A former Johnstown man who is serving a prison sentence of 16 to 32 years for trafficking fentanyl in Blair County has failed to convince the Pennsylvania Superior Court that his sentence was excessive and that he did not receive a fair trial. John Anthony Watts, 37, is presently serving his ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — In the four weeks that K-9 Officer Dea has been on the streets of Blair County with her handler, Officer Bryan Ketner of the Hollidaysburg Borough Police Department, she’s already been deployed eight times and played a vital role leading to drug-related arrests in each ...
A state House committee on Tuesday moved a step closer to eliminating a major distraction in schools by passing a bill which — with many exceptions — would prohibit student cellphone use during the school day. Lawmakers have struggled to come up with the best approach to the issue as ...
A delegation of about a dozen people organized by two west-central Pennsylvania Indivisible groups urged the Clearfield County commissioners Tuesday not to renew their contract with the company that operates the Moshannon Valley Processing Center — an immigration detention facility that has ...
It’s hard to believe that railroad history buff Matthew Wolff didn’t grow up in Blair County. Ridgway native Wolff, 26, is the current archivist and historian at Altoona’s Railroaders Memorial Museum, where he works to preserve local artifacts for future generations. He’s also ...
OAKLAND, Calif. — Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, deceit and unbridled ambition that blurred the bickering billionaires’ once-shared vision for the development of artificial intelligence. The ...