NEW YORK — Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer who raced yachts, owned huge chunks of the American West and transformed the news business by launching CNN in 1980, has died at age 87. The network reported Turner died Wednesday, citing a news release from Turner ...
The Altoona Planning Commission Tuesday certified as blighted a property in Juniata that the city Redevelopment Authority can now try to take by eminent domain, so that it can be renovated — as it is still in fair condition. It will be potentially the third blighted house in recent months ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County Salary Board on Wednesday took the first step toward setting a maximum period of six months for retroactive pay increases requested on behalf of select non-union employees. The board, in a series of 3-to-1 votes, set new salaries for four supervisory ...
Decorated with cobwebs and spiders, Penn Cambria High School’s auditorium invites audience members inside the Addams family’s house during their spring production of “The Addams Family.” The musical will be presented at 7 p.m. May 7, 8 and 9 and 2 p.m. May 10. Director Holly Smith ...
Bishop Guilfoyle Academy students gathered inside their in-house chapel Wednesday afternoon to not only hear from a 1954 Altoona Catholic High School graduate, but also to view an original painting of St. Maximilian Kolbe. Col. Stanley J. Glod acquired the painting after the artist’s ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — One of the two victims in a 2023 prison stabbing detailed the events leading up to the attack during the first day of the accused perpetrator’s jury trial on Wednesday. John Javit was called to the stand by Blair County First Assistant District Attorney Nichole Smith and ...