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Connellsville man files suit against Cove Forge Behavioral Health Center in Williamsburg

Local News August 26, 2026

A Connellsville man has filed a federal civil rights complaint in the District Court at Johnstown seeking admission to the Cove Forge Behavioral Health Center in Williamsburg. Zachary Thomas Spada, 35, contended in his lawsuit that he was accepted earlier this month for residential substance-use-disorder treatment at Cove Forge, which is part of the Pennsylvania-based White Deer Run Treatment Network. Spada stated in his lawsuit that he sought residential treatment after being diagnosed with several conditions that have identified him as a disabled individual under the Americans with ...

Altoona codes officer fired over Facebook comments

Local News August 26, 2026

The city has terminated Scott Campanaro, a former codes officer who made “inappropriate and insensitive” comments online last week that were “not indicative of who we are as a city,” City Manager Chris McGuire said at a press conference Wednesday. In response to a resident’s ...

Former Altoona city code enforcement officer fired for comments

Local News August 26, 2026

City Manager Chris McGuire announced the termination of former code enforcement officer Scott Campanaro Wednesday following an investigation into “inappropriate and insensitive” posts Campanaro made online. In response to a resident’s post about the Altoona Area School District ...

Preservationists work to save revolution ‘witness tree’

National News August 25, 2026

EUTAW SPRINGS, S.C. — Standing beneath the spreading branches of a massive live oak, historian Garrison Marcoux tries to imagine what this scarred, struggling tree saw 245 years ago. Did one of the British soldiers encamped at this South Carolina crossroad near the end of the Revolutionary ...

Ebensburg Borough Council delays implementation of new parking rates

Local News August 25, 2026

EBENSBURG — Officials decided during Monday’s Ebensburg Borough Council meeting to extend the implementation of the borough’s new parking rates and fines to Jan. 1 after lengthy discussion about what effects changing the borough’s parking ordinance would have on its residents and ...

James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center opens fund for Wall That Heals

Local News August 25, 2026

While the Wall That Heals at James E. Van Zandt Veterans Administration Medical Center was installed 26 years ago, it has since worn down with weather and time. Ken Tedora of the Central Pennsylvania National Guard & Veterans Association noticed the deterioration and advocated for repairs ...