Several freight train cars have derailed in Altoona, near 3100 W. Pine Ave., between Mill Run Road and Coburn. Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene about 1:30 p.m. Friday after a nearby resident reported at least five cars derailed. Mirror reporters are on scene. More information ...
Trunk or treat events planned — St. John the Evangelist Church in Lakemont and the Lakemont Fire Hall will hold their annual Trunk or Treat, Costume Contest and Halloween Parade beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, in the church parking lot. Parade and costume contest will follow Trunk or Treat at 2 p.m. at the fire hall. — Trunk or treat will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the parking lot at Twenty-eighth Street Church of the Brethren, 28th Street and Union Avenue. — Newry Lutheran Church, 1030 Shamrock Lane, will host Trunk or Treat from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, ...
An Altoona man asked the Altoona Water Authority board Thursday for help dealing with damage that occurred in July after a terra cotta sewer line running under his house collapsed, coupled with further damage that occurred when the authority replaced the collapsed line. “We will talk about ...
Legislation barring youth under 16 from riding e-scooters and mandating helmets for riders under 18 was approved by the state House on Tuesday. House Bill 1633 would also cap e-scooter speeds at 25 mph and allow local officials to enact ordinances with stricter limitations than those in the ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Tyrone man who left a UPMC Altoona ER technician with a fractured skull and brain bleed was sentenced Thursday morning to 7.5- to 20-years’ incarceration. A Blair County jury deliberated about 20 minutes before finding Bradley Scott Lloyd, 41, guilty of three felony ...
ROARING SPRING — After more than a dozen residents voiced their opposition to an incoming data center, Taylor Township officials on Thursday unanimously approved an amended Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance that they hope will better protect the township’s citizens. The special ...
