For three days this summer, teachers converged at the Flight 93 National Memorial in remote western Pennsylvania to talk about 9/11. How best to educate a new generation about the attacks 25 years ago? Which details are appropriate for young kids? What do victims’ families want students to ...
EBENSBURG — Cambria County commissioners approved a five-year financial plan proposal they received from Kafferlin Strategies of Spring Creek during their meeting Thursday. The unanimous vote came after the county received a $148,500 state grant through the commonwealth’s Strategic Management Planning Program in late August to create a five-year financial and operational plan. According to Commissioner Keith Rager, who moved to accept the proposal, Kafferlin Strategies will review the county’s finances and operations over the next few months, look for problems and concerns and ...
A federal civil rights complaint filed last year, in which a former detainee of the Moshannon Valley Processing Center near Philipsburg charged she was sexually assaulted by the facility’s chaplain, should be allowed to continue, according to a recommendation by Magistrate Judge Maureen P. ...
A city woman is behind bars after allegedly facilitating a sexual relationship between a 15-year-old girl and a much older man. Carla Yvonne Fisk, 58, was arraigned Thursday by Magisterial District Judge Matthew Dunio on felony counts of statutory sexual assault: 11 years older, corruption of ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg Borough Council approved a disaster declaration at Thursday’s meeting as properties throughout the borough experienced damage from flooding after the heavy rainfall on Aug. 22 and 23. With the declaration, residents are able to report their property damage, ...
Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Pennsylvania officials, National Park Service leaders and family members and friends of the victims gathered Friday at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., to honor the 40 passengers and crew members who lost their lives and reflect on the legacy of their sacrifice. “These individuals made a collective decision that would change history forever,” said Stephen Clark, superintendent at the National Park Service. “Out of many, one … defines not only what the passengers and crew members did that morning, ...
