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Judge rejects motion to vacate guilty pleas in restroom recording case

A Blair County judge denied and dismissed a motion to vacate guilty pleas as being time-barred in the separate but related cases of the city man who recorded people using the restroom in a local business. James Paul Huff, 55, pleaded guilty to single felony counts of intercept communications ...

Chobani to establish first dairy operation in state

Chobani, alongside state and local leaders, announced plans Tuesday to invest about $1.2 billion over the next five years in a world-class, 1.5-million-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse campus in Allentown, creating more than 900 jobs and establishing a major new hub for the company’s growth. As part of an expanded partnership with Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Chobani will acquire its Allentown manufacturing facility and warehouse, including its equipment and related infrastructure. First opened for production in 2021, the state-of-the-art facility provides a starting point for ...

Finding new life: Local barns reinvent themselves as wedding, event venues

On a 300-acre property in Tyrone stands a barn that once echoed with the sounds of dairy cows shuffling through stalls and chomping on grass. Today, The Barn on Pennington Road serves as an award-winning wedding venue that is full of music, laughter, chatter and dancing as families come ...

Agriculture briefs: Annual Farm Bureau dinner planned

The Cambria County Farm Bureau will hold its annual dinner and business meeting Sept. 23 at the Saint Benedict Community Center, 116 Dunsmore Road, Saint Benedict. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. followed by a discussion and vote on proposed policy resolutions for local, state and national issues. For reservations, call or text Marty Yahner at 814-244-7446 or Diane Westrick at 814-242-6236 by Sept. 16. Virtual walking program offered “Everybody Walk Across Pennsylvania,” a free Penn State Extension virtual walking program, will be held from Sept. 14 through ...

FFA spotlight: Reagan Lee Vanderhoof

Age and school: 15, Bellefonte High School Family: Parents, Crystal and Jody Vanderhoof FFA Chapter: Bellefonte Years involved with FFA: 2 years Amount of time spent on FFA: More than 100 hours FFA projects: Show horse, 2 years Favorite FFA memory: Going to the 2024-25 FFA banquet two ...

Fetterman joins Trump’s embrace of data centers

The ongoing contentious debate around data center development is not solely falling along partisan lines. The latest example is U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., backing President Donald Trump’s support of the industry. On Monday, Trump posted on social media expressing his support for ...