BELLEFONTE, Pa. (WJAC) — Another former Penn State fraternity member is allowed to serve his punishment at home. Former Beta Theta Pi member Luke Visser was resentenced Wednesday to 45 days of home confinement and six months of probation instead of serving a maximum six months in jail. Judge Brian Marshall resentenced two other former Beta Theta Pi members last month to the same terms. Visser pleaded guilty to hazing charges surrounding the 2017 death of Timothy Piazza.

ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC) — According to Altoona Area School District officials, another student at the Penn Lincoln Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19. In a letter penned to parents/guardians, Superintendent Dr. Charles Prijatelj said the district was notified by a parent on at the end of the school day on Friday, Oct. 2. Prijatelj said the Pennsylvania Department of Health was contacted immediately. According to district officials, the student’s class remained home Monday, Oct.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge has barred enforcement of an executive order signed by Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney last week banning guns and deadly weapons from the city’s indoor and outdoor recreation spaces, including parks, basketball courts and pools. Common Pleas Judge Joshua Roberts on Monday ordered Philadelphia “permanently enjoined” from enforcing the order after a legal challenge, citing Pennsylvania state law that prohibits any city or county from passing gun-control measures, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

An event teaching individuals life-saving skills is taking place in Somerset County Saturday. The Minutes Matter event will teach life-saving skills to individuals of all ages, which include hands-only CPR, Stop the Bleed, how to help someone in a mental health crisis, as well as overdose awareness and prevention, where people will be taught how to use Narcan, among others. Narcan will also be given away to individuals who wish to have some.

WASHINGTON (TND) — The five people aboard Oceangate's Titan submersible hoping to see the sunken wreckage from the Titanic likely knew they were going to die one minute before the submersible "popped like a balloon," a submarine expert says. José Luis Martín, a submarine expert from Spain, says the submersible likely had an electrical failure that caused it to sink rapidly with its porthole facing down. Martin says the five people inside would have been piled on top of each other, in total darkness, as the sub fell for the next 48 to 71 seconds.

ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC) — UPDATE #4: Police say an Altoona man fatally stabbed his mother in the neck during an argument. Altoona police provided new details Thursday surrounding the murder of 61-year-old Maureen Mazenko. Police say they were called to the 200 block of E. Maple Avenue where they found Mazenko dead in the living room of the residence. Police say Joshua Leyo lived there with his mother. They say they learned Leyo was seen at the UPMC Altoona Hospital Emergency Room Tuesday morning and was treated for a hand laceration.

BEDFORD – Arrest warrants were served Tuesday on nine accused drug dealers during an early-morning raid in Bedford County. The Bedford County Drug Task Force, as well as the Pennsylvania State Police, conducted the raid beginning at 7 a.m. The defendants were arraigned throughout the morning at the office of Magisterial District Judge Kathy Calhoun. “Operation April Showers” culminated a 12-month drug task force investigation into local drug-trafficking operations that began at the conclusion of “Operation Shamrock Shackles” in March 2016, during which 21 suspected drug dealers were apprehended.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — As we approach its 135th anniversary, we continue to look back on the events leading up to the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. Lake Conemaugh continued to swell for hours after the rain stopped, due to the runoff from the nearby rivers and mountains. When the massive wall of water and debris reached Johnstown, it killed indiscriminately, claiming the lives of over 2,200 men, women and children and destroying an entire city.

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Pittsburgh, Pa (WJAC) — UPMC is reporting a massive data breach that likely affected more than 36,000 patients, according to a press release. Officials say the data breach was reported to them by Charles J. Hilton & Associates, who provides billing-related legal services to the health system, whose email system was reportedly hacked. An investigation reportedly revealed that some thousands of patients may have had their personal data, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, or bank or financial account numbers, accessed by the hackers.