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Jury: South Fork man guilty on all charges in Altoona landscaper’s killing

EBENSBURG -- After about an hour of deliberations, a Cambria County jury of five men and seven women on Friday found Austin Louis Kline, 25, guilty on all charges related to what prosecutors said was a gruesome killing in May 2023. Kline was found guilty of criminal homicide, aggravated ...

Oeschle found guilty of prison assaults

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Altoona man charged in the April 2023 stabbing death of 38-year-old Christopher Helsel was convicted Thursday on all 13 counts against him in a separate case for stabbing two fellow inmates at the Blair County Prison in October 2023. Raymond Thomas Oechsle Jr., 54, was ...

Suspect interviews focus of testimony in homicide trial for South Fork man

EBENSBURG — The trial of a South Fork man accused of killing an Altoona landscaper in 2023 entered its second day Thursday as a state police trooper testified about the interviews conducted with the suspected killer. Austin L. Kline, now 25, is facing charges of criminal homicide, aggravated ...

Logan Township mourns loss of longtime supervisor Metzgar

About five years ago, after a meeting of the Logan Township supervisors, Chairman Jim Patterson and Supervisor Joe Metzgar went to Texas Hot Dogs. Metzgar didn’t have any cash with him, so Patterson paid the bill and told his colleague that next time, it would be his turn, Patterson said in ...

Tunnel to Towers tour visits Flight 93 memorial

SHANKSVILLE — As an enduring tribute to the people who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is carrying a 16,900-pound steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center’s south tower more than 10,500 miles to over 35 cities and 21 states. The tour began last ...

Logan Township planners to consider changes to Cracker Barrel entrance

The Logan Township Planning Commission intends to invite residents of the neighborhood on Goods Lane next to the commercial complex consisting of Cracker Barrel, the Hampton Inn and Champs to an upcoming meeting to discuss a proposal by the owner of the commercial tract to reconfigure the ...