Air Force veteran Bill Lightner has been a patient at Van Zandt VA Medical Center for 40 years, following a vehicle accident in 1987 in California that ultimately left him paralyzed from the chest down. He’s a fan. “It’s the best place around,” Lightner said when asked recently ...
The Bellwood-Antis community is mourning the loss of a ninth grade student after a weekend bike accident. Ian Ulrich, 14, encountered fresh grass clippings on Sandbank Road at 7:03 p.m. Saturday and lost control of the e-bike he was riding, according to a state police report. The bike fell ...
WASHINGTON — U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles. The ban amounts to barely a ripple in $880 billion worth of annual two-way trade between the two northern neighbors. But it marks another ratcheting up of President Donald Trump’s second-term trade war with America’s longtime ally and trading partner. The import ban “certainly won’t do anything to help the trade ...
Juniata Elementary School students learned about fire safety awareness Tuesday as the Logan Township United and Altoona fire departments visit each of the Altoona Area School District’s eight elementary schools throughout October for fire prevention month. Students in kindergarten through ...
The Pennsylvania Superior Court late last week rejected an appeal by an Altoona man who is serving a state prison sentence of 15 to 30 years for drug-related offenses. And, the appeals court explained, the inmate, Curtis Matthew Gates, 38, “must wait” for what he perceives is justice due ...
The company that plans to create a museum for fantasy art in the former Altoona YMCA building — subsequently the KNY — on Lexington Avenue has obtained variances in connection with plans for a second building addition and the construction of a parking lot across 10th Street from the main parking lot. The three-story second addition will host a cafe on the first floor, a classroom on the second floor and a small theater on the third, according to information provided by developer's consultant Keller Engineers to the city Zoning Hearing Board. One variance will allow for parking ...
