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Hollidaysburg Area High School students rescue bus driver in distress

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A quartet of Hollidaysburg Area High School students are being credited with saving a bus driver’s life after he suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel. Seniors Skyla Horton and Travis Zerby and sophomores Alexis Smith and Jenna Anderson worked together Thursday ...

Logan Township interviews candidates for vacant seat on board of supervisors

At a special meeting Tuesday, the four current Logan Township supervisors heard pitches from four candidates for the seat left vacant by the recent death of Supervisor Patrick Jones, while also receiving resumes from two candidates who couldn’t attend the meeting. Making oral presentations ...

Clearfield votes to extend Moshannon Valley Detention Center contract

CLEARFIELD — The Clearfield County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 on Tuesday to approve a six-month contract extension for the operation of Moshannon Valley Processing Center. Commissioners Tim Winters and John Sobel voted in favor of the extension, and Commissioner Dave Glass voted ...

Push on to name Highland Park disc golf course for volunteer

The Central Blair Recreation and Park Commission will consider whether to name the disc golf course at Highland Park after an Altoona man who died unexpectedly in October 2024 at age 32. As a youth, Mason Ingram was a leader among a group of friends who called themselves the Cool Aid Kids — individuals who remain friends today as a “found family,” according to Tracy Lynn and Alice Oswald, who came before the commission board bearing a petition with 26 signatures. “The Cool Aid Kids follow in Mason’s mission to be the kind of adults that he needed when he was young,” Lynn ...

Virginia homicide suspect arrested along Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bedford

A Virginia homicide suspect was arrested after a pursuit and “high-risk” traffic stop Tuesday afternoon on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bedford County. State police on Tuesday received an alert that Roger Paul Allen Bradford, 60, was wanted in Virginia in connection with the fatal ...