HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County is paying $97,500 to resolve a lawsuit filed by three former foster children removed from an Altoona residence in 2008 and housed in Clearfield County where they were abused by foster parents. Commissioners Dave Kessling, Amy Webster and Laura Burke voted ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County District Attorney’s Office filed a motion Thursday morning to revoke the bail of the Hollidaysburg man accused of sexually abusing two underage girls over several years after allegedly contacting one of the victims to have her recant. William John ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A judge denied the motions to dismiss Thursday morning filed on behalf of the Blair County couple facing hundreds of counts of child sexual abuse across four cases. William John Stonebraker, 56, and Marie Louis Stonebraker, 44, appeared alongside their respective defense ...
The state Senate shot down legislation that would have banned intoxicating hemp products and set up a cannabis control board to assume oversight of the state’s medical marijuana program. The bill’s prime sponsor, Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, called the defeat a “missed opportunity.” The bill was defeated by bipartisan opposition in a 29-21 vote, although only Democrats criticized the bill during the debate before the vote. “Pennsylvania is choosing to leave intoxicating ‘gas station weed’ completely unregulated,” Laughlin said. “That means no testing, no oversight, no ...
LILLY — Cambria County’s solar panel project is continuing to progress after the commissioners approved an interconnection reimbursement agreement Thursday with MEI Manor LLC, said Chief Clerk Alex Ashcom. As part of the project, the county hopes to install solar fields to power the Cambria County Prison, the Cambria County Courthouse and surrounding county-owned facilities at half the current cost, Ashcom said. The project received initial approval from Penelec, was pushed to the Pennsylvania Utility Commission for approval and then was sent back to Penelec for an engineering ...
A fiery North Dakota derailment that happened two years ago demonstrated yet again why the National Transportation Safety Board has been urging the rail industry for decades to replace flawed tank cars that tend to rupture in a crash. The NTSB said in its final report Thursday that the workhorse DOT-111 tank cars are long overdue for replacement because of the way the devastating impact of a derailment is magnified anytime hazardous chemicals leak, especially if they catch fire as they did in this derailment just outside the town of Bordulac, North Dakota. In addition, the NTSB said ...
