Wilmore Fire 11:38 pm
Several crews from Cambria County responded to a building fire at the Little Chef’s Diner in Wilmore Sunday afternoon, according to dispatchers.
911 officials say crews were dispatched to the restaurant, located along Portage Street, around 1 p.m.
The restaurant owner confirmed that a propane leak is what started the fire and that the restaurant is a total loss.
Dispatchers said no one was transported with any injuries.
Somerset County Fatal Logging Accident 11:37 pm
According to Cambria County coroner Jeff Lees, a Somerset man suffered fatal injuries Saturday after being crushed by a tree in a logging accident.
Lees identified the victim as 54-year-old Joel Friedline.
Lees says Friedline was cutting trees on a family farm, located along Walnutdale Road in Jenner Township, around 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon, when a large tree, approximately 100 feet tall and 18 inches in diameter, fell and landed on him.
Lees says Friedline was flown to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center where he later died in the emergency room, at approximately 5:30 p.m.
Lees has ruled his cause of death as crushing injuries as a result of blunt force trauma, and his death has been determined to be accidental.
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Mike Tedesco, Vision Together 2025 president and CEO, is shown in a March 12, 2021, photo.. By Thomas Slusser
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Mike Tedesco, president and CEO of Vision Together 2025, said there is a creative element in the way American Rescue Plan money can be spent that does not usually exist in federal funding programs.
No guidelines are official yet.
But the U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued an interim final rule regarding the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan designed by President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats in response to the pandemic that disrupted the economy on a historic level and led to the deaths of more than 625,000 United States residents to date.
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The auction to sell the Holiday Inn Johnstown-Downtown has been rescheduled.
Bidding was set to take place next week from Monday to Wednesday, but the process will now be held in a few weeks for the property at 250 Market St. that is owned by Pasquerilla Enterprises. No firm date has been announced.
âGiven summer travel, the delay in receiving third-party reports and financing options, several likely buyers have asked for additional time to tour the property, so we are extending the auction until September to accommodate their schedules,â said Mark Pasquerilla, CEO of Pasquerilla Enterprises.
âSeveral strong buyers requested extra time, and we want to make sure that the best possible buyers are able to participate in this process. To accommodate them and their schedules, we are electing to delay the auction until September. As always, we are strongly committed to serving our customers at the Holiday Inn (Johnstown-Downtown) and promoting tourism