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Escape artist: Facebook posts help track Doug the wayward emu

NEW ENTERPRISE -- The roads around New Enterprise are flanked by grassy fields and crops, livestock -- cows, horses, goats, sheep and chickens -- and backyard pets, like dogs and cats. But, for those with a keen eye, one backyard stands out due to the large flightless birds that call it ...

GoFundMe started for woman injured in Altoona shooting

Friends of an Altoona woman who is in a coma in Pittsburgh after her husband shot her, then killed himself at their home on Oct. 5, have created a GoFundMe page to help with her expenses. April (Summers) Manals is dealing with a life-threatening, traumatic brain injury and facing "months if ...

Blair County Courthouse unveils judge’s portrait

HOLLIDAYSBURG -- Family, friends and coworkers gathered at the Blair County Courthouse Wednesday for the portrait unveiling of the late Judge Fred B. Miller, remembered by many for his lasting impact on the community. "He would have loved this," Miller's wife Tracy said. Miller, who passed ...

Officials dedicate Cambria County wind project

PATTON -- Officials gathered Wednesday at Rock Run Recreation Area to formally dedicate Rogue's Wind, Competitive Power Ventures' 114-megawatt wind project in Cambria and Clearfield counties that began operations this summer. Rogue's Wind is the company's third operating asset in Cambria ...

Peace of mind with no line: UPMC Altoona holds walk-in mammogram event

Bonnie Sanders wasn't worried, but she was taking precautions nonetheless. Sanders, 82, was among a couple dozen people who came to the Station Medical Center Monday morning for UPMC Altoona's once-a-year walk-in mammography screening for women who are due for their annual mammogram, don't ...

Altoona Area High School graduate returns to ‘Halloween Wars’

The third time might just be the charm for Altoona Area graduate Anthony Pater, who is back competing on the Food Network's "Halloween Wars," a show that pits teams of pumpkin carvers against each other until the field is narrowed down and a champion is named. Pater, who has loved "Halloween ...