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BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — The Hollidaysburg-based Sideline Cancer basketball team has donated over $300,000 to pancreatic cancer research, given over $10,000 to patients directly, and were The Basketball Tournament runners up in 2020. The latest thing they're adding to their resume -- doesn't have to do with basketball or cancer -- it's helping to save someone from a war-torn country. Here's how it happened. Back in 2020, Sideline Cancer competed for a chance to win $1,000,000 in TBT Tournament on ESPN.

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RICHLAND TOWNSHIP - The Hogue's Fun Factory is opening its doors this weekend inside the Galleria. The play place is located on the second level of the mall next to Sears. "We were looking for a place for customers to bring their kids to a safe place to play," said Chris Hogue, co-owner of Hogue's Fun Factory. There are two parts to the new facility - a 20-game arcade and bounce houses in the back room.

ALTOONA - Several cemeteries in Altoona rely on volunteers to maintain its grounds. But it appears there's not enough help to keep them maintained. A portion of the Oak Ridge Cemetery is well kept. But further up the hill, the weeds are almost as tall as the headstones. The names on the headstones are strangers to Matthew Lindsey. He doesn't have any loved ones buried at Oak Ridge. But after driving past the area again and again, he had to do something about the tall grass.

WASHINGTON (TND) — A billionaire reportedly donated $10,000 to a GoFundMe account that was set up for a teenage girl from Missouri who is in critical condition after another girl repeatedly slammed her head into the ground. The New York Post noted Bill Ackman made the contribution to the GoFundMe for 16-year-old Kaylee Gain. The media outlet said it confirmed the donation with a spokesperson for Pershing Square Capital Management, L.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa (WJAC) — Choices Clinical Counseling in Johnstown celebrated the opening of its new location on Bedford Street Thursday morning. The facility provides outpatient counseling services to those with depression, anxiety, trauma and other mental health challenges. Because of the pandemic, staff says almost 90% of counseling sessions are being held through Zoom video calls. ncG1vNJzZmivmpawtcKNnKamZ56axLR7y6iamqRfo7K4ecKorKerlaG2r7OMnKOippmYerC8xKeqZqGeYrewtM2sq6ivng%3D%3D

University Park, PA (WJAC) — The Penn State Model Railroad Club had a display set up Thursday at the Hub on the University Park campus. The student club has been at Penn State since 1955 but has been without a permanent home for the past five years. Officials say renovations at Pennypacker Hall forced the club out, and they're currently working with the university to find a permanent place to show their trail models.

Centre Co., PA (WJAC) — There's a difference between private schools and parochial schools in Pennsylvania and the State College School District is citing that difference as a major factor in asking that a federal lawsuit against the district be dismissed. In July, two sets of parents joined the Religious Rights Foundation of Pennsylvania in a federal suit against the State College School District, claiming the district unfairly discriminates against home school and parochial students, specifically in not allowing them to participate in school district extracurricular activities.

WEST READING, Pa. (AP) — A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says her arm caught fire as flames engulfed the building — and then she fell through the floor into a vat of liquid chocolate. READ MORE |"Appears to involve natural gas pipeline," NTSB investigating chocolate factory explosion The dark liquid extinguished her blazing arm, but Patricia Borges wound up breaking her collarbone and both of her heels.