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WWII vet finally gets medals

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World War II Navy seaman Walter Marasco of Riggles Gap was never “a gung-ho military type,” according to Marasco’s son, Brian. His father was also never aware of several campaign medals he’d been awarded following his service, which began in 1943, at age 15 or 16, which included ...

Juvenile victim testifies in sex-trafficking case

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HOLLIDAYSBURG — The juvenile victim of sex trafficking testified against the man accused of prostituting her to his friends during a preliminary hearing in Blair County Court on Friday. Logan D’George, 70, was taken into custody in September 2024 after allegedly contacting a “decoy” ...

Prisoner’s sentence reduced for possession of child porn

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HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County judge on Friday reduced an Altoona man’s sentence for possessing an extensive child pornography collection to nine to 18 years, from an original sentence of 56 to 112 years that a researcher said exceeded every comparable sentence in the county, state and ...

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Bedford County Dorothy L. and Theodore A. Goldizen to Tabitha L. and Tyson L. Lynch, property in West Providence Township, $298,000. Michaelene M. and Larry S. McCahan to Tabitha Biesinger and Garrett Jacobs, property in Bedford Borough, $435,000. Douglas R. and Carole Sue Claycomb to ...

Court upholds murder sentence

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The conviction and life sentence imposed on a former Johnstown man for a 2014 murder was upheld this week when the Pennsylvania Superior Court rejected Joshua Cambric’s post-conviction petition that contended his attorneys were ineffective in their representation. Cambric, now 44, was ...