HOLLIDAYSBURG — One of the city teenagers allegedly involved in the 2024 New Year’s Day shooting is heading for jury selection after turning down a plea agreement of 4.5- to 20-years’ incarceration. Ezekiel Marcus Williams, 19, was charged with single felony counts of criminal homicide, ...
Pennsylvania lawmakers are weighing a new tax on digital advertising aimed at making the world’s largest technology companies pay more to the state, a proposal that is drawing scrutiny over its potential impact on smaller businesses and legal questions that have surfaced in other states. Supporters of House Bill 1678 and its Senate companion, Senate Bill 1199, say the proposed 5% gross receipts tax would fall largely on companies like Google, Meta, Amazon, TikTok, and Microsoft. Revenue estimates vary, from about $329 million in fiscal year 2026-2027 to as much as $624 million in ...
EBENSBURG — The Cambria County Prison recently received a new K-9 officer, who will be officially certified next Tuesday at the Cambria County Courthouse. K-9 Storm is a Dutch Shepherd who will serve as a narcotics detection officer at the prison, serving alongside her handler, Deputy ...
A pre-dawn fire Wednesday destroyed a house in the woods off Kettle Road in southern Sinking Valley, just past the village of Elberta. The man who lived there was at his third-shift job when the fire occurred, but his dog died in the blaze, according to Dave Miller, assistant chief at Sinking ...
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly high inflation and the central bank also signaled that another rate hike could occur later this year. The quarter-point increase lifts the Fed’s key ...
The Blair County Convention Center’s net operating income for the first eight months of 2026 came in at $186,962, despite higher-than-budgeted costs for labor, food and beverages. In a financial report offered Wednesday to the authority that oversees the convention center, CEO Tom Schilling reported revenue through August at $1.94 million and expenses at $1.75 million. The report also identified higher-than-budgeted labor costs of nearly 38%, and higher-than-budgeted expenses for food and beverages of nearly 22% and 24%, respectively. But those increases, according to the report, ...
