In the news on this date: Jan. 29
Local history
50 years ago: Jan. 29, 1975
The Physical Fitness Institute of America was to hold a training session at the Altoona Family YMCA as part of the “Get Fit America Program” with Philadelphia Flyers hockey team fitness director Carmen Martucci.
25 years ago: Jan. 29, 2000
Tyrone Area High School was requiring students to eat their lunches in the hallway because the kitchen was closed due to a number of workers becoming ill while working there. The Pennsylvania Department of Health was to give the kitchen a clearance before it could be used again.
10 years ago: Jan. 29, 2015
Altoona Area School District officials informed parents of McAuliffe Heights Elementary School that it no longer met the requirements to be a Title I school. The school had 29% of students under the poverty guidelines but needed 35% to receive supplemental funding.
— Compiled by Tim Doyle