HOLLIDAYSBURG — The McLanahan Corporation and its employees gathered on Lowe Street Wednesday afternoon to welcome the AEM Manufacturing Express tour bus making a pit stop in Hollidaysburg. Being the Association of Equipment Manufacturer’s first time swinging by Hollidaysburg since ...
The hijacked planes that brought death and destruction to American skies on 9/11 25 years ago produced a memorable change in Pennsylvania state government. The transition spanned from Gov. Tom Ridge’s press briefing on the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, to the inauguration of Gov. Mark Schweiker as his successor three weeks later on Oct. 5. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission features documents relating to the period in an exhibit at the Pennsylvania State Archives in Harrisburg. The 9/11 tragedy holds special significance for Pennsylvania because hijacked Flight 93 ...
For three days this summer, teachers converged at the Flight 93 National Memorial in remote western Pennsylvania to talk about 9/11. How best to educate a new generation about the attacks 25 years ago? Which details are appropriate for young kids? What do victims’ families want students to ...
EBENSBURG — Cambria County commissioners approved a five-year financial plan proposal they received from Kafferlin Strategies of Spring Creek during their meeting Thursday. The unanimous vote came after the county received a $148,500 state grant through the commonwealth’s Strategic Management Planning Program in late August to create a five-year financial and operational plan. According to Commissioner Keith Rager, who moved to accept the proposal, Kafferlin Strategies will review the county’s finances and operations over the next few months, look for problems and concerns and ...
A federal civil rights complaint filed last year, in which a former detainee of the Moshannon Valley Processing Center near Philipsburg charged she was sexually assaulted by the facility’s chaplain, should be allowed to continue, according to a recommendation by Magistrate Judge Maureen P. ...
A city woman is behind bars after allegedly facilitating a sexual relationship between a 15-year-old girl and a much older man. Carla Yvonne Fisk, 58, was arraigned Thursday by Magisterial District Judge Matthew Dunio on felony counts of statutory sexual assault: 11 years older, corruption of ...
