JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Police say a Johnstown man struck a woman Wednesday with a baseball bat because she refused to get him a cheeseburger. Police say the incident happened at a home on the 600 block of Bedford Street. According to a criminal complaint, 26-year-old Michael Felton was arguing with the woman and when she refused to get him one, he got a bat and struck her over the head with it.

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WJAC) — Police arrested a man they said forced his way into a woman's hotel room and repeatedly raped her for 6 1/2 hours. According to Logan Township police, 51-year-old Kevin Thompkins assaulted the victim sexually and physically at a Motel 6 along Sterling Street from 11 p.m. Friday until 5:30 a.m. Saturday. In a criminal complaint, the victim told police she and Thompkins had been on-and-off friends for about a year.

As talks of banning books in school districts have become more popular across the country, Pennsylvania is at the top of the issue. According to PEN America, a nonprofit organization that works to defend and celebrate free expression in the United States, Pennsylvania ranks #6 with a total of 27 instances of book bans between July and December of 2022 – Ranking third in the nation just prior to that.

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Contract negotiations between the country's largest locomotive manufacturer and its striking union workers continued in Erie on Thursday, nearly two months after some 1,400 people walked off the job. Brenton Davis, the Republican elected Erie County executive, said this week he was concerned Wabtec may be considering a plant closure and outsourcing of its operations. Scott Slawson, president of Local 506 of the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, said a potential plant closure was not discussed during talks Thursday he described as productive.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- A Johnstown plastic surgeon pleaded guilty Friday to two felony counts of Medicaid and insurance fraud. Dr. Daniel R. Nevarre was sentenced to six to 23 months of house arrest, followed by three years of probation. “When people commit Medicaid fraud, they’re stealing tax dollars from people who are in real need of health care services,” Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. Nevarre was the owner and operator of Plastic Surgical Associates of Johnstown until its sale in May 2017.