On behalf of Norfolk Southern Railroad, PennDOT has announced an upcoming road closure and detour of Trough Creek Valley Pike in Henderson Township, Huntingdon County, for railroad crossing maintenance. Trough Creek Valley Pike, just north of Mill Creek, will be closed and detoured for about ...
WASHINGTON — As the U.S. prepares for an extravagant celebration of its founding principles, fewer Americans see their country as exceptional, a new poll finds. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research highlights many Americans’ feeling of unease over the future of its representative government — particularly among young people. It presents a jarring contrast as communities around the country commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary. Only about one-quarter of Americans say the U.S. stands above all other countries in the world, the new poll ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A city man who stabbed a woman with kitchen scissors during an argument took a plea agreement and was sentenced Monday to two- to 23.5-months’ incarceration in the Blair County Prison. Ralph Allen McConnell, 26, was initially charged with two felony counts of aggravated ...
Contacted by phone Monday evening after he received a lifesaving award and valor award for actions during a house fire in the city in April 2025, Capt. Nick Wukovich of the Altoona Fire Department apologized profusely and begged to be understood for being unwilling to describe what it was like to be trapped in a closet during a “flashover,” while trying to rescue a trio of children, who themselves had been trapped. But Wukovich, who received those honors along with Capt. Cameron Sunderland, wasn’t reluctant to credit the larger department contingent on scene that evening on the ...
A Penn State University of Harrisburg librarian visited Altoona Area Public Library last week to access information for her second book compiling the history of Pennsylvania libraries from the 1940s to the early 2000s. Education and behavioral/social sciences librarian Bernadette A. Lear said there were few articles written about Pennsylvania’s libraries when she started her research about 20 years ago. “We hunkered down and got the job done,” she said with a laugh, adding that these stories are not well known. Following her 2021 publication of “Made Free and Thrown Open to ...
Mount Nittany Health recognized Kevin Schmader, RN, as a recent recipient of the prestigious DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award honors nurses who demonstrate exceptional clinical skill, compassion and dedication to patient care. Schmader was nominated by two patient families who ...
