HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Virginia Beach man on trial for kidnapping two children alongside their mother in September 2025 was convicted Thursday evening on all counts against him. The Blair County jury deliberated about three hours before returning their unanimous verdict against Brandon Michael ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County commissioners will ask the public utility commission to consider allowing a shorter height for the Juniata Eighth Street Bridge due to the costs involved with replacing not only that bridge but two others in the three-bridge span. Commissioners Amy Webster and Laura Burke approved a motion to send a letter of engagement from Blair County to HMS Legal in Harrisburg for “legal services and advice regarding a bridge repair/replacement dispute with Norfolk Southern.” Commissioner David Kessling was absent. “That’s the filing with the Public ...
A new $169 million Sheetz food manufacturing and distribution center in Findlay, Ohio, will begin operations Oct. 11. On Tuesday, local, regional and state leaders officially cut the ribbon on the new facility, which will create more than 750 jobs over the next five years and bring new ...
Bank employees would be empowered to freeze financial transactions if they believe an elderly person is being targeted by fraudsters under legislation approved Wednesday by the state Senate. Senate Bill 738 would also require banks to notify aging protective services and law enforcement in certain situations, including if the victim has diminished cognitive capacity or bank officials believe a person with access to the victim’s account is involved in the fraud. Under the legislation, banks would be able to freeze the transaction for seven days and officials could extend the freeze ...
The Center for Community Action has agreed to become a fiduciary for the Blair County Prison Re-entry Coalition. As fiduciary, the CCA can help the coalition raise money, while becoming the repository for donations and other coalition income — with those donations being tax-deductible because the CCA is a 501(c)(3) organization, according to coalition officials and center Executive Director Wendy Melius. Coalition officials plan to meet with Melius to work out guidelines for how coalition representatives can forward money to the center and for how the center will disburse funds to ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A senior Adams County judge on Monday denied and dismissed the petition for post-conviction relief filed by a city man convicted in March on 13 felony counts for his role in a drug-trafficking ring. A Blair County jury found Matthew Lewis Rodriguez, 40, guilty of 10 felony ...
