KFC has been taking a licking from fried chicken rivals like Raising Cane’s, but the global fast-food chain has a plan to return to the top of the U.S. pecking order. The Kentucky-born brand opened a new restaurant in McKinney, Texas, on Thursday to serve as a test lab in its home market. ...
Prosecutors and other court officials on Thursday told a panel of lawmakers that the General Assembly needs to act to set the ground rules as the judiciary adjusts to a March Supreme Court ruling finding Pennsylvania’s use of mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder convictions is unconstitutional. The ruling impacted those convicted of committing a felony that resulted in a death. Critics of the state’s use of life sentences in these cases maintain that the old sentencing scheme was unfair to those who may have been conspirators in a crime but did not directly commit a ...
Food pantry available The food pantry at Twenty-eighth Street Church of the Brethren, 28th Street and Union Avenue, is available for those in need. Distribution will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, by appointment only. Call Deb by Thursday at 814-207-8293. Yard sale planned The annual yard Sale at Asbury United Methodist Church, 1341 Grandview Road, Altoona, will be held from 8 a.m to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. There will be puzzles, books, bake sale, food, drinks and crafts, jewelry, along with a variety of yard sale items. Vendor space is available for $15; bring ...
ST. LOUIS — Decades after he was a fixture on American TV screens, the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen is back in a familiar place: the media spotlight. Tens of thousands of Catholic devotees are converging on St. Louis for a formal ceremony of beatification on Thursday, in which the prelate ...
Between work, family, responsibilities and the countless number of hats that women wear each day, it can feel impossible to find time to relax and socialize with like-minded people in the community. But once a month, a women’s local art group gathers, offering women a space for creative ...
Dubbed a “gentle giant” by some, Barry Kumpf is being remembered as a man of high integrity and a man with a great work ethic. Kumpf, 69, Altoona, passed away Sept. 18 at UPMC Altoona. Kumpf retired as president and CEO of the Blair County Convention Center and was previously general ...
