CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Employees who work in healthcare are the heart and soul of every long-term care facility.
But at the Cambria Care Center in Ebensburg -- and many other facilities across the nation -- leaders say they don't have enough staff.
"Honestly the staffing crisis in long term care, and it is a crisis, has become all-consuming."
Administrator Bob Bagdon says this is the worst staffing crisis he's seen at a nursing home in his 30 years of experience. Read More...
PITTSBURGH -- A Pittsburgh-area volunteer fire chief has lost his post after using a racial slur to describe Steelers coach Mike Tomlin.
Paul Smith of the Muse fire company in Cecil Township wrote on Facebook that he added Tomlin to a list of “no-good” people he describes with the slur. Smith says he was upset that Tomlin had instructed his team to stay in a stadium tunnel instead of standing on the field for the national anthem ahead of Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears. Read More...
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. — A Cambria County man is behind bars after robbing a local convenience store at gunpoint last month, police said.
According to a criminal complaint, police were called for a reported robbery with a weapon at the 7-Eleven on Fairfield Avenue in Johnstown on July 12.
Police said they were advised that a male had walked into the store, displayed a firearm, removed approximately $55 from the cash register and took a pack of cigars before fleeing the store towards J Street. Read More...