HOLLIDAYSBURG - The president of the Blair County Tea Party is charged with making threats to assault Hollidaysburg Mayor Joseph Dodson at the mayor's Wayne Street home. Andrew Bryan Katz, 52, of 1400 Third Ave. »
The discovery of a live puppy in a trash bin led to the confiscation of seven dogs and the owner's arrest on obstruction of justice charges, Altoona police said Friday. Carolann E. Zumstein, 20, of 203 E. Maple Ave. »
HOLLIDAYSBURG - The last time Mary Ann Rauch of Altoona saw her husband, John, he complained he didn't feel well. He was trembling and was so tired he couldn't hold his head up, Mary Ann Rauch said this week. »
An Altoona couple have discovered their Highland Park home was used as bait in an apparent Craigslist scam, Altoona police said. Scott and Kristy MacKaben's home at 5109 Fifth Ave. is up for sal. »
When Dave Butterbaugh knocked on doors in a run for Altoona City Council a few years ago, a common question was "Are you new?" He was, and he wo. »
Penn State Altoona finance professor John D. McGinnis said he was ready to hug every campaign worker after hearing that he won the Republican nomination in the 79th District by beating 34-year incumbent Rick Geist. »
HOLLIDAYSBURG - "Stop being a coward. Accept your punishment like a man." The daughter of a retiree killed by Nicholas A. »
HOLLIDAYSBURG - Area residents should take photo identification cards with them today when they vote in the primary election. Even though identification won't be needed to cast a ballot, election officials will ask for it. »
Altoona City Council members on Monday discussed how critical it is for the state to admit Altoona to the Distressed Municipalities Program - even as they discussed a possible big governmental change to ensure the city's stay in distress is brief. »
A Tyrone man texted taunts to a woman that Altoona police said he sexually assaulted after an argument last month. David F. Ross, 43, of 5425 E. Pleasant Valley Blv. »
"I spent most of the morning at Faith Baptist Church one of the largest Republican precincts in the city. It has been relatively steady but spread out, there is no waiting in lines," said A.C. Stickel, Blair County Republican party chairman. »
American author and poet Henry David Thoreau loved nature, so it seemed fitting Sunday that the first tree planted in a new Penn State Altoona environmental park, next to Thoreau cabin, was dedicated to a student who "loved the outdoors and who... »
Through an economic downturn and dwindling state funding for the 2012-13 school year, parent-teacher organizations across Blair County are generating revenue to fill students' needs. »
Working through the Blair County Hospital Authority, Altoona Regional recently condemned five properties so it can build a parking lot near Fairview Cemetery - the first time the hospital has ever seized property for parking, officials believe. »
Altoona police arrested a woman Friday they said beat and robbed an elderly man on Sixth Avenue. "I'm innocent," Sandra Kay Miller said as she awaited her arraignment just before noon Friday in Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey P. »
