In nearly half of municipalities hosting the state’s most prominent data center projects, local public officials or staff signed non-disclosure agreements with companies, a dynamic that is fueling concerns that the public’s access to information is being compromised. Public records ...
Larry McKee of Altoona, a railroad history, photography, movie and circus aficionado who died last month at 83, was an only child who never married and never had children. But it isn’t true that McKee was without family, according to Joe DeFrancesco, executive director of the Altoona ...
Authorities released police bodycam footage Thursday showing the discovery of a Pennsylvania college student’s body that led to the arrest of her boyfriend, who said in court documents that a “demon” told him to stab her. The boyfriend’s mother, meanwhile, is accused of helping him cover up the crime, according to state police. Royce Moser, 18, of North Strabane Township, faces a homicide charge in the death of Karoline Heintz, a student at PennWest California University whose body was found Aug. 20 after she failed to return to the southwestern Pennsylvania college, ...
Saint Francis University will hold its Suicide Prevention Walk from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, on the campus mall. The event aims to raise awareness of suicide prevention, challenge the stigma surrounding mental health and remind those who are struggling that they are not alone. First ...
CARROLLTOWN — When Cambria Heights Elementary School students returned to school last Thursday, the district’s new rooftop solar array was already running and generating electricity for their classrooms, Superintendent Ken Kerchenske said. During a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, ...
Antis Township supervisors voted Thursday to file a petition to retain control of the Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company’s assets. During their meeting, supervisors authorized solicitor Patrick Fanelli to file an appropriate petition in Blair County court that would keep the now-defunct fire ...
