PATTON — The Cambria County commissioners voted to approve change orders for the courthouse roof project and ratified emergency repairs for the county prison during their meeting Thursday at Rock Run Recreation Area in Chest Township. There were two change orders approved for the ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County judge heard testimony Thursday afternoon from a forensic pathologist regarding the admission of photographs prosecutors wish to show at the trial of a Duncansville man accused of killing his neighbor in October 2024. David Harold Jenkins Jr., 52, is facing ...
CLAYSBURG — Members of the Claysburg-Kimmel School Board agreed to advertise a request for proposals for transportation services for a five-year contract at Wednesday’s meeting. According to Board President Jeremy Knott, the transportation contract with Triple J Bus Company was one of ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Defense counsel for the Hollidaysburg man accused of sexually abusing two underage girls over several years filed paperwork Thursday asking the court to not allow certain statements made by the victim from being presented at trial. Defense attorney Thomas Dickey alleged in ...
Legislation introduced in both chambers of the General Assembly would ban the sale of lab-grown meat in a bid to protect the state’s farming industry. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave its first approval for lab-grown meat in 2022, clearing lab-grown chicken produced by UPSIDE Foods. A second company, GOOD Meat, received FDA approval for its lab-grown meat products in June 2023. Neither company is currently selling their products on grocery store shelves. Instead, both have been temporarily on the menus of a handful of high-end restaurants around the country. Proponents say ...
Attorney General Dave Sunday is suing the social media platform TikTok, alleging the company violated Pennsylvania’s Consumer Protection Law by failing to protect children from accessing adult-themed content and employing tactics designed to promote addictive use of its app. “This suit seeks to put in place effective barriers and safeguards that will consider the child consumer’s well-being and safety,” Sunday said at a Tuesday press conference at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. “Is there any more important battle that could possibly exist than putting our children in a place ...
