Incoming Pleasant Valley Elementary School kindergarten students are learning a thing or two about their classrooms, teachers and peers this week, thanks to the Altoona Area School District’s kindergarten readiness camp. Supported through Gov. Josh Shapiro’s investments in public ...
The Logan Township supervisors recently voted to accept the recommendation of its Planning Commission to deny a request by Ozzven LLC to close Sunset Drive off Goods Lane as part of a proposal to reconfigure the entrance to the commercial complex comprising the Hampton Inn, Cracker Barrel and Champs — and the entrance to the neighborhood next to it. The Planning Commission had recommended denial after hearing from several neighborhood residents who were all opposed to reconfiguration for fear it would increase traffic and decrease safety on their quiet streets. Ozzven wanted to swap ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A city man with an apparent history of targeting juvenile females was convicted Tuesday afternoon of two felony offenses relating to the unlawful contact of a minor in 2023. After a one-day trial, a Blair County jury of eight men and four women deliberated about 25 minutes ...
A 40-year-old State College man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on I-99 in Antis Township shortly after midnight Tuesday. According to state police and the Blair County Coroner’s Office, Joshua Russell Brown was driving a 2020 Toyota Tundra pickup truck north in the left, southbound lane ...
Several municipalities in Bedford, Blair and Centre counties will receive state funding to modernize traffic signals as part of a $38 million investment announced by the state Department of Transportation through the Green Light-Go Program. The program will fund projects in 86 municipalities ...
UNIVERSITY PARK Mosquito-borne pathogens, including zika, yellow fever and other illnesses have serious and worldwide impacts on human health. The World Health Organization warned that half of the global population is at risk of dengue, with 100 million to 400 million infections occurring each year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 2023 saw more than 260 million cases of malaria and almost 600,000 deaths across 83 countries. To improve scientific understanding of the pathogens involved and begin addressing these challenges, the National Institutes of ...
