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Coudersport man killed in Antis Township crash

A Coudersport man was killed in a one-vehicle accident early Wednesday morning in Antis Township. According to state police, Travis Marsh, 39, was a passenger in a 2024 Jeep Compass when the vehicle went off Tipton Road about 3:45 a.m. and struck a tree. Police said the 33-year-old male driver of the Jeep failed to negotiate a left curve while traveling east, went off the right shoulder and struck the tree. Marsh was a passenger on the right side of the back seat, the report states. The driver of the Jeep and a front-seat passenger, both from Austin, Pa., were transported to UPMC ...

Law enforcement leaders ponder fate of skill games

With a mid-October time frame in mind, law enforcement leaders in Pennsylvania are pondering the fate of an estimated 70,000 so-called “skill games” that the state’s highest court has found to be illegal gambling machines. Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement issued Wednesday they will be “prepared to act” when the Oct. 13 effective date of the Supreme Court decision arrives, and the agency is still developing its enforcement plans in conjunction with local law enforcement. Meanwhile, Berks County District Attorney John Adams — who last month said he could either ...

Blair County Prison inmate seeks to join class action suit

An Altoona man awaiting trial on multiple burglary charges has filed a petition with the U.S. District Court in Johnstown complaining about conditions in the Blair County Prison. Asher Trainer, 31, has been an inmate in the 157-year-old facility since last Nov. 25 after he was arrested as part of a burglary ring that allegedly operated in Blair and Cambria counties as well as Maryland and West Virginia. Trainer late last week filed a petition in the Federal Court seeking to join a class action lawsuit that was filed by another inmate last October. Since the class action was filed ...

Logan Township Planning Commission OKs new Chipotle building

Members of the Logan Township Planning Commission unanimously approved a subdivision plan with a modification and a land development plan for the upcoming Park Hills Plaza Chipotle Mexican Grill on Tuesday evening. Owen England, director of business development at Quattro Development, ...

Happy glamping: State parks roll out luxury camping programs

KIDDER TOWNSHIP — It’s the height of summer at Hickory Run State Park’s family campground, where cicadas hum, birds sing, and the heat and humidity persist even in the shade. But when campers unzip a canvas door and step inside one of the park’s new tents, the soft thrum of an air ...