Apple’s latest mobile operating system update, iOS 27, rolled out last week, headlined by a more advanced version of its Siri assistant. But it also comes with a slew of other useful but less well known features for iPhone users. The software upgrade, which is available for devices dating ...
LODI, Calif. — It’s harvest time in California wine country, but many growers are struggling to sell their grapes as changing drinking habits have caused demand to plunge. The decline is forcing some growers to tear out vineyards that their families have grown for generations. Wine ...
Blair County Planning Commission members Thursday reviewed plans for construction of two new poultry barns in Woodbury Township. Marlin Burkholder plans to construct two 26,000-square-foot poultry barns, two manure storage facilities, associated gravel drives and stormwater management ...
A Roaring Spring teen is behind bars after allegedly assaulting her 3-month-old daughter, breaking six of the child’s ribs. Liberti Nikole Renee Johns, 18, was arraigned Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Brian K. Baker on two felony counts each of aggravated assault and ...
Blair County Planning Commission members Thursday reviewed two ordinance amendments in relation to data centers. Members found the proposed amendments from Taylor and Antis Township to be consistent with the county’s comprehensive plan. The 20-page Taylor Township ordinance seeks to amend the township’s subdivision and land development ordinance to address standards applicable to data centers and related uses. “It is a really thorough ordinance that addresses a lot of the community concerns, it has some teeth,” said Regional Planner MacKenzie Caron. “This is the first we are ...
A federal civil rights lawsuit in which two Altoona Police officers were alleged to have used excessive force to subdue an out-of-control pretrial detainee being held in a police department cell has been settled out of court, according to an order issued recently by U.S. District Judge ...
