A state appeals court last week refused to grant a new trial to a Harrisburg man who is serving a lengthy prison sentence for a rape committed in Johnstown a decade ago. The issue before the Pennsylvania Superior Court was that the prosecution withheld information that the victim in 2002, ...
A city subcontractor on Monday used a sandblaster to remove graffiti from sidewalks, walls, steps and a light pole in the Gospel Hill area. “They were tagged last week,” said City Manager Christopher McGuire. “It was pretty bad.” The city has not had “a graffiti infestation” ...
The Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center will undergo another facility assessment after the Joint Operating Committee unanimously voted for a no-cost evaluation at Tuesday’s meeting. This evaluation follows GACTC’s ongoing search to renovate their facility as they continue to near their student capacity. The Efficiency Network, known as TEN, was awarded the facility assessment after Director of Business Operations Joe Richards gave board members a presentation showing past assessments from area schools. He touted a recent project at the Greater Johnstown School ...
Blair County boasts a rich industrial past driven by the 19th-century iron trade, the expansion of early canal and transport networks and its rise to a world leader in railroading through the Pennsylvania Railroad. The iron industry began in Blair County in the early 1800s as at one time ...
Public comment dominated the majority of the Altoona Area School Board meeting Monday, as district employees addressed ongoing contract talks and a parent raised concerns about recent alleged conduct by a group of district students. UniServ representative Douglas Rosenberry spoke on behalf of ...
BEDFORD — Pennsylvania Healthy Lands Week encouraged volunteers to roll up their sleeves Monday after planting native trees around Shawnee State Park’s campsite and dropping fish habitats full of invasive tree branches into the lake. From now through Oct. 4, state parks and forests in ...
