HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Philadelphia man who trafficked high-potency fentanyl packets in Altoona was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 30 to 180 months’ incarceration after pleading guilty to all charges across his four separate but related cases. Amir Ishan Palmer-Kennedy, 21, faced a total of ...
The Jaffa Shriners will celebrate the official listing of their Broad Avenue headquarters on the National Register of Historic Places during a special ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 14. The event will be held in the building’s banquet hall and will feature the unveiling of a bronze plaque commemorating this milestone. The public is invited to attend the ceremony. Guided tours of the Jaffa Shrine headquarters will be offered immediately following the plaque unveiling. The Jaffa Shrine received its charter in the summer of 1903. In 1910, the organization dedicated its first ...
A federal appeals court last week ruled that a former magistrate judge serving in the U.S. District Court in Johnstown erred when he failed to appoint an attorney to represent an immigrant who sought damages for an injury to his leg and back when he was housed at the Moshannon Valley ...
Claysburg-Kimmel School District is facing a $744,703 deficit as board members continue to work to balance the 2026-27 budget. Before the board approves the final budget on June 17, they’re looking at the district’s revenue total of $16,350,813 and its expenditures total of $17,095,516. According to Dena Burket, the board weighs three different budgets during their budget presentation, including a best-case scenario, a moderate option and a worst-case scenario. With the worst-case scenario creating a $1.4 million deficit, she said board members are tasked with choosing what ...
Fathers Day is celebrated next weekend and I want to honor, in my estimation, a great man, my Dad. William McKinley Wentz was born to Elizabeth and John Henry Wentz 129 years ago in a log house at Ore Hill. William McKinley was the U.S. president at the time, hence the name. Dad was the ...
Ozias Jones, 5, of Altoona cools off at the Juniata Memorial Spray Park on Thursday afternoon. Temperatures reached the lower 90s in some parts of the region and are forecast to remain in the upper 80s today with high humidity and a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Mirror photo by Patrick ...
