One person was killed in a house fire early Monday morning in Williamsburg. According to the Blair County Coroner’s Office, Tyler Gearhart, 38, Williamsburg, was pronounced dead at the scene. Gearhart was found in a second story bedroom by firefighters, said Williamsburg Volunteer Fire ...

The Spring Cove school board voted to raise taxes to help offset a budget deficit and approved the district’s business manager to act as superintendent while the district searches to replace soon-to-retire Superintendent Betsy Baker. During Monday’s meeting, the board voted 6-3 to adopt a ...

The presence of the Union Pacific’s Big Boy steam locomotive in the region between July 8-11 is generating a carload of warnings from authorities — like a mother admonishing a little boy whom she knows is about to be tempted to misbehave. The latest such warnings came in a news release ...

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld a decision by a Blair County judge to dismiss a petition by a former Altoona man, Stephen Montier Piner, who challenged the funding of drug investigations by Operation Our Town. Piner, 67, is presently serving a 20- to 40-year prison term after ...

The Intermunicipal Relations Committee will hold a household hazardous waste collection from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at the Jaffa Shrine Center on Broad Avenue. Pre-registration is required at IRCEnvironment.org. Workers will accept only: - fluorescent bulbs and tubes; - ...

A Huntingdon County man was killed in a one-vehicle accident in Franklin County on Thursday. According to state police, Russell C. Booher, 45, of Mount Union, died as a result of injuries suffered in the 12:41 p.m. crash. Booher was driving a 2007 Hyundai eastbound on Buchanan Trail when ...