A carpenter works on the construction of a Jeff S. Long Construction project on the 2500 block of Seventh Avenue in Altoona on Wednesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

The suspect who killed one person and injured two others at Old Dominion University on Thursday has been identified by authorities as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, who pleaded guilty in 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State, according to the FBI. The shooting is being ...

CARROLLTOWN — When asking kids what they want to be when they grow up, they may respond with some of the classics — first responders, doctors or teachers. Various community organizations, however, are trying to open young students’ eyes to the wide variety of careers that are ...

Antis Township has filed a motion asking Blair County Judge Lou Schmitt to dissolve the temporary injunction Schmitt recently granted that stops the township from decertifying the Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company in response to the company’s refusal to be folded into Excelsior Fire Department ...

The court is awaiting a psychiatric report in the case of the Tyrone man accused of attacking a “safety sitter” while in the UPMC Altoona Emergency Department in early November 2025. Chief Public Defender Julia Burke told President Judge Wade A. Kagarise during a trial list review hearing ...

CLAYSBURG — Claysburg-Kimmel School Board members approved a resolution requesting a public school facility improvement grant to replace the elementary school roof and repair the high school roof at Wednesday’s board meeting. If accepted, the grant — awarded through the Pennsylvania ...