opening statements.
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ALTOONA, Pa (WJAC) — Officials with the Salvation Army in Altoona say they are trying to cut down on the number of people in the building and are limiting access.
Capt. Larry Fulmer says the food pantry will be open Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Fulmer says anyone needing food in Blair County should call the office ahead of time and set up an appointment.
Fulmer adds that he is expecting an even greater need than normal.
Altoona, PA (WJAC) — The staff at the Baker Mansion is preparing to host its annual “Haunted Mansion" candlelight tours where visitors will hear “real perceptions” of what people say they have experienced inside the mansion.
The mansion hasn’t had a family reside in it since 1914, so these tales have lingered in the halls for over a century.
The tours will be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., on October 14th and 15th, and then again on the 21st and 22nd.
MACON, Ga. (WGXA) -- The Girl Scouts organization just announced it will be adding new badges related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM. Local Middle Georgia troops are already getting their head start. The girls of Troop 60008 are learning the basics of coding. "I really do like coding because what coding is you get to control a character or person to do things that you want them to do like walk or interact with different items,"
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Monday kicked off firearn deer hunting season, and with it each year a half-million meals will be given to those in need, thanks to hunters. Since 1991, a nonprofit charity, Hunters Sharing the Harvest, has donated more than 1 million pounds of venison throughout Pennsylvania.
Donations for the 2017-2018 hunting season were record breaking, with 3,337 deer being donated, which provided 667,400 meals.
"To be able to contribute their harvest, that's a pretty good honest thing,"
DUBOIS, Pa (WJAC) — The federal case against former DuBois city manager Herm Suplizio has been delayed another month.
Suplizio’s legal troubles began a year ago with his arrest on state charges for fraud and theft of public monies. Those were later withdrawn so the federal cases could play out.
Pre-trial motions were due this week, but Suplizio’s defense team asked for a third extension.
In court documents, his team says, “the government provided voluminous discovery to the defendant.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- A Johnstown man has been charged in three robberies that happened in April.
Corey Jackson, 48, is facing three counts of robbery, two counts of theft and two counts of receiving stolen property.
Johnstown police were investigating three robberies that happened April 13 at Pizza Deli Six Pack, Martins General Store and Carpenters Store.
According to an affidavit, police went to Pizza Deli Six Pack the night of April 13 and were told by an employee that a man came into the store and asked for two slices of pizza, and when the employee turned his back the man, later identified as Jackson, grabbed the cash register and fled the store.
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Workers at the first Apple Store to unionize have now also authorized a first strike against the tech giant’s retail operations.
Apple Store workers in Towson, Maryland, voted late Saturday to authorize a strike, according to a statement from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ Coalition of Organized Retail Employees, which represents the workers.
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