Nearly 250 Altoona Area High School students and 39 teachers participated in the 12th annual “Toona Tune-up,” a community service initiative held Tuesday to beautify the city’s neighborhoods and parks. For five hours, the volunteers painted, pulled weeds, spread mulch and picked up ...

Peoples Natural Gas Co. and the Altoona Water Authority are both conducting major, multi-year infrastructure replacement projects in the city, which has led to digging in the streets, rough rides for motorists and many complaints. City Manager Christopher McGuire is asking for patience and ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The trial-by-court for an Altoona man who started livestreaming his desire to be left alone as police surrounded a residence in April 2024 moved another step forward Monday but failed to wrap up. The trial, which began Jan. 29 in front of President Judge Wade A. Kagarise, was ...

A former Coalport man who is serving a prison sentence of eight to 16 years for aggravated assault and related offenses has lost an appeal to the Pennsylvania Superior Court in which he claimed the evidence used against him did not support such a serious charge and lengthy sentence. Gary L. ...

A city man wanted for illegally possessing a firearm is behind bars after being found hiding under a blanket. Marcelino Sanchez Regalado, 35, allegedly sold a handgun to a confidential informant, who turned the .22 caliber revolver over to an Altoona police officer. The incident occurred in ...

Two people were taken into custody Tuesday afternoon in connection with an armed robbery at FeFi’s, 130 E. Sixth Ave. According to WTAJ, the two were taken into custody after a search warrant was executed on their nearby residence. During the search, police reportedly recovered items taken ...