Together in prayer
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Paul Walk of Hollidaysburg (above) prays during the Blair County National Day of Prayer at American Legion Park in Hollidaysburg on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
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Jury: South Fork man guilty on all charges in Altoona landscaper’s killing
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EBENSBURG -- After about an hour of deliberations, a Cambria County jury of five men and seven women on Friday found Austin Louis Kline, 25, guilty on all charges related to what prosecutors said was a gruesome killing in May 2023. Kline was found guilty of criminal homicide, aggravated ...
Oeschle found guilty of prison assaults
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HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Altoona man charged in the April 2023 stabbing death of 38-year-old Christopher Helsel was convicted Thursday on all 13 counts against him in a separate case for stabbing two fellow inmates at the Blair County Prison in October 2023. Raymond Thomas Oechsle Jr., 54, was ...
US stocks fall as oil prices yo-yo
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NEW YORK — U.S. stocks fell from their records Thursday after oil prices yo-yoed as Wall Street waits to see whether its hopes for a deal to end the Iran war are warranted or just wishful. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil settled at $100.06, down 1.2%, and continued its decline from ...
Suspect interviews focus of testimony in homicide trial for South Fork man
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EBENSBURG — The trial of a South Fork man accused of killing an Altoona landscaper in 2023 entered its second day Thursday as a state police trooper testified about the interviews conducted with the suspected killer. Austin L. Kline, now 25, is facing charges of criminal homicide, aggravated ...
Logan Township mourns loss of longtime supervisor Metzgar
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About five years ago, after a meeting of the Logan Township supervisors, Chairman Jim Patterson and Supervisor Joe Metzgar went to Texas Hot Dogs. Metzgar didn’t have any cash with him, so Patterson paid the bill and told his colleague that next time, it would be his turn, Patterson said in ...