By: Heather Lang/KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — These little leprechauns will warm your heart this St. Patrick’s Day. The nurses and staff of the Regional Intensive Care Nursery at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center are dressing up the newborns in green today. (Source: Conemaugh Health System/Facebook) The babies are getting green shamrock onesies that say “My First St. Pat’s” and pot of gold name tags. Shamrock decorations and green garland decorate the nursery. Check out all the photos here ..read more

By: KDKA-TV News Staff JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (KDKA) – State police are searing for a missing 1-year-old girl believed to be in danger. According to police, Cardaya Clinton was last seen with 31-year-old Cardell Clinton on Pine Street in Johnston on Tuesday afternoon. Missing Endangered Person Advisory pic.twitter.com/CMjy0NRbmU — PA State Police (@PAStatePolice) March 1, 2022 Police said Cardaya may be at risk of harm, and they issued a Missing Endangered Person Advisory. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the Johnstown City Police Department at 814-539-5889 ..read more

By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A woman from the Johnstown area is charged with a felony, accused of faking a cancer diagnosis. Police say 39-year-old Brandi Hammers did not have Stage 3 stomach cancer despite raising thousands of dollars through fundraisers to supposedly help with her medical bills. She is charged with theft by deception ..read more

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania coroner said Wednesday that three siblings found dead at a home near Johnstown two months ago all died from COVID-19. Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees said he drew that conclusion after autopsies, toxicology tests, and microbiology examinations. “They were positive for COVID-19, the lungs were heavy and congested,” Lees told The Associated Press. “That’s what that was based on.” The two men and a woman found in different locations on the property had died about five days before they were found in late October, he said. Ruth Kinsey, 68, was on the ki ..read more

By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two teenagers who were allegedly planning a school shooting have been taken into custody by police. Police in Johnstown say they were alerted to a security breach at Westmont Hilltop Junior/Senior High and arrested one of the boys who had been expelled. According to police, a search of one of the suspects’ home turned up at least five high-powered rifles and several other guns. (Photo Credit: KDKA) Police say the two were in the planning stages of a school shooting ..read more

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An electrical malfunction sparked a fire that killed a child and a teenager last month in western Pennsylvania, authorities said. Cambria County Coroner Jeffrey Lees said Tuesday that DNA analysis was used to identify the bodies of 8-year-old Zyvre Gaines and 15-year-old Nakiya Success following the Sept. 29 fire in the Moxham section of Johnstown. Both died of toxic smoke and gas inhalation, and the teenager had fourth-degree burns, Lees said. Their deaths were ruled accidental. A May 30th fire in the same Johnstown neighborhood killed a 4-year-old girl and her 5-year-ol ..read more

By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Johnstown man wanted for criminal homicide in the death of a man whose body was found by a highway maintenance worker has been apprehended in North Carolina. State police announced Monday that 28-year-old Dionte Jones was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service in Fayetteville, North Carolina and placed in the Hoke County Jail. He is awaiting extradition. Police say Jones was charged with one count of criminal homicide in the death of Dashawn Green, whose body was found by the highway maintenance worker on Jan. 21 in Indiana County. Police s ..read more

By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Butler County-based contracting company pleaded guilty to violating an Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulation that resulted in the death of an employee. Investigators say an employee from Insight Pipe Contracting, which is based in Harmony, was installing a pipe-liner at a site in Johnstown when something went wrong. A piece of equipment touched some overhead power lines, electrifying a machine. An employee had his hand on the door handle and was electrocuted. He died at the scene. Insight Pipe Contracting was fined $20,000 and wil ..read more

By: KDKA-TV News Staff JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (KDKA) – According to a report from WTAJ, five people were arrested on Thursday morning following a raid. Federal agents arrested and charged five people with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Federal court documents showed that one of the suspects, Timothy Mollett, was believed to be a distributor for the organization in the Pittsburgh area. He was convicted in September 2019, for felony drug offenses and was sentenced to 60 months of probation. Along with Mollett, agents also arrested and charged Mikal Davis, Jame ..read more

By: KDKA-TV News Staff JOHNSTOWN (KDKA) — Police based out of Johnstown are asking for the public’s help finding a woman who has been missing since April. Jackson Township Police say that 33-year-old Elizabeth Brown was last seen in Johnstown but has ties to the Pittsburgh region. (Photo Credit: Jackson Township Police Department) She is described as having brown hair, hazel eyes and being 5’8 in height. She also has a tattoo of a star on her foot and a butterfly on her back. Police added that the photo provided is an older one and that Brown is now known to not have any teeth. If you know a ..read more