A 19-year-old accused of raping a 16-year-old girl will face trial. Dylan Weatherwalk slouched in his chair at the defendant’s table in Magisterial District Judge Ben Jones’ courtroom on Wednesday as Altoona police Detective Sgt. Terry Merritts outlined the evidence police have against the ...
An Altoona man is behind bars after police say he stole from the East Freedom Walmart four times over the span of about three weeks. John Paul Sollenberger, 43, 2237 11th Ave., was arraigned Wednesday on four felony counts of retail theft stemming from alleged incidents starting on May 26 in ...
A Tipton woman who allegedly tossed a package of drugs over the fence of the Blair County Prison for her incarcerated boyfriend is now in jail on felony charges. Hollidaysburg police allege Faith Carper, 30, of Tipton threw the package of drugs over the fence for her boyfriend, 34-year-old ...
A Duncansville woman is accused of driving a stolen car to District Court. Jessica L. Markovich, 38, 270 Allen Lane, was arrested Thursday after she drove a stolen 2009 Mazda to Magisterial District Judge Andrew Blattenberger’s office in Martinsburg, where she was scheduled for a ...
June toastiest; July may follow WASHINGTON — The heat goes on: Earth sizzled to its hottest June on record as the climate keeps going to extremes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday announced that June averaged 60.6 degrees, about 1.7 degrees warmer than the ...
(Editor's note: This story was edited at 7 a.m. this morning to add time elements on the project.) A bit of trouble was served up recently at the new Mansion Park tennis courts as cracks appeared on the surface only months after the courts were replaced. The crack was nothing to sneeze at ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The student parking fee at the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School will jump from $5 last year to $25 this year. The school board approved the increase during their Wednesday night meeting. The vote was 5-1, with Melissa Mitchell casting the vote against the increase. ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg Area School Board approved several contracts Wednesday for products and social services for the new school year. Of the contracts presented to the board, the only one not unanimously approved was a contract with Gaggle.net Inc. for Gaggle safety management ...
The Bellwood-Antis community is mourning the loss of Susanne M. (Whiteford) Johnson, 60, of Bellwood, a local business owner, former Bellwood Borough Council member and dedicated community volunteer. Johnson died Sunday of cancer, according to her obituary published earlier this week. When ...
No injuries reported in barn blaze No people or animals were injured in a barn fire Monday evening in Tyrone Township, the Sinking Valley Volunteer Fire Company posted on its Facebook page. The fire was at 1301 Silver Barn Road in Sinking Valley. The barn was fully involved when ...
After more than 10 years without an increase in the federal minimum wage, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the Raise The Wage Act. However, it is not expected to pass the Republican-controlled Senate. A total of 231 House members voted Thursday in favor of the Raise ...
A homeless man is in jail after Altoona police allegedly found him prowling inside an apartment with a flashlight. Joshua B. Mercer, 31, was taken into custody after Altoona police officers ordered him out of the basement of a first-floor apartment on the 1900 block of 13th Avenue on Wednesday ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg Area School Board accepted the resignation of Junior High School Principal Robert Heinrich, who will take a higher position at the Indiana School District. In addition, the board accepted letters of retirement for business administrator Rob Roberts, who ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Hollidaysburg man will spend 10 to 20 years in prison, followed by five years’ probation, after pleading guilty Thursday to heroin delivery in connection with a fatal overdose in 2016 and a near-fatal overdose earlier this year. Clinton W. Carney, 29, was expected to ...
Karl Blischke, executive director of the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts, spent a half-day in Altoona visiting Baker Mansion, the Mishler Theatre, Allegheny Ballet Company and Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art and came away impressed. Blischke listened to representatives of those and other ...
An Altoona woman accused of trying to kill her husband and son will face trial. Blair County prosecutors added a third count of attempted homicide to an already lengthy list of charges against Tracy L. McClellan at her preliminary hearing at Central Court on Wednesday. The 43-year-old ...
The federal judge presiding over three lawsuits arising from a derailment of a CSX Transportation train in August 2017 has noted that one of the lawsuits might have been settled. Judge Kim R. Gibson in an order issued this month stated that a lawsuit filed in April by the resident of and the ...
The Blair County Convention Center Authority and the new owners of the Courtyard by Marriott are moving forward with the signing of an amended land lease that should make the convention center more attractive to larger groups seeking overnight lodging. As reviewed Wednesday, the updated lease ...
A new home designed to provide support for caregivers of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities is expected to be fully operational by late summer. The Blair County Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon July 30 for Skills of Central Pennsylvania’s ...
CLEARFIELD — A Philipsburg man who allegedly fled from police shortly after an assault waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Clearfield County Court. On July 10, state police said Michael Allan Parkes, 54, violated a protection-from-abuse order by having contact with the ...