Jaime Martinez of Pittsburgh is a Catholic who has twice participated in the Camino de Santiago pilgrimages in Europe, known in English as the Way of St. James. The rhythm of walking for weeks, “block(ing) out the noise” of ordinary life, the need for participants to “show up for ...
Remember the iPod? It’s making a quiet comeback. Four years after Apple killed off its digital music player, secondhand sales are surging. It’s fueled in part by young people interested not just in its retro looks but a desire to listen to music in a focused way and with playlists not ...
WISE Women of Blair County is hosting its annual tribute dinner on Wednesday to recognize seven local women for their contributions to the community and its quality of life. WISE, which stands for Women Involved in Scholarship and Empowerment, will open the event at 6 p.m. at the Blair ...
A new reality is setting in for travelers worldwide: rising fees, fewer flight options and difficult decisions about whether a trip is worth the cost. The culprit is volatile oil and jet fuel prices, which have spiked sharply since the war in the Middle East began and fighting near the narrow ...
An out-of-court settlement has been reached in a case involving six children from an Altoona family who were removed by authorities from their parents almost 18 years ago and placed in foster care. The foster parents, Timothy and Barbara Krause of Houtzdale, eventually adopted the children and ...
A Hollidaysburg man was taken into custody after an investigation into a Safe2Say tip revealed he had been sexually abusing a 13-year-old female at his residence. Shane Joseph Salcedo, 37, was arraigned Thursday by Magisterial District Judge Wendy R. Mellott on a single felony count of ...