WJAC — “The pharmacy has always been the lifeline of our communities." says Pharmacist, Jackie Martella, after local pharmacy chain “Mainline Pharmacy” announced it’s closing most of its stores. She and others say they are feeling the impacts.
"It’s heartbreaking to see pharmacies close down in our communities. With the recent closure of the mainline chain, it’s sad.” Martella says. She says pharmacies are essential to the healthcare system, and says local based businesses like Mainline Pharmacy and Martella's Pharmacy have an advantage to learning about their customers on a personal level.
Pittsburgh, Pa (AP) — The third man sought in the death of an infant who was struck by a stray bullet that went into his family's apartment during a shootout on a Pittsburgh street has turned himself in to authorities. Devon Thompson, surrendered Tuesday. The 37-year-old McKees Rocks man faces charges of criminal homicide, criminal attempted homicide, aggravated assault and a weapons count, and it wasn't known Wednesday if he's retained an attorney.
Cambria Co., PA (WJAC) — During a press conference Monday morning, officials in Cambria County released the names of the victims of last month's fatal plane crash near Ebensburg.
Authorities say DNA testing positively identified the two men as Mark LaMantia, 54, of Ebensburg and Donald Cox, 54, of Nanty Glo.
Investigators say the two men suffered blunt force trauma injuries in the crash and were "killed instantly."
“I promised their loved ones they’d get them back and they have,"
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight and on Tuesday — pummeling the same area where strikes triggered a deadly fire days earlier in a camp for displaced Palestinians — according to witnesses, emergency workers and hospital officials.
The tent camp inferno has drawn widespread international outrage, including from some of Israel’s closest allies, over the military’s expanding offensive into Rafah.
PITTSBURGH (WJAC) — According to a recent "10Best" poll from USA Today, Kennywood Park's "Phantom's Revenge" has been voted the second best roller coaster in the country.
The Phantom's Revenge includes a 230-foot drop, and a top speed of 85 mph, as it passes "frighteningly" close to its another Kennywood icon: the Thunderbolt.
Phantom's Revenge finished second in the online voting to the "Mako," located at SeaWorld Orlando, but Kennywood boasted online that the runner-up finish was still a "