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Woman ‘stabbed to death by Facebook Marketplace seller after row over price of his fridge Updated: Apr 8 2021, 7:52 ET A WOMAN was allegedly stabbed to death by a Facebook Marketplace seller after a row over the price of his fridge. Denise Williams, 54, was found dead inside 26-year-old Joshua Gorgone’s apartment after heading there to check out a refrigerator she hoped to buy for her boyfriend as a gift. 2 2 Authorities say 26-year-old Joshua Gorgone was arrested Tuesday and has been charged with criminal homicideCredit: Cambria County Prison During a press conference held on Wednesday m...

Homicide in Geistown Borough 6:31 pm Police say a suspect is in custody after a woman was found dead with multiple stab wounds inside a Geistown Borough apartment Tuesday. Cambria County District Attorney Greg Neugebauer tells us that police have taken Joshua Gorgone into custody after an hours-long search Tuesday. Authorities say the investigation began early Tuesday morning when a call came in for a welfare check on 54-year-old Denise Williams at the 800 block of Old Scalp Ave. Investigators say they were able to track the Williams’ phone to her car which was parked outside...

Hospitals prepare for a post-holiday surge of COVID-19 cases, deaths Updated Dec 31, 2020; Facebook Share Pennsylvania’s hospitals are at a crossroads: Coronavirus cases are leveling off yet a surge in demand for intensive care unit beds has not. And the worst, many believe, is yet to come. “Christmas was only five days ago,” said Jeff Jahre, senior vice president for medical affairs of the St. Luke’s University Health Network. “We know we have New Years’ coming up. Despite all the warnings and everything else, we do know most of the cases we’re seeing right now aren’t due to...

For the region and the nation itself, COVID-19 has impacted 2020 in almost every way. Pennsylvania recorded its first case in March, and area residents have spent the nine months since preparing for and reacting to the virus – and now more than ever, living or dying with it. In between, Cambria and Somerset County residents and businesses have, in most cases, had to adapt to ever-changing health and safety guidelines as cases have spiked, slowed and then spiked again in Pennsylvania. In what has become a nationwide trend, it has kept many in the a high percentage of the region’s wor...

Johnstown Hospital Gets Temporary Morgue 10:25 pm County officials say they hope they don’t need to use a portable morgue that was placed outside Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center last week. They say they want to make it very clear the morgue has not been put to use yet, but it is out of an abundance of precaution because of the alarming rise in COVID -19 related deaths that the county has seen. Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees held a press conference Tuesday morning where he confirmed there have been 243 COVID-19 related deaths in Cambria County. Lees says 171 of those death...