Most people who drive a car are familiar with the ordeal of growing drowsy and struggling to stay awake long enough to find a place to park in safety, where they can finally succumb to the need for sleep. It’s harder for drivers of tractor-trailers when drowsiness takes hold because parking ...
A theme of continuity ran through Tuesday’s dedication of a new mural on the Railroad Retirement building near the corner of 11th Avenue and 15th Street in downtown Altoona. Painted by local artist and Clay Cup owner Sarah Garber, the 5-by-50-foot mural depicts Blair County’s beginnings ...
A local man who became a leader in the pharmacy industry will be the 23rd recipient of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award for Business Excellence. The prestigious award will be presented tonight, Monday, Oct. 6, to Greg Drew, who recently retired as president of ...
DUNCANSVILLE — As the Rev. Tiffany Marvich read from Genesis 1:24-25, the yips and barks from a chorus of assembled dogs filled the air, a fitting accompaniment for Duncansville Evangelical Lutheran Church’s pet blessing event held on Sunday afternoon. The church holds the event every ...
Members of both the Tyrone Area School District and Bellwood-Antis School District communities are upset after an incident of alleged racist harassment directed toward a Black Tyrone player during a volleyball match by members of the Bellwood-Antis student section. In a video of the Sept. 22 girls varsity volleyball match posted to social media, as senior Raeleigh Oliver prepares to serve, monkey noises can be heard from inside the Bellwood gymnasium. According to Jamie Oliver, Raeleigh’s father, his family was “appalled” by the incident in a statement posted to social media on ...
A fire in the Knickerbocker neighborhood early Thursday destroyed a rowhouse, damaged the attached houses on each side and slightly injured a couple firefighters, one of whom was briefly trapped by a refrigerator after falling into the basement when the first floor collapsed — moments ...
