State Police are searching for a vehicle and the driver they believe was involved in a hit and run. On Monday, June 16, the Geeseytown Community Fire Company was called to the 1700 block of Frankstown Road about 2:30 p.m. for a reported crash with injuries. The automobile went through a ...
More than $184,000 collected in natural gas impact fees in 2025 will be distributed among Blair County and its municipalities. Blair County government will receive $144,491.03 and 25 municipalities will collectively receive more than $39,500. Fees are collected from drilling companies with 60% returned to counties and municipalities affected by drilling. The other 40% goes into the Marcellus Shale Legacy Fund, which supports statewide environmental initiatives, greenways and infrastructure projects. Payments are expected to be distributed in early July. According to the breakdown ...
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted Tuesday to advance a bipartisan bill aimed at strengthening protections against Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit theft. House Bill 2540, sponsored by state Rep. Dan Williams, D-Chester, the majority chairman of the Human Services Committee, would require Pennsylvania to implement chip-enabled Electronic Benefit Transfer cards by January 2028. The security measure is intended to combat SNAP benefit theft caused by skimming devices that capture card data from magnetic stripes at point-of-sale terminals. More than $15 ...
A city woman was taken into custody for allegedly leading Altoona police on a high speed chase after she intentionally struck at least seven vehicles and attempted to run down three teenagers in her SUV. Jennifer Louise Fortney, 43, was arraigned Wednesday by Magisterial District Judge ...
Allegheny Trade Co. owner Ken Westover doesn’t play skill games and hasn’t had them in his store for long, but he questions the basis of Monday’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that the games don’t actually require significant skill. “Something’s going on (in the realm of ...
Two Hollidaysburg Area School District teachers are suing the district and multiple administrators, alleging civil rights violations and discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community following the adoption of a controversial display policy. The plaintiffs, choosing to proceed ...
