Memory care facility gets nod for Duncansville location

August 27, 2026

Blair County Planning Commission members Thursday gave a favorable review to plans to construct a 42-room memory care assisted living facility at 178 Meadowbrook Lane, Duncansville. Plans for Fountains at Duncansville also call for a parking lot and on-site stormwater management features. Access to the site is a proposed bidirectional easement off Meadowbrook Lane. This access point opens onto a 23,090-square-foot asphalt parking area with 20 paved parking spaces, including two ADA accessible spaces. Landscaping improvements are included throughout the site, which should make for an ...

Judge denies motion to dismiss teachers’ lawsuit against Hollidaysburg Area School District

August 27, 2026

A federal judge denied the Hollidaysburg Area School District’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two district teachers alleging LGBTQ discrimination by the district’s display policy. The district, Superintendent Curtis Whitesel, Junior High School Principal Dale McCall and Director of ...

Altoona man acquitted of charge of drug delivery resulting in death

August 27, 2026

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County jury acquitted the city man charged with delivering the drugs that resulted in the overdose death of 40-year-old Christy Clifford in April 2025 and convicted him on three related counts Thursday afternoon. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated about ...

To Dolly Parton, God and acceptance shared stage

August 27, 2026

In her 1994 memoir, Dolly Parton recounts in vivid detail the place where she found God. It was an abandoned church, in rural Tennessee where she grew up, that had become known as a haven for sex, drugs and violence. Rather than see the used condoms on the floor, the out-of-tune piano left ...

Altoona codes officer fired over Facebook comments

August 26, 2026

The city has terminated Scott Campanaro, a former codes officer who made “inappropriate and insensitive” comments online last week that were “not indicative of who we are as a city,” City Manager Chris McGuire said at a press conference Wednesday. In response to a resident’s ...

Frankstown Township supervisor ordered to pay $48K

August 26, 2026

The state ethics commission has ordered a longtime Frankstown Township supervisor to pay $48,000 to the township for Ethics Act violations. The order issued Tuesday states that ethics violations occurred when George Henry voted several times for a developer’s project within the township, ...