Tyrone Area High School student Paisley Fix knows a thing or two about horses, although her first time on a pony brought her to tears, and not the joyful kind, her mom Stacy Fix said. After being persuaded to sit astride the pony at a birthday party in Warriors Mark, Paisley quickly became ...
"It's not every day you get to see a map that wasn't fully known," said Altoona Area Public Library's archivist Joshua McConnell. For a limited time, people who visit the library can view a page of Irish writer Temple Henry Croker's "Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" that depicts ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG - Borough residents can rest assured that they remain in safe hands, as Sgt. Richard Oldham was sworn in as police chief on Thursday to replace Christopher Storm, who retired in late 2025. Oldham, 40, brings the experience of 10 years' service with the Hollidaysburg Police ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG - Nobody had a better day at the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference swim meet than Hollidaysburg junior Addison Smith - and that must mean she was having fun. "Over the past year, I learned that I need to have fun," Smith said. "If I don't have fun, I do terrible. So, my goal ...
Jessica and Pedro Espitia first met 24 years ago when they were taking their trash to the dumpster at the Rolling Rock Motel in Duncansville, where they were both living - she with her infant daughter, he as a drywall hanger and finisher working in the building. Not long after, as they sat ...
When visiting the Eliza Furnace Historic Site in Indiana County, local author Byron Smail became enamored with the furnace's history, questioning how it functioned during the Industrial Revolution. His interest quickly snowballed into an in-depth research project, entailing three ...
