WARRIORS MARK — A Centre County farm was recently recognized as a Bicentennial Farm. The Barron and Lynn Stine farm on Halfmoon Valley Road in Halfmoon Township near Warriors Mark dates back to 1813, when Jonas and Samuel Stine purchased the farm from Richard and Rebecca Saddler. The Stine ...
David Gildea paints the front porch steps of his North Juniata Street home in Hollidaysburg on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Thirteen-year-old Liam DeLeo of Cherry Grove in Altoona is a quiet kid, according to his grandmother, Mary Ellen DeHaas, but he nevertheless spoke up in an important situation recently. While riding bikes with his little brother, their cousin and their cousin’s friend through the Altoona ...
A 54-year-old Altoona man allegedly shot his wife, injuring her critically, then shot himself Monday morning in an attempted murder-suicide, according to a city police Facebook post. Emir Manals of the 2100 block of 19th Street died from a single gunshot wound to the head, according to Blair ...
Federal officials on Monday unveiled a $4.2 billion conditional loan commitment to bolster Vistra’s nuclear fleet and address growing energy demands across the region. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced the move at Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Ohio, painting it as the realization of President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order to expedite and strengthen nuclear energy resources. “President Trump promised to unleash an American nuclear renaissance, and the Energy Department is delivering,” Wright said in a statement. “By getting more power out of the nuclear plants ...
During the early days of PJ’s Tavern, owner Patrick J. Sloan almost threw in the towel before someone advised him to sell chicken wings. “He couldn’t sell them for 10 cents, so he lowered them to 5 cents, and (business) boomed,” daughter Linda Audley said. Audley said one of her ...
