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Author tells students to stick with their dreams

It takes a lot of practice and persistence, but if students find what they love to do they can achieve their dreams, said author Bruce Hale during a visit to Juniata Gap Elementary School on Monday. Hale, of Santa Barbara, Calif., is on a tour of the district’s elementary schools this week ...

Logan Township officer to train in tactical medicine

The Logan Township supervisors recently allocated $600 so a police officer can undergo training in “tactical medicine.” Department officers can already provide first aid — cardiopulmonary resuscitation, stoppage of bleeding and the like — but the newly authorized training, coupled with ...

Judge OKs experts in stabbing case

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County judge on Monday has approved the hiring of a mitigation specialist and a neuropsychologist for an Altoona man accused almost a year ago in the brutal stabbing death of his neighbor. Raymond Thomas Oechsle Jr., 52, facing first-degree murder and related charges ...

Ashville council president remembered for selflessness

The Ashville community is mourning the loss of its borough council president, Nicole “Nicky” DeAngelis, 38, who died Saturday at home surrounded by her loving family. She had cancer, her family said. Nicole loved to crochet, go camping with her family and attend Penn State football games ...

Logan solicitor authorized to draft solar ordinance

The Logan Township supervisors recently authorized the township solicitor to draft a comprehensive solar ordinance that would allow commercial solar farms on land zoned agricultural — as recommended by the township Planning Commission a few weeks ago — as well as industrial ground. The ...