BROOKLYN, NY -- History repeated itself for the Red Flash softball team on Friday. For the second season in a row, a Saint Francis hitter knocked in a game-changing grand slam against a semifinal opponent. Last year, Sierra McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) performed the feat against Sacred Heart. This season, Kassidy Troxell (Navarre, Ohio/Perry) clipped the Blackbirds' wings to power SFU to a 5-3 triumph. RECAP Saint Francis earned a base runner to start the game when Cheyenne McKee (DuBois, Pa.

CAMERON COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — State police in Cameron County say an Emporium man is facing charges, accused of repeatedly raping a teenage girl, decades ago. According to the affidavit, troopers were contacted in January to investigate allegations of sexual assault at a home along Rich Valley Road, in Shippen Township. Police say the victim alleged that between August 1997 and March of 2000, she was repeatedly assaulted by Richard Bennett, now age 77.

JOHNSTOWN – For the second time in four months, two men have been arrested on drug charges after law enforcement officials raided a home at 165 Croyle Street. Anthony Sassano, regional director of the state Attorney General's Office Bureau of Narcotics Investigation, said Perry Black, 45, and Dijuan Johnson, 21, are in jail after being charged early Tuesday morning. Sassano said officials purchased crack cocaine from Black Monday night and executed a search warrant Tuesday.

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ALTOONA, Pa (WJAC) — Axe throwing has quickly become one of the most popular new indoor sports and now residents in the Altoona area can try it out. Thursday was the grand opening for Slingers Throw House in Altoona. The mayor and other local officials attended the ribbon-cutting. Each lane features two wooden targets and the goal is to get that axe to stick. The owner says it’s a fun way to let off some steam.

Bucks County, Pennsylvania (WCAU) — On Monday night, a school district in Bucks County, Pennsylvania voted 5 to 4 to provide separate bathroom facilities to enable students to use facilities for the gender they identify with. Many people in the audience were upset by the vote as there was an overwhelming amount of people who spoke publicly who want the policy to stay, but now that will change. Under the new policy, transgender students will be allowed to use a bathroom of the gender they identify with.

Clearfield Co., PA (WJAC) — Officials in Clearfield County say a woman was injured Wednesday afternoon after she reportedly fell and her hair became caught in a sawblade at a local wood-working business. Authorities say the incident occurred at Appalachian Wood Products Inc., located in Clearfield. First responders told our crew on scene that the woman was transported from the scene, via ambulance. Her condition is unknown at this time.

Altoona, PA (WJAC) — The staff at the Baker Mansion is preparing to host its annual “Haunted Mansion" candlelight tours where visitors will hear “real perceptions” of what people say they have experienced inside the mansion. The mansion hasn’t had a family reside in it since 1914, so these tales have lingered in the halls for over a century. The tours will be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., on October 14th and 15th, and then again on the 21st and 22nd.

Harrisburg, PA — In the coming days and weeks, exotic travelers will be pouring into Pennsylvania, bringing some joy with them amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pennsylvania Game Commission says Ruby-throated hummingbirds typically arrive in the sate right around May 1, but in early springs such as this year's, there are usually some early arrivals. One of PA's surest signs that spring is upon us, the Game Commission says that hummingbirds create no harm to the state's ecological system and are welcomed guests.

BUTLER, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania judge is deliberating over a challenge to a criminal charge brought against a woman who authorities said overdosed while pregnant. Thirty-year-old Kasey Dischman was charged with aggravated assault on an unborn child. Authorities said her child was delivered by emergency C-section following the June 23 overdose and sustained lasting injuries. Public defender Joseph Smith argued Tuesday in Butler County that state law bars prosecutors from charging a pregnant woman with aggravated assault of her own unborn child.