An Osterburg man is facing murder and other charges related to a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred last week in Manns Choice. Kurtis Lee Seib, 35, is behind bars with bail denied after being accused of striking and killing Joseph Williams, 65, while Williams was riding a bicycle north in ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County judge has temporarily granted a motion Friday to revoke the bail of a Hollidaysburg man accused of sexually abusing two underage girls over several years after his bail bondsman filed an application to have the bond forfeited. William John Stonebraker, 56, was ...
A former Altoona man has failed to convince the Pennsylvania Superior Court that his lengthy sentence on drug charges was “grossly disproportionate for nonviolent drug offenses.” Superior Court Judges Anne E. Lazarus, Mary Jane Bowes and Timika Lane in an opinion issued Thursday ruled ...
The state Public Utility Commission gets new data center tasks with the governor’s executive order issued last week. The PUC is preparing action on several fronts to address the impact of data centers on energy costs and energy demand. The agency received an assignment from Gov. Josh Shapiro to ensure data centers don’t shift energy costs to consumers or compromise the reliability of their electric service. The PUC is to develop protocols to cut off electric service to data centers before other customers when the power grid is stressed and have accurate forecasts and disclosure of ...
The Van Zandt VA Medical Center will hold a special ceremony to honor Overdose Awareness Day at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31. The event will take place outside the mental health building (Building 32) at the main medical center, 2907 Pleasant Valley Blvd., Altoona. The ceremony aims to honor those who have lost their lives to overdose and to raise awareness about overdose prevention and the use of naloxone. To show support for Overdose Awareness, staff will be set up on-site to provide educational opportunities about overdose prevention and the use of naloxone. In addition, veterans who ...
A paving crew from New Enterprise Stone & Lime puts down a layer of asphalt on a northbound lane of Penn Street in Hollidaysburg on Monday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
