When Roaring Spring firefighters were called out to a T-bone crash with entrapment at the intersection of Route 36 and Cross Cove Road three weeks ago, Fire Chief Jim Musselman figured it was probably a fatal, given the history of the crossroads, where there have been four deaths in the last ...
JOHNSTOWN — The John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport is nationally recognized as a center of excellence for drone training and aviation, and the Aerium Innovation Summit is evidence of that, according to Cambria County Commissioner Tom Chernisky. The summit, which kicked off ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County commissioners took another step Thursday toward acquiring land targeted for a new county prison near Duncansville. Commissioners, during their weekly meeting, voted in favor of consulting with a real estate broker and county solicitor on preparing a formal offer ...
EBENSBURG — More than 200 Central Cambria High School students eagerly took to the streets Tuesday morning to engage in a community service project called “Brighten the ‘Burg.” The students, along with 18 staff members, were weeding, mulching, painting benches, picking up trash and ...
As a young girl living in Jamaica, Queens, New York, Carmin Wong remembers that journaling helped her reflect on her experience as a first-generation immigrant in America. “Writing was the place that felt safe, as though I could try and voice the myriad of experiences I was having all at ...
The rain and cold didn’t stop local police officers and Special Olympic athletes from running in the Law Enforcement Torch Run on Thursday morning, carrying the torch from the Sheetz on 58th Street to the Sheetz in Greenwood. Altoona Police Sgt. Matthew Plummer, however, carried the torch ...