The Logan Township Planning Commission plans to invite some residents of the narrow slice of Lakemont bounded by Logan Boulevard, Convention Center Boulevard and Roswell Street to its meeting in June to discuss a request by a business there to rezone part of that neighborhood from residential ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The company that manages Blair County’s invested pension funds is recommending the county transition to use what’s referred to as its OCIO or Outsourced Chief Investment Officer services. The option, recommended by Marquettes Associates, would allow the investment ...
After the sudden passing of longtime Supervisor Joseph Metzgar Monday, the remaining Logan Township supervisors will consult township solicitor Dan Stants about finding someone to take his seat on the board, according to Chairman James Patterson. The supervisors have 30 days from Monday to ...
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 ...
SHANKSVILLE — As an enduring tribute to the people who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is carrying a 16,900-pound steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center’s south tower more than 10,500 miles to over 35 cities and 21 states. The tour began last ...
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 ...