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Blair deputy sheriffs recognized for life-saving efforts

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County deputy sheriffs were recognized Tuesday for measures that saved the life of a local woman who became unconscious in December while being transported in the deputies’ cruiser. U.S. Rep. John Joyce, R-13th District, stopped at the courthouse Tuesday to deliver a ...

Train crash highlights shortcomings of automated railroad brake system

The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Pennsylvania early this month highlights the shortcomings of the automated braking system that was created to prevent such crashes. None of the circumstances the National Transportation Safety Board described Tuesday in its preliminary report ...

Judge dismisses charges against Altoona officers

Civil rights violations including malicious prosecution and fabrication of evidence against three Altoona police officers have been dismissed by a federal judge presiding in the U.S. District Court in Johnstown. Judge Stephanie L. Haines, in an opinion issued earlier this month, upheld a ...

Williamsburg man accused in sexual assault of girl

A Williamsburg man is behind bars after being accused of sexually assaulting a young girl. Gary Allen Chesney, 54, was arraigned Monday night before Magisterial District Judge Daniel C. DeAntonio on a total of 21 charges, including felony counts of rape of a child, statutory sexual assault, ...

Former Ferguson Township man sentenced for assault of child

CLEARFIELD — A former Ferguson Township man and a “self-proclaimed pervert” pleaded guilty to assaulting a 3-year-old girl during sentencing court in Clearfield County on Tuesday. State police say William W. O’Dell, 55, assaulted the girl more than once at a home on Tyrone Pike in ...

Clearfield man convicted for assault of 16-month-old child in July 2022

CLEARFIELD — A Clearfield man will be spending up to seven years in state prison for assaulting a 16-month-old child. Jeremy Michael Sipe, 45, was convicted of felony endangering the welfare of a child and misdemeanor simple assault after a two-day trial in January in Clearfield County ...