Altoona to celebrate Oktoberfest downtown

October 15, 2026

The city of Altoona is holding an Oktoberfest celebration from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday in Heritage Plaza. The idea of holding an Oktoberfest celebration has been brewing among city officials since before she was hired in the spring, said Main Street Manager Jamie Foust. There will be drinks, food, live entertainment, a competition and kids’ activities. Four city breweries will set up in the plaza: JJ Hadley & Co. Brewers, Levity Brewing Co. and Railroad City Brewing Co. of the downtown, and Behe Brothers Brewing Co. of Juniata, according to a news release from Foust. They’ll serve ...

Court vacates order to revoke Grampian man’s bail after mistrial in child endangerment case

October 15, 2026

The Pennsylvania Superior Court, in an opinion affirming the right of most pretrial defendants to bail, has vacated an order by a Clearfield County judge that revoked the bail for a Grampian man following a mistrial in his case. The defendant, Devin John Moore, 39, was being tried in August ...

Altoona man acquitted of rape

October 15, 2026

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County jury acquitted a city man of rape and related charges Thursday afternoon following a three-day trial in the case in which he was accused of raping a woman near an off-campus party in February 2024. The jury of seven men and five women deliberated about an hour ...

Police: Erie man controlled family

October 15, 2026

A Pennsylvania man who fatally shot eight others, including seven family members, before killing himself had exercised strict control over his relatives, including their finances and interactions with others, police said Thursday. Investigators still don’t know why family patriarch Matthew ...

Altoona-Blair County Airport reports decreased enplanements

October 15, 2026

MARTINSBURG — Enplanements at the Altoona-Blair County Airport were down 18% due to Contour Airlines’ Myrtle Beach route ending, airport manager Tracy Plessinger said during Wednesday’s airport authority board meeting, noting enplanements were up 9% from September 2025. Contour carried 1,813 passengers outbound and inbound in September at the airport, Plessinger said, adding the airline’s overall completion rate last month was 100%, and the airport is still on track to reach 11,000 enplanements by the year’s end. La Fiesta sales for September were down 19% from August and ...

Hollidaysburg Area School District union to vote on strike

October 15, 2026

A stalemate between the Hollidaysburg Area School District and the union representing about 230 professional staff in the district may come to a head early next week, after the union announced that a vote will be taken Monday on whether to authorize a strike. The Hollidaysburg Area Education ...