EBENSBURG — The trial of a South Fork man accused of killing an Altoona landscaper in 2023 entered its second day Thursday as a state police trooper testified about the interviews conducted with the suspected killer. Austin L. Kline, now 25, is facing charges of criminal homicide, aggravated ...
SHANKSVILLE — As an enduring tribute to the people who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is carrying a 16,900-pound steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center’s south tower more than 10,500 miles to over 35 cities and 21 states. The tour began last ...
Paul Walk of Hollidaysburg (above) prays during the Blair County National Day of Prayer at American Legion Park in Hollidaysburg on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
About five years ago, after a meeting of the Logan Township supervisors, Chairman Jim Patterson and Supervisor Joe Metzgar went to Texas Hot Dogs. Metzgar didn’t have any cash with him, so Patterson paid the bill and told his colleague that next time, it would be his turn, Patterson said in ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Altoona man charged in the April 2023 stabbing death of 38-year-old Christopher Helsel was convicted Thursday on all 13 counts against him in a separate case for stabbing two fellow inmates at the Blair County Prison in October 2023. Raymond Thomas Oechsle Jr., 54, was ...
EBENSBURG — About 115 Central Cambria second graders from Jackson Elementary and Cambria Elementary came together Tuesday to build hoop gliders and form relationships with their peers from the opposite building. The activity was part of a statewide initiative called the 2026 discoverED ...