CRESSON — When Penn Cambria officials launched a campaign last year to fundraise athletic facility improvements, they never imagined the initiative would be where it is today, having received about $1 million in pledged donations from the community and still going strong, Superintendent ...
The Friends of Little Orchard Park are close to success in their effort to block the Altoona Redevelopment Authority from developing seven homes on longtime recreational ground in Logantown. The authority today is expected to vote on a proposed settlement with the neighborhood group under ...
A Hastings man was killed in a three-vehicle accident in Mifflin County on Monday. According to the Mifflin County Coroner’s Office, 21-year-old Hunter Raymond Massey, formerly of Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, was killed in the crash about 1:40 a.m. in the area of 2103 Route 522 South in ...
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and over a dozen of his colleagues in the upper chamber have re-upped their calls to end the federal ban of marijuana. On Tuesday, Fetterman’s office sent out a press release announcing his support for the reintroduction of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, which he said would remove cannabis from the list of federally controlled substances and, as a result, empower states to create their own laws. “I’ve always been very pro-weed,” Fetterman said. “In a very libertarian slant: I’m not going to judge anyone for using it to ...
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific struck a deal with Canadian National to secure that rival’s support for its proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern railroad. The deal to create the nation’s first transcontinental railroad has been divisive within the industry because it would ...
The Logan Township supervisors Thursday authorized three change orders totaling $57,288 for the Strawberry Hills recreation site project. Township Manager Tim Brown said the first change order is for the installation of soccer backstop netting behind each of the four goals. The cost is $26,592. A second change order is for the installation of an eight-foot gate and fence next to the warm-up area, which Brown said is needed for the township’s highway department to be able to get a lawnmower through. The cost is $6,696. The final change order granted, totaling $24,000, is for the ...
