Altoona Area High School students arrived at school Wednesday morning to the news that one of their classmates lost his life in a shooting the previous night. The 15-year-old male victim, Devon Pfirsching of Altoona, was shot Tuesday evening just before midnight on the 100 block of Fourth ...
MARTINSBURG — State police are investigating an officer-involved shooting along Cove Mountain Road in Martinsburg. Reports indicate a Martinsburg Borough police officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a vehicle about 6 p.m. Wednesday, but the suspect failed to stop and fled south ...
HUNTINGDON — A Hollidaysburg man faces felony charges in Huntingdon County after state police allege he embezzled almost $30,000 while serving as a union treasurer. Bryan Peroni, 57, is accused of writing multiple checks to himself for a total of $29,365 while serving as treasurer of the ...
CLEARFIELD — A Houtzdale man is facing charges for allegedly kicking, punching and strangling a handicapped woman. Daniel Katz, 41, was charged by state police with felony strangulation and misdemeanor counts of simple assault, possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of ...
A number of area school entities will receive a combined Pennsylvania’s School Safety and Security Grants to improve student safety. The Altoona Area School District is in line for $45,000, while Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 is getting $449,945 and Penn Cambria School District ...
A state prison sentence for an Altoona man with a history of DUI and other offenses has been upheld by an appeals court, which agreed with the sentencing judge that the man’s treatment programs have not worked. Donald Eugene Clark, 65, has a record of six DUI convictions, according to the ...
Two of the three teenagers charged in the killing of 15-year-old Devon Pfirsching appeared in court this morning for arraignment with a third scheduled to appear this afternoon. Appearing this morning were Owen Sutherland, 15, who was charged with first-degree murder, robbery and related ...
The Bellwood-Antis Junior High wrestling coach is now in custody and faces 13 felony charges that include two counts each of rape of a child and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child as well as counts of sexual contact with a student and indecent assault of a person less than 14 ...
Nathan Grabill, 13, runs to break up a pass to Gaige Rabenstein, 14, both of Hollidaysburg, during a pickup game of touch football at Tiger Stadium on Monday afternoon. (Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski)
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A 43-year-old Johnstown man has been sentenced to 21.5 to 43 years in jail for his role at the top of a drug-trafficking organization that sold a deadly form of heroin in Blair and Cambria counties in 2016 and early 2017. Judge Daniel J. Milliron imposed sentences Tuesday on ...
CLEARFIELD — The death of a Clearfield woman who perished in an October fire has officially been ruled a homicide. On Tuesday Clearfield County Coroner Kim Shaffer Snyder released information that Shanna Carlson, 34, was killed by “penetrating wounds to the head and right lung due to an ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A 52-year-old Dysart man will spend 23 to 46 years in jail based on December convictions of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated assault and related charges. Blair County Judge Jackie A. Bernard imposed consecutive sentences Tuesday, resulting in the ...
A 25-year-old woman faces charges after police say she got into an altercation with two children in the ball pit of an Altoona trampoline park. Kaylani A. Gunning of New Enterprise is accused climbing the ball pit obstacle course at Altoona Urban Air on the evening of Nov. 29 to confront two ...
A Hollidaysburg man is in jail after police say he pistol-whipped a woman during a domestic dispute. According to the charges, Blair Township police were dispatched to 2242 Reservoir Road, Hollidaysburg, just before midnight Saturday after a call about a domestic dispute with a weapon during ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — An Altoona man with two recent confrontations with police was placed on probation for 30 months by Judge Daniel J. Milliron, whose focus was on helping the defendant straighten out his life. The judge told 25-year-old Elijuah Jahad Easterling that in sentencing someone, he ...
MARTINSBURG — An unpaid bill has led to harassment charges against a Queen woman. According to charges filed by Greenfield Township police, Autumn Nicole Weitzel, 30, made threats against a family who once gave her a place to stay. On Feb. 20, police were called to the 200 block of ...
CLEARFIELD — A Coalport man accused of burglary, theft and lying to police pleaded guilty Monday during sentencing court in Clearfield County. Issac Lee Krause, 18, started his crime spree on Sept. 26 when he stole a wallet from a vehicle in Coalport for which he was charged with theft by ...
JOHNSTOWN — A DuBois man has been sentenced to 10 years’ supervised release with 12 months’ home detention on his conviction of possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said. U.S, District Judge Kim R. Gibson imposed the sentence on Matthew Hutzell, 27, of 115¢ E. ...
Edward Jones recognized among best workplaces For the 21st time, Edward Jones has been named one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For by Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine. Edward Jones took the No. 7 spot on the list, the 16th year the firm has ranked in the top 10. Great ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Democrats unleashed a roaring assault against Bernie Sanders’ electability and seized on Mike Bloomberg’s past with women in the workplace in a raucous debate Tuesday night that tested the strength of the two men leading their party’s presidential nomination fight. ...