A Bridgefield man was taken into custody after allegedly following a 5-year-old family member into a bathroom and touching her inappropriately. James Frederick Waxter, 75, was arraigned Thursday by Magisterial District Judge Kayla Hetzel on 25 felony counts, including rape of a child, ...
With Civil War stories at the front line of the conversation, novelist Jeffery Shaara is slated to visit the Mishler Theatre at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 for the Altoona Area Public Library’s second Storytellers on Stage event. Son of “Killer Angels” author and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Shaara, New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Shaara is best known for his books, “Gods and Generals,” the prequel to “Killer Angels,” and “The Last Full Measure,” the sequel to “Killer Angels.” “He does extensive research on moments in American history and tells the story of ...
The Pennsylvania Superior Court, in an opinion issued Thursday, upheld the conviction and lengthy prison term imposed on a Nanty Glo man for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. The incidents charged to James G. Smith Jr., 40, who is presently incarcerated in the State Correctional ...
The former Bellwood-Antis High School student accused of setting the district’s middle school on fire in December 2024 was furloughed from prison Monday to participate in a community-based intensive treatment program. Elias Izaha Lynn Alley, 21, faces single felony counts of arson, ...
With state legislative leaders having failed to bring to a vote bills that could have rescued the skill games common in bars, social clubs, restaurants and arcades before an Oct. 14 deadline for removing them, the popular machines’ era in Pennsylvania may be over. The General Assembly is ...
Former Blair County District Attorney David Gorman returned to the DA’s Office Monday as an assistant district attorney following a 20-year career at the Attorney General’s Office. Gorman’s employment was approved Thursday by commissioners Amy Webster and Laura Burke. “I’ve always ...
