Although details remain under investigation, a reported underground explosion left about 234 customers near the Altoona Area Junior High School without power Wednesday afternoon, forcing the district to send staff home early and cancel its afternoon activities, including a senior academic ...
A city woman who pleaded guilty to her role in a 2023 overdose death will serve five to 10 years in state prison. In court Wednesday, a tearful Tylo Breon Schilling, 29, apologized for her actions. “I never meant to hurt anyone,” she said. In addition to prison time, President Judge ...
The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Tuesday dismissed a challenge by an Altoona man convicted of simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment that occurred outside the Eleventh Street Towers nearly six years ago. Dimitrius C. Miles, 59, a resident of the Towers, was sentenced to a prison ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A trial for members of the Florida Felony Lane Gang could take an extended period of time due to the amount of evidence that would need to be presented, Senior Deputy Attorney General Rachel Anne Wheeler said during a status conference Wednesday morning. “The evidence we ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Penn Run man facing trial for his alleged role in the 2022 overdose death of 41-year-old Joseph Charles Sr. filed a motion Monday asking for the dismissal of his charges due to a “miscarriage of justice.” Eldon Allen Sajko, 56, filed the handwritten motion “by and ...
U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-PA, announced the launch of a Pennsylvania Youth Essay Contest in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, inviting high school students across the Commonwealth to reflect on Pennsylvania’s central role in the American story. Winning essays will be entered ...