TYRONE — Several borough residents gathered Thursday evening at the Church of the Good Shepherd to share their input on what the future of Tyrone should look like. The event featured the first of three workshops to solicit feedback for Tyrone Borough’s comprehensive plan, which aims to ...
The East Broad Top Foundation and the Friends of the East Broad Top are conducting a campaign to restore track and trackside facilities from the operations center at Rockville/Orbisonia the middle of EBT’s 33-mile right of way to Saltillo, nine miles to the south — an effort they’ve ...
JOHNSTOWN — A familiar face in Blair County was selected to serve as the chief clerk and county manager for the Cambria County commissioner’s office Thursday. Nicole Hemminger will begin her new role in Cambria County on Monday with an annual salary of $85,000 after the commissioners approved her employment Thursday during their meeting at the Richland Township Municipal Building. Hemminger fills a void left by former chief clerk Alex Ashcom, who resigned Aug. 1 after accepting another position in Swarthmore Borough, Delaware County. With Ashcom’s departure, Cambria County is ...
The deadline for tackling skill games regulation would be delayed until next spring under similar bills being drafted by two House lawmakers. Reps. Manual Guzman, D-Berks, and Brad Roae, R-Crawford, filed co-sponsor memos announcing their plans seeking a six-month extension beyond a looming Oct. 13 court deadline for General Assembly action on skill games. Both lawmakers pick April 13 as the new deadline. Guzman and Roae seek to maintain the current status of skill games in establishments during the interim period. They expressed doubt that lawmakers can agree on a comprehensive ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Newry couple accused of bilking an elderly family member out of her home and more than half a million dollars in 2022 is heading to trial after the defense and prosecution have failed to agree on the amount of restitution owed. David Scott, 50, and Melissa Marie ...
A federal civil rights lawsuit in which two Altoona Police officers were alleged to have used excessive force to subdue an out-of-control pretrial detainee being held in a police department cell has been settled out of court, according to an order issued recently by U.S. District Judge ...
