In the news on this date: Jan. 22
Local history
50 years ago: Jan. 22, 1975
A helicopter from the Army Corps of Engineers, surveying local coal mines, landed in the parking lot of a Holiday Inn near Altoona and asked if its two passengers could stay the night.
25 years ago: Jan. 22, 2000
The Altoona and Hollidaysburg School Districts joined the Pennsylvania School Food Service Association in requesting legislation to increase funding for school lunches.
10 years ago: Jan. 22, 2015
The Pennsylvania Game Commission was proposing a rule that banned hikers and non-hunters from visiting state game lands during hunting seasons in both the spring and fall seasons.
— Compiled by Tim Doyle