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Woman charged following investigation into 'extreme cat hoarding' in Cambria Co.

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CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Authorities say charges have been filed against a Cambria County woman accused of hoarding nearly 60 cats. On March 11th, 58 cats were removed from 67-year-old Karen Turgeon’s Krayn Road home in Adams Township. Police say the cats were found locked in a small bedroom and were covered in urine and feces. Police say that almost all of the cats were also severely matted and required veterinary care. Read More...

Country singer Tom T. Hall dies; wrote 'Harper Valley PTA'

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and sang about life’s simple joys as country music’s consummate blue collar bard, has died. He was 85. His son, Dean Hall, confirmed the musician's death on Friday at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. Hall, known as “The Storyteller” for his unadorned yet incisive lyrics, composed hundreds of songs. Along with such contemporaries as Kris Kristofferson, John Hartford and Mickey Newbury, Hall helped usher in a literary era of country music in the early ’70s, with songs that were political, like “Watergate Blues” and “The Monkey That Became President,” deeply personal like “The Year Clayton Delaney Died,” and philosophical like “(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine. Read More...

DelGrosso's Amusement Park unveils new water park

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TIPTON - Grab your inner tube and get ready to make a splash - a Laguna Splash. DelGrosso's Amusement Park in Blair County showed off the newest addition to its family-friendly amusement park Tuesday, a $12.5-million water park. Construction took 15 months to complete. It is the largest expansion project in the park's 69-year history. "It is so exciting. You can just feel it from everybody with the energy level. We are just so excited and we want to turn the weather around and have 90 days of 80 degrees and sunny," Read More...