University Park, PA (WJAC) — With Penn State football opening its season this Saturday night at Beaver Stadium, fans will once again be asked to get familiar with the blue and clear plastic bags that have become a fixture outside of the stadium. Outside Beaver Stadium, dozens of recycling stations are already in place with the same policy for fans and trash. Blue bags for cans and bottles, clear bags for everything else.

Two Cambria County parents are facing charges after authorities allegedly found their children living in deplorable conditions. On Thursday police responded to Joseph Williams’ and Amanda Stephens’ Grant Street home in South Fork after a report of garbage overflowing into the street. According to a probable-cause affidavit, the home was littered with garbage, used diapers and other waste. According to the affidavit, first responders had to wear hazmat suits and use air tanks to safely enter the home.

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EBENSBURG, Pa. (WJAC) — Central Cambria School District has some renovations coming to its facilities soon. The Central Cambria school board voted to begin multiple construction projects, including a new athletic field and upgrades to its existing football stadium and track. According to district officials, the project is estimated to cost almost $20 million. “When you look at the lighting project, the maintenance building construction, the upgrades of the athletic fields, new installation of athletic fields, we are looking at (a) bond issue and (a) also cash payment for the project price,” said school board President Dennis Simmers.

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — In Cambria County, representatives from several area organizations met Monday to announce the sponsorship for this year's Slavic Festival. Members of the Johnstown Area Heritage Association and the festival's committee revealed that the Polacek family will be the official major sponsor of the annual event. “I thought it was only appropriate to be a major sponsor, take it to the next level and not just make it a great heritage festival for Johnstown, but make it a great heritage festival for the whole world to see,” said Bill Polacek.

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (WJAC) — Nicholas Kubera, and Jonah Neuman, two former Penn State fraternity brothers, sentenced Monday in Centre County court for their roles in the death of fraternity pledge, Timothy Piazza. Kubera and Nueman were both ordered to spend two months on house arrest, followed by seven months in an intermediate punishment program but neither was given any jail time. They were members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, where police say a 2017 hazing event for pledges led to Piazza's death.

SOMERSET, Pa. — It looks like a hospital. In one room, a group of men are getting dialysis treatment. In a hallway adorned by picturesque murals of woods and animals, people scurry from room to room treating patients who need hospice-style care. That’s what it looks like in one wing of SCI Laurel Highlands, a state prison in Somerset County that houses far more inmates who need medical attention than any other state prison in Pennsylvania.

WINGATE/CENTRE COUNTY, Pa — Matt Knepp, a senior wrestler at Bald Eagle Area High School, recently received a $185,000 scholarship from the Marine Corps to go to college. He has been accepted into the NROTC program at Penn State, and he is still in disbelief that he has been given such a prestigious opportunity. “I never thought it was going to happen and now it’s for real, so it’s just kind of.

Indiana County, PA (WJAC) — 2nd UPDATE | Court documents are unveiling new details about how an Indiana County man was killed last month after being kidnapped by a group of eight individuals. The seven adult co-defendants had their charges upgraded Tuesday to include criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault following their respective preliminary hearings. Amended criminal affidavits say that the co-defendants witnessed 21-year-old Isaac Buchkoski striking and stomping on 19-year-old Hayden Garreffa prior to his death.

Somerset Co., PA (WJAC) — Jennerstown Speedway in Somerset County is planning to celebrate it's victory in the NASCAR/Advance Auto Parts "Advance My Track" Challenge this weekend. Track officials say a full slate of racing is scheduled for Saturday night to celebrate the speedway complex winning the $50,000 grand prize earlier this year. Jennerstown Speedway officials say they plan to use the grand prize money to build an ADA-accessible restroom.