At an interview this week to gather information on a national program designed to help income-qualifying first-time mothers navigate the difficulties of pregnancy and raising a baby, 17-month-old Carson Eger grabbed a flashlight and began whacking the back of a laptop. Quickly, his mother ...
TYRONE Tyrone may get a McDonald’s The Tyrone Zoning Hearing Board has granted The Stern Group a “special exception use” to operate a restaurant with a drive through in the Town Center Commercial District on the 1300 block of Logan Avenue as long as they meet all other regulations ...
BEDFORD — A Duncansville woman was sentenced Friday to 177 to 480 months’ incarceration in the assault and arson-for-hire case targeting her estranged wife. Heather Ann Dibert, 45, was sentenced in Bedford County court by presiding President Judge Travis W. Livengood to about 15 to 40 ...
Editor’s note: The following, focused on the Tyrone Area School District, is the sixth installment of the series looking into how Blair County schools fared on the state assessment tests. The data for all Pennsylvania schools can be found at futurereadypa.org. TYRONE — Teachers and ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A former Blair County attorney was sentenced Friday in one case and pleaded guilty in two others in Blair County court for a sentence that includes paying $160,000 in restitution. Michael B. Cohen, 42, faced three separate cases in Blair County related to his law practice ...
A solar farm may be coming to the city. The Cresco, Pa., company that wants to build it received a variance to do so from the Zoning Hearing Board this week. Altoona Land Development LLC would build the 488-panel array capable of producing 342 megawatt hours per year on a narrow, ...