HOLLIDAYSBURG — The city man who threw hot coffee on a Black man while threatening to shoot and stab him was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to about five months to two years in the Blair County Prison. Richard D. Hofer Sr., 65, was charged with felony ethnic intimidation, five misdemeanor ...
The parents of a 5-year-old boy who fell off a ski lift in March have been charged with child endangerment. Micah Mobus Porter, 34, and Maya Meghon Porter, 37, both of State College, were each arraigned Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge Tonya M. Osman on a single felony count of ...
One week after announcing the Cambria County trailhead challenge’s return, officials have added a new trailhead to the challenge that people must visit in order to be entered to win a $250 gift certificate from both Vale Wood Farms and Up-N-Running of Ebensburg. With the new trailhead, ...
Before the House passed legislation to ban the use of PFAS, so-called forever chemicals, in firefighting foam in July 2025, Rep. Brian Munroe, D-Bucks, recounted his personal account of dealing with cancer. Munroe said he’s not 100% certain that his cancer was caused by exposure to PFAS. But ...
HAVERFORD — A high school history teacher in Pennsylvania who helps students look inward to find their strengths and outward to find community inside and outside the classroom has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year. Leon Smith, 46, has spent his entire 25-year career at ...
A Lancaster man who continues to dispute a 30- to 90-day jail sentence on a summary harassment charge imposed because of a fight with a relative at a summer home in Huntingdon County has lost his appeal yet again, according to a Pennsylvania Superior Court decision issued Monday. Huntingdon ...