Courtesy photo Four generations of the Levering family include (from left): Robert Gerard Levering of Taneytown, Md., great grandfather; Laura Levering Ford of Duncansville, grandmother; Bowen Thomas Ford; and Andrew Thomas Ford of Duncansville, father. The Altoona Mirror accepts photos ...
The 15th class of Sheetz Fellows was inducted during a formal ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 28. A competitive academic program, the Sheetz Fellows Program offers unique opportunities that ignite and inspire the entrepreneurial mindset of students at Penn State Altoona by fostering critical ...
The annual Children’s Miracle Network Bowl-A-Thon sponsored by REMAX Results Realty Group was held March 8 at Holiday Bowl in Altoona. This year’s event raised more than $13,000. The event brings together local bowlers in support of children’s healthcare. All proceeds benefit the ...
The Community Arts Center of Cambria County announced its 2026 Summer Arts Camp Scholarships. For the nine weeks from June 8 through the week of Aug. 3, there will be a total of 27 summer arts camps. Each week offers themes geared for three different age brackets: Camp Create Mini-preschool, Camp Create-school age (elementary and middle school) and T.A.P.-Teen Art Project camps. Summer Arts Camps themes and descriptions will be released in early May to CACCC’s members and then publicized on CACCC’s website. Campers will attend a half-day session for Camp Create ...
Barbara (Burr) Trybus of Cresson submitted this photo of Michaelyn Lieb’s third grade class at Garfield Elementary School, Altoona, from 1968-69. Students in room four were (from left): first row — unknown, unknown, Tim Weaver and Stanley Thomas; second row — Cheryl Vaughn, Leslie Thomas, Marie Thomas, Shelli Tyler, Cindy Begalke and Barbara Burr; third row — Ricky Jackson, Dale Havlin, unknown, Ken Piner (?) and Paul Cruise; fourth row — Miss Lieb, Tim Shoup, unknown, Darren Dufflel, Nevin Cuff and Mrs. Lynch. Miss Lieb was a graduate of Altoona Area High School and earned her ...
Local history 50 years ago: April 20, 1976 A suspect in two murders in Blair County in March, Jeffrey Daugherty, 20, of Taylor, Mich., was also charged in two robbery murders in Florida. He and his girlfriend, Bonnie Jean Heath, 41, were fighting extradition to Pennsylvania. 25 years ago: April 20, 2001 Altoona police, which was using the VASCAR system to catch speeders that required painted lines on the road, vehicle-mounted equipment and extra cars to stop the speeder, hoped that a bill to allow radar guns would pass the state legislature. 10 years ago: April 20, 2016 The ...
