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Tyrone Area School Board set to adopt proposed 2026-27 budget plan

The Tyrone Area School Board plans to formally adopt the proposed 2026-27 general fund budget with a 4.9% tax increase at next Tuesday’s regular session meeting. The budget’s total revenues are set at about $31.1 million, and expenditures total about $31.9 million, leaving the district with a projected overall deficit of $885,765. With the proposed in­­crease, tax levies on real estate within the district will be set at 8.27 mills in Blair County, 31.83 mills in Centre County and 62.15 mills in Huntingdon County. The board also plans to approve the 2026 Homestead/Farmstead ...

Suspect in Altoona overdose death takes plea

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The alleged head of an Altoona drug ring charged with third-degree murder after being implicated in the 2022 overdose death of 26-year-old Marlana Koehle will plead guilty to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter in exchange for 14- to 30-years’ incarceration. Rickey ...

Half of Pa. child deaths left unreviewed since 2020

HARRISBURG — Many Pennsylvania counties are failing to review the death of every child in their area, despite a 2008 state law that requires them to do so. The problem, advocates and program participants say, is a lack of both state assistance in collecting data and time for volunteers to run the local panels. Gov. Josh Shapiro wants the legislature to approve $2.5 million to improve this work, but it’s unclear if the request will be considered a priority this year. The effort to study the deaths of Pennsylvania children dates back about two decades, when the state passed a law ...

Kittens rescued from Claysburg woman’s car by Altoona firefighters

Two kittens might have used up one of their nine lives as they traveled from Claysburg to Altoona on Tuesday morning, tucked in the engine compartment of a Claysburg woman’s car. According to Altoona Fire Department Captain Josh Link, firefighters were dispatched about 8 a.m. to the ...

Altoona woman accused of lighting roommate’s mattress on fire

A city woman is behind bars after allegedly burning her roommate’s mattress and punching a television when she learned her roommate had gotten a protection from abuse order against her. Sophia Lauren Gordon, 25, was arraigned Friday by Magisterial District Judge Benjamin F. Jones on a ...