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Trunk or treat events planned — St. John the Evangelist Church in Lakemont and the Lakemont Fire Hall will hold their annual Trunk or Treat, Costume Contest and Halloween Parade beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, in the church parking lot. Parade and costume contest will follow Trunk or Treat at 2 p.m. at the fire hall. — Trunk or treat will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the parking lot at Twenty-eighth Street Church of the Brethren, 28th Street and Union Avenue. — Newry Lutheran Church, 1030 Shamrock Lane, will host Trunk or Treat from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, ...

Pennsylvania State House targets e-scooter regulations

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Legislation barring youth under 16 from riding e-scooters and mandating helmets for riders under 18 was approved by the state House on Tuesday. House Bill 1633 would also cap e-scooter speeds at 25 mph and allow local officials to enact ordinances with stricter limitations than those in the ...

Tyrone man gets 7.5-20 years in attack on UPMC employee

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HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Tyrone man who left a UPMC Altoona ER technician with a fractured skull and brain bleed was sentenced Thursday morning to 7.5- to 20-years’ incarceration. A Blair County jury deliberated about 20 minutes before finding Bradley Scott Lloyd, 41, guilty of three felony ...

Taylor Township OKs ordinance to regulate possible data center

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ROARING SPRING — After more than a dozen residents voiced their opposition to an incoming data center, Taylor Township officials on Thursday unanimously approved an amended Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance that they hope will better protect the township’s citizens. The special ...

Immigrant files federal petition for release from Moshannon Valley Processing Center

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An immigrant who has lived in the United States for more than 35 years, but who is now a detainee of the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County, has fled a federal petition seeking his release. Cesar Julio Soto Zapata, a native of Colombia, indicated in his petition that he arrived in the United States in May 1991. His petition, filed on Tuesday in the federal District Court in Johnstown, stated that during his lengthy stay in America, he “has never been arrested, has deep ties to the community and has always taken care of his family.” Attorney Rizwan M. Khalid of ...