At an interview this week to gather information on a national program designed to help income-qualifying first-time mothers navigate the difficulties of pregnancy and raising a baby, 17-month-old Carson Eger grabbed a flashlight and began whacking the back of a laptop. Quickly, his mother ...

BEDFORD — A Duncansville woman was sentenced Friday to 177 to 480 months’ incarceration in the assault and arson-for-hire case targeting her estranged wife. Heather Ann Dibert, 45, was sentenced in Bedford County court by presiding President Judge Travis W. Livengood to about 15 to 40 ...

Editor’s note: The following, focused on the Tyrone Area School District, is the sixth installment of the series looking into how Blair County schools fared on the state assessment tests. The data for all Pennsylvania schools can be found at futurereadypa.org. TYRONE — Teachers and ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A former Blair County attorney was sentenced Friday in one case and pleaded guilty in two others in Blair County court for a sentence that includes paying $160,000 in restitution. Michael B. Cohen, 42, faced three separate cases in Blair County related to his law practice ...

A solar farm may be coming to the city. The Cresco, Pa., company that wants to build it received a variance to do so from the Zoning Hearing Board this week. Altoona Land Development LLC would build the 488-panel array capable of producing 342 megawatt hours per year on a narrow, ...

From Mirror staff reports A Blair County couple face drug trafficking charges after a traffic stop Wednesday wrapped up a monthslong investigation into cocaine trafficking from New Jersey, according to the state Office of Attorney General. Quida Samuel Mertens, 54, and Toya Yvonne Kennedy, ...