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Area Life

GO planner — Oct. 31

Friday, October 31 The Rocky Horror Picture Show returns to the State Theatre in State College with themed drinks, DJs and the cult classic on the big screen. The fun begins at 10 p.m. on Halloween night, Oct. 31, and the movie starts at 11 p.m. Tickets start at $16.76 and can be purchased at ...

Pope: Teachers must be role models

ROME — Pope Leo XIV urged Catholic teachers on Tuesday to focus less on pre-professional outcomes and more on educating students to have rich spiritual lives and use technology in ways that keep human dignity front and center. Leo issued a set of marching orders to Catholic educators during ...

At the movies — Oct. 31-Nov. 2

AMC ALTOONA 12 Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (R) Friday — 1, 3:40 (3D), 6:20, 9:40 p.m. (3D)Saturday — 1, 3:40 (3D), 6:20, 9 p.m. (3D)Sunday — 1, 3:40 (3D), 6:20, 9 p.m. (3D) K-Pop Demon Hunters - A Sing Along Event (PG) Friday — 1:30, 2:45 (BigD), 4:10, 5:30 (BigD), 6:45, ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest military draft

JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men covered the entrance to Jerusalem in a sea of black Thursday to protest plans to draft them into the military, singing, clapping and holding signs saying they would rather go to jail. The current draft exemption given to the ...

Hometown Favorites

Amie Parisi (left) and Maddie Shetrom of the DelGrosso Family of Companies talk at the Discovery Heritage Center in Altoona prior to the presentation of the Altoona Mirror Hometown Favorites awards at the Mishler Theatre on Wednesday evening. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski