HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County jury heard testimony from a number of witnesses Tuesday during the first day of trial for the city man accused of providing the drugs that led to the overdose death of 40-year-old Christy Clifford in April 2025. Danny Lee Caldwell Jr., 38, is facing single ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Operation Our Town awarded more than $80,000 to 21 local programs during a press conference Tuesday. The awards were presented to the winners of the 2026 Prevention Grant cycle. “Prevention takes many forms. Each of these programs are an example of what prevention looks like — not just reacting to problems, but investing in people before they start,” said Shawna Hoover, the nonprofit’s executive director. The R.O.C.K. The R.O.C.K. (Reaching Out to Community Kids) at Second Avenue received $10,350 — the most funding awarded from this year’s grant cycle. ...
NEW YORK — Oil prices fell again on Tuesday, which helped ease worries in the bond market and support stock prices. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% and edged a bit closer to its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 160 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite ...
PHILADELPHIA — Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died from measles, state health officials said Tuesday, the first measles-related deaths in the U.S. this year. Officials did not reveal any details about the people who died, other than that they lived in Lancaster County, west ...
ASHVILLE — A new scholarship has been created to help attract new members to the Ashville Volunteer Fire Company. The Evelyn and Eugene Eyer Ashville Scholarship Fund — established through the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies — will provide a scholarship to students who are pursuing any type of post-secondary education. Applicants must be an Ashville Volunteer Fire Company member or a child, grandchild, niece or nephew of a member. The fund was established by CFA board member Bob Eyer in memory of his parents, Evelyn and Eugene Eyer. Eugene Eyer was one of the fire ...
A Charleroi man was taken into custody Sunday morning after he allegedly broke into an Altoona convenience store and refused to leave, causing an hourslong standoff with police. David Allen Mooers, 40, was arraigned Sunday by Magisterial District Judge Daniel C. DeAntonio on single felony ...
