Two people were killed Tuesday night in Shirley Township, Huntingdon County, when their vehicle struck a disabled tractor-trailer. Allen K. Black, 75, and Susan C. Black, 76, both of Huntingdon, were killed when their Toyota Tacoma hit the trailer unit of a Freightliner driven by a ...
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook’s lawyers say that a committee set up by the White House last week to investigate an accusation against her is “demonstrably biased,” though they did not close the door on the possibility that she would appear before the panel. Lawyer Abbe Lowell also said in a letter Tuesday that Cook would not be able to participate in a hearing Nov. 5 because she “will be executing her official duties as Governor at financial and monetary policy meetings in Europe.” The earliest that Cook could appear before a “committee of inquiry” ...
The Portage Area School Board approved upgrades to the high school auditorium’s stage lighting Wednesday. The board considered two options, but chose to upgrade and replace the stage lighting and light board for $85,675. The alternative included upgrading and replacing stage lighting, ...
CHICAGO — Netflix plans to lay off about 6% of its workforce, amounting to nearly 1,000 positions, as the streaming giant makes wider “organizational changes.” Co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos announced the job cuts in a memo to employees Wednesday. They said the company’s ...
The Blair County Federation of Democratic Women will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Perkins Restaurant, 3300 Pleasant Valley Blvd., Altoona. The guest speaker will be local author Tammy Davis. All women who are registered Democrats are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Donna Cohen Dutkovich, president, at 814-330-2351, or Jan McCready, secretary, at 814-943-2570. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month.
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A city man on trial for allegedly raping a woman near an off-campus party told a Blair County jury Wednesday afternoon that hearing the victim’s claims was “very shocking.” Under questioning by his defense attorney, David Jeffrey Brunner, 25, said he did not observe ...
