Bishop Guilfoyle heads onto the field as they take on Clairton in the PIAA championship game Thursday afternoon at Cumberland Valley's Chapman Field in Mechanicsburg. The score in the third quarter was 22-3, with BG trailing. Check out Friday's Altoona Mirror for all the action. Mirror photo by ...

Brandi Storms strings Christmas lights around the spare tire of her husband’s Jeep in front of her North Third Street home in Juniata on Monday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Chuck Adams uses a snowblower to remove snow from the sidewalk in front of his Gallitzin Road home in Cresson on Tuesday morning. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Borough workers were busy Friday morning stringing lights on the Tyrone Christmas tree downtown. The tree-lighting ceremony is set for 6:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, during Tyrone’s Yuletyme Celebration. Tyrone’s annual Christmas parade will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. Mirror photo by ...

HERRNHUT, Germany — Bright Christmas stars have long been a familiar sight across Germany during the darkest days of the year, but none is more famous — and lately as popular — as the Moravian stars from the eastern village of Herrnhut near the Polish and Czech borders. They come in ...