Fire K9 passes away suddenly
Lucille was a black Lab whose initial destiny as a seeing eye dog came to grief in training. So she was retrained to become an arson detection dog, ending up in 2022 with the Altoona Fire Department and fire inspector Justin Smithmyer. Lucille’s sudden death a few days ago has brought ...
Renovations continue on Prospect Pool
The Prospect Pool complex’s reconstruction is on schedule to be completed for next year’s swim season, City Manager Christopher McGuire said after Monday’s city council meeting. During the meeting, city council members awarded the bath house renovations to Clark Contractors of Bedford in the amount of $696,313.85 as part of a consent vote with other resolutions, which included awarding demolition and repository bids. A full renovation of the bath house will make it fully compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, McGuire said, noting the bath house was ...
Philly man seeks new trial in drug case
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Philadelphia man convicted earlier this year of trafficking nearly $74,000 worth of narcotics requested his sentence be vacated in documents filed Monday. Following a two-day trial in May, a Blair County jury found Damar Michael Holmes, 34, guilty of five felony counts of ...
ICE considering buying Pa. immigrant detention facilities
CLEARFIELD — In mid-July, ICE published a request for information on “turn-key detention services” for four regions across the country, including central Pennsylvania, where it already has the largest immigration detention facility in the Northeast. Local activists worry ICE is either ...
City man pleads guilty to evading police; awaits drug case hearing
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A city man accused of helping traffic about $33,000 worth of narcotics entered an open guilty plea Aug. 4 in one of the two cases against him. James Morgan Jr., 45, was charged with single felony counts of escape and flight to avoid apprehension, as well as a misdemeanor ...