Altoona city fire engineer Neil Deyarmin trains on a hazardous materials leak simulator on Tuesday in preparation for the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy’s certification test to be held Friday. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Spring Cove School Board member resigns
ROARING SPRING — The Spring Cove School Board, during Monday night’s meeting, discussed the resignation of member Kevin Smith, who…
Altoona to pay $7.7M toward employee pension funds
Altoona must pay a total of about $7.7 million toward its three employee pension funds for next year, according to…
Altoona residents question City Council after racist post
Several attendees at a City Council meeting Monday praised city officials for their quick termination last month of a code…
Students explore career options at Cambria County college fair
JOHNSTOWN — With graduation on the horizon, about 600 high school and college students considered different careers at the 24th…
Donor pledges another $500K to Penn Cambria School District
CRESSON — The Penn Cambria School District is one step closer to making its proposed stadium revitalization initiative a reality…
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Coaches know Lions’ run game needs to get better
Following are the highlights of Penn State’s Tuesday press conference featuring head coach Matt…
PSU
Coaches know Lions’ run game needs to get better
Following are the highlights of Penn State’s Tuesday press conference featuring head coach Matt…
Area Life
On the level
Shea Fleck of Butler Restoration, Altoona, removes brick pavers under the Devorris Pavilion at…
Local Business
Ticker
Stocks slip after oil, bond market up pressure The U.S. stock market slipped as oil prices and the bond market cranked up the pressure on Wall Street. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.8%. They felt pressure as the yield on the…
Federal Reserve expected to raise benchmark rate
Congress not rushing AI regulation
Trump calls data center concerns a ‘conspiracy’
Editorials
New train service needs local support
“Amtrak sets debut for second train” was the headline atop the Mirror’s Aug. 25 edition. However, there is much more to the story than that headline was able to communicate, and that includes the message that appeared beneath the headline: “Added Pennsylvanian route scheduled to start in November.” That “much more to the story”…
Norfolk Southern issues far from resolved
Frankstown case a lesson for others
Flock uses, safety require more debate
Public Records
Divorces
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the prothonotary’s offices at area county courthouses. Blair County BECKER –– Terry; Tory, both of Altoona. Married July 24, 2009. KIDD –– Matthew S., Hollidaysburg; Jessica K., Sproul. Married June 1, 2009. McGARVEY –– Dirk, Van Cleave, Mich.; Brooke, Tyrone. Married Dec. 4, 2013. IGOU ––…
Marriage licenses
Deeds — Sept. 12-13
Bankruptcies — Sept. 12-13
Obituaries
Linda Lou (Hileman) Brubaker
Linda Lou (Hileman) Brubaker, 80, Williamsburg, died Sunday. Born in Altoona to the late Harry and Zelma Hileman, Linda was preceded in death by two brothers. Surviving are her husband, Richard; children: Kathy Sollenberger, Kimberly Straesser, Kevin, Brian and Shawn Brubaker; her grandchildren; and siblings: Janet, Barbara, Judy, Kenneth, John and Jeffery. Visitation is…