Under pressure
Rick Sample of Smith Masonry, Hollidaysburg, pressure washes the west gym entrance at Hollidaysburg Junior High School on Union Street on Monday morning. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center opens fund for Wall That Heals
While the Wall That Heals at James E. Van Zandt Veterans Administration Medical Center was installed 26 years ago, it has since worn down with weather and time. Ken Tedora of the Central Pennsylvania National Guard & Veterans Association noticed the deterioration and advocated for repairs ...
Ebensburg Borough Council delays implementation of new parking rates
EBENSBURG — Officials decided during Monday’s Ebensburg Borough Council meeting to extend the implementation of the borough’s new parking rates and fines to Jan. 1 after lengthy discussion about what effects changing the borough’s parking ordinance would have on its residents and ...
Operation Our Town awards more than $80,000
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Operation Our Town awarded more than $80,000 to 21 local programs during a press conference Tuesday. The awards were presented to the winners of the 2026 Prevention Grant cycle. “Prevention takes many forms. Each of these programs are an example of what prevention looks like — not just reacting to problems, but investing in people before they start,” said Shawna Hoover, the nonprofit’s executive director. The R.O.C.K. The R.O.C.K. (Reaching Out to Community Kids) at Second Avenue received $10,350 — the most funding awarded from this year’s grant cycle. ...
Trial begins for Altoona man accused in overdose death
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County jury heard testimony from a number of witnesses Tuesday during the first day of trial for the city man accused of providing the drugs that led to the overdose death of 40-year-old Christy Clifford in April 2025. Danny Lee Caldwell Jr., 38, is facing single ...
Parties seek additional footage in bar fight case
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The defense and prosecution in the case of the city man charged with third-degree murder told a Blair County judge Tuesday morning that they are working to obtain additional surveillance footage of the alleged bar fight that left another man dead in January. Corey Lexus ...