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Jones hired to replace Franco at Tyrone

Tyrone has found its next head football coach in Jason Jones to take over the Golden Eagles in the fall. Jones, who was approved as the Eagles' next head coach Tuesday night at Tyrone's school board meeting, takes over for a legend of a head coach in John Franco, who announced his retirement last month after two stints in Tyrone. Between Franco's two tenures in Tyrone, and a stop at both Altoona and Penn Cambria, he compiled a career record of 291-154-2, including 230 of those wins with the Golden Eagles. Jones comes to Tyrone after spending the last five years at Altoona, with the ...

Tyrone K-9 set to retire

TYRONE - Getro, Tyrone Borough's K-9 officer, is set to retire March 11 after a majority of borough council members voted in favor of ending the dog's service, without giving prior notice to his handler, Officer Traci Winters. During Monday's meeting, the borough council voted 6-0, with ...

Water break floods Altoona Area junior high

Altoona Area Junior High School students will not report to school today, Tuesday, Feb. 10, due to flooding caused by a water break. While those students will have an asynchronous remote learning day, all other students should report to school as regularly scheduled. The water break Monday in ...

Local couple write country song about military life

During a December 2014 SongwritingWith:Soldiers retreat in Boulder Crest, Virginia, Army veteran Matthew Chapman and his wife, Debbi, sat down with country singer-songwriter Radney Foster to create a melody about their military marriage. Foster seamlessly documented their unique military ...

Stepping up: Convention center to host square dancers

About 300 square dancers from Pennsylvania and neighboring states are expected to swing their partners in October at the Blair County Convention Center during a three-day festival, a first-time event for the convention center. "We're expecting dancers from not only Pennsylvania but from all ...