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RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WJAC) — A school in Cambria County is raising money to build a special needs playground for the community to use. Officials at Pressley Ridge Day School Johnstown say there's no other playground to meet the needs of many kids in the area and they want to change that. It’s going to be custom built on the grounds of the Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center. Because of its special features, it could cost $200,000.

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — There is an update on the ongoing legal battle in the wake of the 2017 hazing death of former Penn State student Timothy Piazza. While most of those originally charged have wrapped up their court cases, two defendants are still awaiting trial and prosecutors now say their pre-trial arguments should be "denied" by a judge. Timothy Piazza died a few days after attending a fraternity pledge event at Penn State's Beta Theta Pi fraternity in 2017.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal jury was alternately introduced to Bob Menendez as a bribe-taking U.S. senator who betrayed his country and an American patriot Wednesday as a prosecutor and defense lawyer delivered contrasting visions of the once-powerful Democrat at the start of his New York corruption trial. Central to the openings from both the government and the senator's advocate in Manhattan federal court was Nadine Menendez, a woman he began dating in early 2018 before marrying her two years later and moving into her Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home.

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) — A woman claiming to be the wife of a suspended police officer in Maryland is speaking out after a viral video showed the uniformed officer embracing another woman in the parking lot of a park. In the video of Prince George’s County Officer Francesco Marlett, which now has millions of views, children can be heard playing in the background. After an embrace, Officer Marlett and the woman climb into the back seat of the marked police car anddisappear behind heavily tinted windows.

BLAIR COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — The founders of Families United for Change were out Friday morning placing black ribbons along Allegheny Street in Hollidaysburg, at the Circle of Hope, in Tuckahoe Park, in Altoona, and downtown Altoona. The purpose of the black bows is to raise awareness for drug addiction and to honor those that have been lost to the disease. They also have a tag containing facts about Narcan, and how community members can go about obtaining this life saving drug.

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DUBOIS — Former Pittsburgh Steelers player Jon Kolb made a visit to DuBois. He served as the grand marshall for the Community Days Firemen's Parade, on June 15. Kolb played offensive lineman for the Steelers from 1969 to 1981. He helped Pittsburgh win four Super Bowl titles. WJAC-TV spoke with Kolb. He gave his thoughts on the current state of the Steelers. Watch the video above to see his comments.

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (WJAC) — In March of 1993, just north of Bellefonte along Route 550 near Interstate 80, police found the body of a 17-year-old runaway from Maine. The man convicted of her murder, a truck driver, has been in state prison ever since. But now a state court ruling may bring him back for a new trial in Centre County. The victim was Dawn Birnbaum, and her body was discovered in a snow drift along a highway on ramp for the Bellefonte Exit of I-99.