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NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Colin, bassist and founding member of the American pop-rock band Train, best known for their early-aughts hits like “Drops of Jupiter" and “Meet Virginia,” has died. He was 58. Colin’s sister Carolyn Stephens confirmed her brother's death to The Associated Press Wednesday. He died after slipping and falling in the shower while house-sitting for a friend in Brussels, Belgium, celebrity website TMZ.com reported. Colin grew up in California and Virginia and attended Berklee College of Music in Boston.

CARBONDALE, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) — UPDATE 12/8/2023: The 5-year-old child has passed away from his injuries, police said. Read the update here. ----- ORIGINAL A man is accused of beating a five-year-old child, who suffered a traumatic brain injury, according to police. On Dec. 2, EMS received a call for a report in Carbondale of a five-year-old male having difficulty breathing. The child was taken to the hospital for treatment, and police were contacted.

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (WJAC) — An abandoned building in Hollidaysburg that used to be a church will receive a makeover. A company with the building's revitalization project received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Commonwealth to give new life to the downtown. This building has gone by many names over the years. But folks simply call it the "Green Church" because of its defining, green bricks. The Green Church has seen far better days.

QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man drowned after rescuing two children who got into trouble while swimming at an eastern Pennsylvania state park, authorities said. The Bucks County coroner's office said Marvin Alexan Fernandez Chicas, 37, "disappeared in the water" after rescuing the children who were swimming at Nockamixon State Park on Thursday evening. The coroner's office said Friday that the cause of his death had been confirmed as drowning following an autopsy and the manner of death appeared to be accidental.

After a mild start to the week, our weather is changing quite a bit for the end of the week. A mix of snow, sleet, rain and freezing rain will overspread the area from south to north Friday morning. The morning commute should be fine in most areas but travel conditions will go downhill as the morning wears on with mixed precipitation arriving into Elk and Cameron counties by early afternoon.

PITTSBURGH -- The NFL finalized and released its 2019 schedule on Wednesday night just after 8:00 P.M. Below is an overview of what to look forward to this year for the Pittsburgh Steelers, as well as the complete game by game schedule courtesy of the Steelers PR department: ncG1vNJzZmivmpawtcKNnKamZ6OlvLPA0milmqyZpLuiuIysp6iqpKh8tMDEnqOeqqNiv6a4xJqqnmViZX56edKcn56cpaGy

INDIANA, Pa. (WJAC) — According to a press release from Pennsylvania State Police, a student at the Homer-Center School District is facing charges after bringing an unloaded Airsoft BB gun to school Friday morning. Troopers say they responded to a report by the school district administration that a 13-year-old student was found in possession of an unloaded Airsoft pistol with an orange tip. A subsequent investigation revealed the student had concealed the Airsoft BB gun in his backpack and shown it to at least one other student at school, troopers said.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KOKH) — The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) said an 11-year-old boy caught an exotic Pacu in a neighborhood pond. A Pacu is a South American fish closely related to the Piranha but with human-like teeth, experts said. Pacu is an exotic, invasive species that can damage local ecosystems. "Do not release your pets," the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation urged in a social media post. "

Centre Co., PA (WJAC) — In Centre County, an emergency court order has been issued in a dispute between two well-known healthcare providers. The ongoing legal dispute is between Highmark Inc. and Geisinger Health, specifically Geisinger’s Healthplex State College outpatient surgery center, formerly known as Geisinger Grays Woods. Highmark claims Geisinger broke an agreement between the two with a note sent last month from a Geisinger executive saying Geisinger Healthplex State College would be "