Blair County has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit in which a Hollidaysburg mother accuses several Children, Youth and Families employees of coercing her into signing a blank safety plan under threat of having her children placed in foster care. The mother, Melanie McCreary, 39, in ...
EBENSBURG — It was a packed house Monday night at Holy Name Catholic Church in Ebensburg, as guests came to hear a former Mafia boss speak about his religious journey. Michael Franzese, 74, was known as the “Prince of the Mafia” in the 1980s before serving prison time on state ...
The Logan Township Planning Commission plans to invite some residents of the narrow slice of Lakemont bounded by Logan Boulevard, Convention Center Boulevard and Roswell Street to its meeting in June to discuss a request by a business there to rezone part of that neighborhood from residential ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Altoona man charged in the April 2023 stabbing death of 38-year-old Christopher Helsel was convicted Thursday on all 13 counts against him in a separate case for stabbing two fellow inmates at the Blair County Prison in October 2023. Raymond Thomas Oechsle Jr., 54, was ...
About five years ago, after a meeting of the Logan Township supervisors, Chairman Jim Patterson and Supervisor Joe Metzgar went to Texas Hot Dogs. Metzgar didn’t have any cash with him, so Patterson paid the bill and told his colleague that next time, it would be his turn, Patterson said in ...
Paul Walk of Hollidaysburg (above) prays during the Blair County National Day of Prayer at American Legion Park in Hollidaysburg on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski