The Zoning Hearing Board Wednesday granted seven variances requested by the local engineering firm that has been hired to create a land development plan for the renovation that will turn the former Altoona YMCA on Lexington Avenue into a fantasy art museum. The variances, as requested by Adam ...

Cornhole tournament set for April 11 The Center for Child Justice, Blair County’s Children’s Advocacy Center and a program of Family Services Inc. will host their third annual Toss Out Child Abuse Cornhole Tournament. This set team, double elimination tournament looks to bring in funds ...

The city Zoning Hearing Board Wednesday granted Duncansville developer Ken Weidley a variance that will allow him to build a six-space parking lot for a duplex he plans to construct in Juniata — two more spaces than the maximum allowed for a duplex by the city’s new subdivision and land ...

A stairwell roof at a parking garage being built in Philadelphia collapsed suddenly, killing one person and leaving two missing, authorities said. The section of roof at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s garage fell Wednesday, triggering a “progressive collapse of connected ...

Dallas Wyerman of Newry fishes the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River along Monastery Road in Blair Township after work on Monday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County Prison is down to 325 inmates as of Tuesday from last month’s average of 374, a reflection of efforts to transfer more inmates to state prisons and the current housing of 20 Blair County inmates at the Centre County Correctional Facility. Reports reviewed ...