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Area briefs: I-99 paving project to create delays

Drivers are restricted to one lane due to a paving project on I-99 South near the Pinecroft exit, PennDOT announced. Short delays should be expected from mile marker 38.4 to 29.4. Work on the passing lane began Monday and is scheduled to continue through Oct. 9. Once the work is finished, the passing lane will be opened and the travel lane will be closed for the same project. Work includes milling, paving, line painting, joints and rumble strip installation. New Enterprise Stone and Lime Inc. is the contractor for the $26.7 million overall project, which spans from the Newry crossover ...

Overdose death suspect rejects plea, will head to jury trial

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The city woman implicated in the March 2025 overdose death of a 32-year-old man is heading for jury selection after rejecting a global plea deal of 15 to 40 years’ incarceration across three separate but related cases. Casandra Michelle Williams, 44, was charged with ...

Hollidaysburg unveils Slinky Center exhibit at Reiser House

The Hollidaysburg Borough marked the official opening of the Slinky Center at Reiser House Tuesday morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, which welcomed borough council members, state representatives and members of the community. Hollidaysburg has been home to the Slinky toy since 1964. To ...

House energy chair drafts data center bill

The House energy committee chair is drafting legislation to give statutory teeth to some recent state actions to regulate data centers. A proposal by Majority Chair Elizabeth Fiedler, D-Philadelphia, addresses Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Aug. 18 executive order on data centers and actions by the state Public Utility Commission (PUC). “If a data center requires new generation, transmission, distribution or other grid infrastructure, the costs should be borne by the companies creating that demand — not spread across Pennsylvania’s existing electricity customers,” said Fiedler in a ...

Raindrops, won’t stop

Dan Casey of Juniata takes his daily 30-minute walk along North Fifth Street despite the rain on Monday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Altoona Police Department targets e-bike safety

Accidents between the new motorized/electric bikes and larger vehicles have been ticking up in recent months and that has Altoona police on a campaign to educate riders and, when necessary, issue fines. Safety — for the bike riders who are often teenagers and for the general public — is ...