A group of six rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors are spending this week fully immersed in the visual arts at Penn State Altoona as part of a new summer academy. The program allows students to engage with traditional and digital modes of making art — including drawing, ...
The Blair County Federation of Democratic Women will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at Perkins Restaurant, 3300 Pleasant Valley Blvd., Altoona. All women who are registered Democrats are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Donna Cohen Dutkovich, president, at 814-330-2351, or Jan McCready, secretary, at 814-943-2570. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month.
A city man was taken into custody after allegedly leading state police on a high-speed chase while under the influence. Maynard Macken, 58, was arraigned Sunday by Magisterial District Judge Matthew Dunio on a felony count of fleeing police and single misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person and DUI, as well as 31 summary traffic violations. He was remanded to the Blair County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail. An officer with state police at Hollidaysburg was driving along Seventh Street in Altoona about 12:44 a.m. Sunday when they saw a silver Jeep SUV accelerating ...
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld the conviction and prison sentence of a Reynoldsville man who came to the attention of police in May 2023 when he fell asleep at the wheel of his van while parked at a convenience store fuel pump. The Appeals Court stated that Justin Edward Salada, ...
The Blair County Department of Emergency Services is inviting Blair County residents whose properties were damaged in flash flooding July 5 and 6 to a Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC) event between 2 and 6 p.m. today, Tuesday, July 14, at Church of the Good Shepherd, 1650 Clay Ave., Tyrone, to discuss the possibility of receiving disaster relief. Tyrone, Snyder Township and the city have declared a disaster due to the damage from the storms, according to a news release from the department. The department is working with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to bring in ...
Pennsylvania lawmakers approved and Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a $50.8 billion budget plan Sunday that does not raise taxes or drain the state’s Rainy Day Fund while shaving billions off the $53 billion plan proposed by Shapiro in February. “From day one, my Administration has been laser-focused on delivering results for the people of Pennsylvania — and what we’re doing is working,” said Governor Shapiro. “In a divided legislature, we’ve proven time and again that Democrats and Republicans can come together to get stuff done for the good people of Pennsylvania.” The deal ...
