Pennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials said Monday, making it the largest state outbreak in more than three decades. The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991, with nearly 3,900 reported cases, according to the CDC. The nation has ...
During the early days of PJ’s Tavern, owner Patrick J. Sloan almost threw in the towel before someone advised him to sell chicken wings. “He couldn’t sell them for 10 cents, so he lowered them to 5 cents, and (business) boomed,” daughter Linda Audley said. Audley said one of her ...
HARRISBURG — Control of the Pennsylvania General Assembly is on the ballot in 2026, and a handful of seats will likely decide who has the power to help set policy in the Keystone State. Republicans have held the state Senate almost continuously for 45 years and hope to keep it that way come ...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered Blair County to appoint an attorney for a former Altoona man who is serving a lengthy prison term related to drug offenses that occurred in 2011. Derrick Dewight Dawson, 40, was sentenced in 2012 by Blair County Judge Elizabeth Doyle to 33 to 66 ...
Federal officials on Monday unveiled a $4.2 billion conditional loan commitment to bolster Vistra’s nuclear fleet and address growing energy demands across the region. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced the move at Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Ohio, painting it as the realization of President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order to expedite and strengthen nuclear energy resources. “President Trump promised to unleash an American nuclear renaissance, and the Energy Department is delivering,” Wright said in a statement. “By getting more power out of the nuclear plants ...
PATTON — The Firefighter’s Memorial Trail is officially open, connecting Patton and Carrolltown boroughs by trail through the Cambria County Regional Firefighters Association’s fire training academy in East Carroll Township. Officials gathered at the training academy site Friday morning ...
