EBENSBURG — The family of an Altoona man brutally killed in May 2023 told convicted killer Austin Louis Kline, 26, that he was a monster who should “rot in hell.” Kline showed no emotion during Wednesday’s proceedings, in which Judge Tamara Bernstein handed down a sentence of life in ...
JOHNSTOWN — Two Clearfield County men convicted in a 2019 bombing that killed 34-year-old Shawna Carlson of Clearfield were sentenced in federal court on Wednesday to life in prison. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines handed down the sentences to Clint Addleman, 49, and Kris Nevling, ...
A federal district judge in Pittsburgh held a hearing Wednesday on a proposal to drop the death penalty against an Altoona man who has been in prison since 2004 for the stabbing death of his estranged girlfriend. Andre Staton, 63, was tried by a Blair County jury and sentenced to death for ...
PORTAGE — Borough officials are moving forward a Local Share Account grant they secured last year to purchase two police body cameras, software packages and one license plate reader. Borough Manager Makayla Zonfrilli-Lang said the grant was applied for and awarded last year. However, ...
While legislators from both chambers have proposed legalizing skill games in recent years, nonprofits who rely on revenue from the devices fear it may disappear because of a mid-October deadline created by a Supreme Court decision. The estimated 70,000 devices scattered around the state are unregulated and untaxed. The court decision issued in mid-June declared them to be illegal gambling devices, but the court stayed the decision for 120 days to allow them to come up with a solution. In Dauphin County, Lisa Iskric is the manager of the Steelton American Legion, a nonprofit which ...
The Van Zandt VA Medical Center received funding for nonrecurring maintenance projects in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, after receiving funding earlier in the year. The funding is part of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize, repair and improve health care facilities in FY2026 via the Veterans Health Administration’s Non-recurring Maintenance program. Funding projects for JEVZ VAMC in the third quarter of FY2026 are: - Electronic health record modernization activities, $224,294 - Electrical system improvements to support long-term reliability and ...
