A Roaring Spring woman is accused of stealing nearly $35,000 from a local business after allegedly being caught on a hidden camera going through the owner’s office on several different occasions. Joanna Bartek, 51, was arraigned Monday by Magisterial District Judge Andrew L. Blattenberger ...
A Monday Supreme Court ruling rejecting a proposal by President Donald Trump to use the U.S. Postal Service to restrict the use of mail-in voting represents a “major victory for Pennsylvania voters,” Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt said at a Tuesday afternoon press briefing. The decision, also “importantly, provides much needed finality for voters and counties ahead of this year’s election,” Schmidt said. “Nothing has changed about voting by mail in Pennsylvania. Any eligible Pennsylvanians who choose to vote by mail should have confidence that they can continue ...
Kerry and Darlene Clawson of Roaring Spring prepare to take off on a bicycle ride at the Williamsburg Station of the Lower Trail on Friday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
After receiving an unexpected $8.5 million in additional state revenue than what was budgeted for earlier this year, the Altoona Area School District now finds itself with about a $3.1 million surplus instead of a $4.9 million shortfall. The board raised taxes by 3% in June to cover the ...
City Council on Monday awarded a contract for demolition of the nine-unit Sunset apartment building on the 2200 block of Broad Avenue, whose residents were evacuated in July 2025, after structural brickwork on the left side began to bow — deterioration that has worsened since then, creating ...
STATE COLLEGE — Pennsylvania lawmakers have quietly erased longstanding deed restrictions on seven closing Penn State campuses, allowing the university to sell the entire properties to private buyers rather than return portions of the land to state control. Penn State is starting with two locations. Proposed real estate transactions for the Penn State Shenango campus in Mercer County and Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus in Luzerne County are slated for review by the Board of Trustees at its upcoming Sept. 18 meeting, university spokesperson Wyatt DuBois confirmed to Spotlight PA in an ...
