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Little chipper

Lincoln, 3, gets some help with his swing from his dad, Bron Clouser. Ten members of the Clouser family had a friendly family matchup at The Meadows miniature golf course Wednesday. Mirror photo by Holly Claycomb

Altoona Police Department officer’s conduct under review

A video that appears to show an Altoona patrolman punching a man in an apartment on Fairway Drive in the city on July 4 has been posted on a police watchdog channel on YouTube called LackLuster. The video went viral Wednesday, resulting in more than 900 comments on the Altoona Police ...

Altoona Housing Authority seeks to sell home

The Altoona Housing Authority authorized its staff Wednesday to apply to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for permission to sell the final property that remains from a program that helped to ease families into home ownership over several decades. Starting in the early 1990s, the ...

State might see rise in costs

HARRISBURG — Sales tax exemptions for everything from newspapers to legal services to candy cost the commonwealth billions every year, and at least one top policymaker says he’s open to getting rid of some as members wrestle with a significant budget deficit. Changes to the state’s tax ...

Philly man’s drug-trafficking charges bound to court

A Philadelphia man allegedly involved in the trafficking of narcotics linked to several overdose deaths in Altoona had all charges against him bound to the court of common pleas following a preliminary hearing in Blair County Court on Wednesday. Eric Lamont Eberhart, 24, was facing three ...

Waynesboro man allegedly beat woman with bat

A Waynesboro man is behind bars after allegedly beating a woman with a baseball bat and threatening to slit her children’s throats if she called the police. John William Newcomer II, 25, was arraigned June 26 by Magisterial District Judge Matthew Dunio on two felony counts of aggravated ...