EBENSBURG — Officials decided during Monday’s Ebensburg Borough Council meeting to extend the implementation of the borough’s new parking rates and fines to Jan. 1 after lengthy discussion about what effects changing the borough’s parking ordinance would have on its residents and ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Operation Our Town awarded more than $80,000 to 21 local programs during a press conference Tuesday. The awards were presented to the winners of the 2026 Prevention Grant cycle. “Prevention takes many forms. Each of these programs are an example of what prevention looks like — not just reacting to problems, but investing in people before they start,” said Shawna Hoover, the nonprofit’s executive director. The R.O.C.K. The R.O.C.K. (Reaching Out to Community Kids) at Second Avenue received $10,350 — the most funding awarded from this year’s grant cycle. ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County jury heard testimony from a number of witnesses Tuesday during the first day of trial for the city man accused of providing the drugs that led to the overdose death of 40-year-old Christy Clifford in April 2025. Danny Lee Caldwell Jr., 38, is facing single ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The defense and prosecution in the case of the city man charged with third-degree murder told a Blair County judge Tuesday morning that they are working to obtain additional surveillance footage of the alleged bar fight that left another man dead in January. Corey Lexus ...
State Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambria, who worked to bring the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to Cambria County five years ago, praised Dolly Parton as a champion of child literacy who left a legacy of educating children to achieve their dreams. “Dolly Parton touched the lives of many children — and many right here in Cambria County,” Burns said. “She had a vision to foster a love of reading in all children and she made it happen. Like her, I’ve always believed that reading is a gateway skill that makes all other learning possible, which is why I wanted to help bring the Dolly ...
Antis Township, Excelsior Fire Department No. 1 of Bellwood and the Altoona Water Authority are working together to install eight new fire hydrants in the township. Five hydrants have been installed so far: along Spruce, Kingdom and Reed streets in Tipton and on Grandview Road near Reightown Road and on Becker Road at the top of a hill where an authority water line crosses, according to township Manager Doug Brown. Officials are working to determine the other locations. The hydrants are generally being placed in underserved areas where firefighters would need to use tankers or where ...
