The Hollidaysburg Area School Board finetuned revisions to the secondary student/parent handbook for the 2026-27 school year during Wednesday’s meeting. After administrators from the junior and senior high schools added clarifications and new policies in a collaborative effort, board ...
Two Harrisburg men are accused of trafficking narcotics into Altoona after a traffic stop Tuesday led to officers discovering nearly 100 grams of crack cocaine. Gregory Craig Joseph Johnson and James Ryles Griffin, both 52, were arraigned on identical charges of single felony counts of ...
The authority that manages the Blair County Convention Center has updated its purchasing practices and policies, thereby setting $24,500 as the amount triggering the need to go through a formal bidding process. The authority, which met Wednesday, voted in favor of adjusting its prior policy, which set $18,900 as the threshold for formal bidding. The updated policy also addresses rules for purchases costing less than $24,500. For purchases and/or contracts valued at $2,501 through $13,200, the convention center staff will need to secure two quotes, in writing or by phone. For ...
Xander Montanez, 5, gets a swimming lesson from his mother, Tiffany Mills, both of Tyrone, at Tyrone Community Pool on Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Businesses within the Logan Valley Mall have reportedly lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after a transformer blew out three weeks ago and forced 10 stores to temporarily close. Jamie Powers, an assistant manager of Joseph Jacob Jewelers, on the second floor of the mall, said he hasn’t ...
The Jaffa Shrine was damaged extensively Tuesday morning after a burglar who believed his daughter was being hidden there allegedly spread kerosene to burn the facility down, causing an estimated $130,000 in damage. James Morris Kaufman, 72, of New Paris, was arraigned Tuesday evening before ...
