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Lawyer resigns from lawsuit against Clearfield County district attorney

The lawyer for a long-haul trucker driver, who has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Clearfield County and District Attorney Ryan P. Sayers for malicious prosecution following a fight that occurred outside a Sandy Township plant nearly three years ago, has resigned from the ...

August solar eclipse to sweep over Spain

For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain with an even longer encore next summer. Toss in a crescendoing meteor shower and a six-planet parade on the same day, and the heavens will be overflowing with awe. Daytime darkness will descend Aug. ...

Trump to halt strikes on Iran

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the 5-month old war. The emerging deal “would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE ...

Water break

Marty Marasco waters the flowers in front of his Monroe Avenue home in Altoona on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Lakemont Partnership disputes breach of lease

Recent court filings by the organization that operates Lakemont Park claim the group has not prevented Blair County from inspecting its premises and financial records and that the county never provided information on how the organization supposedly breached its lease. The filing, submitted by ...

Drug sweep nets 60 suspects in Blair, Cambria counties

JOHNSTOWN — Over the past week and a half, more than 60 alleged drug traffickers have been charged in Blair and Cambria counties as a result of Operation Summer Street Sweeper, according to state Attorney General Dave Sunday Jr. A total of 21 people were charged in Cambria County and ...