For more than 20 years, the City Blessings outreach through Center City Church has proven that a free Thanksgiving meal can bring an entire community together. Food speaks a universal language, according to Senior Pastor Mark Mielnik Jr. On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, members of the ...
At a presentation by four Mount Aloysius College students last week at the headquarters of Ward Transport & Logistics in Altoona, a PA Chamber of Business and Industry representative quipped that he was glad his boss wasn't in attendance. As part of a Chamber-sponsored workforce development ...
BELLEFONTE - Three Tyrone men charged in what investigators believe to be a multi-year child pornography operation will see their current charges withdrawn and new, more extensive charges filed against them. During a press conference Monday in Bellefonte, Centre County District Attorney Bernie Cantorna and First Assistant District Attorney Joshua Andrews announced plans to expand the list of charges against Samuel Friday, 67, Michael Woomer, 66, and Morris Reese, 64, and gave an update on the case that came to light last week. Currently, the three men are each charged with 10 felony ...
About 50 people took part in Indivisible Blair County's "Lights for Liberty Vigil" near the Blair County Courthouse on Sunday evening to call attention to "the inhumane treatment of refugees, immigrants and their families," as stated in a flier for the event. Participants carried ...
The Triangle Barber shop in Altoona has withstood the test of time, and although the shop is no longer in its namesake building, it continues to thrive under Bill Herr Sr. and his son, Bill Jr. According to Bill Sr., there had been a barber shop in the historic Triangle building since it ...
"You have to have a caring heart to start to make a difference," said Tracy N. Brown, president of the Blair County NAACP, during the organization's Freedom Gala that recognized local leaders for their contributions in the community. The award winners Saturday evening included a longtime ...
