News Staff David Kennedy, president of the Pa. state troopers association, has released a statement demanding an apology from Gov. Tom Wolf over comments made in a statement released by the governor’s office, which referred in part, to the deaths of African Americans at the hands of police, calling them painful reminders that racism and intolerance are … Read more
Pennsylvania voters became the first in the nation to impose restrictions on a governor’s authority under an emergency disaster declaration, approving constitutional amendments sped to a statewide referendum by Republican lawmakers angry over how Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf handled the pandemic response. The vote on Tuesday’s statewide primary ballot came as Republican lawmakers across the … Read more
A woman was arrested Tuesday night after Johnstown Police said she stabbed her father. Detective Sergeant Cory Adams of the Johnstown Police Department confirmed 35-year-old Allison Reynolds stabbed 55-year-old Frank Thomas one time. The incident happened at the 500 block of Broad Street just before 11:30, according to Cambria County Dispatch. According to Adams, Thomas … Read more
In a county-wide contested Republican Primary , Incumbent Robin Patton fended off a challenge by Bill Straesser (STRAY-sir). In the race for Altoona City Council, the top four vote-getters on the Republican side were Incumbents Dave Butterbaugh (BUTTER-baw) and Bruce Kelley, followed by Dave Ellis and Ron Beatty. The order of finish on the Democratic … Read more
According to Cambria County dispatchers and officials with the South Fork Volunteer Fire Company, an overnight fire destroyed a home in Summerhill Township Monday. 911 officials say crews were dispatched around 12:30 a.m. to a home along the 100 block of Sherbine Road. Dispatchers say no one was injured in the blaze but fire crews … Read more
If you live in Blair County and have a mail-in or absentee ballot for today’s primary, listen carefully… You will need to stop by the county elections office at 279 Loop Road in Hollidaysburg or to stop at your local voting precinct. That’s a change from back in November, when you could drop that vote … Read more
A preliminary general fund budget for the upcoming fiscal year has been approved by the Altoona Area School Board. Now one big question lingers… will there be a tax increase to pay for it? Revenue and expenses are close this time around. Projected revenue for the upcoming year is $116.1 million, and expenditures are expected … Read more
Lou Barletta, the Republican Party’s Donald Trump-endorsed nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018, is running for governor of Pennsylvania. Barletta, 65, becomes the most prominent figure to enter a 2022 governor’s race that Republicans have won every time in the past half-century when there is an outgoing Democratic governor and a first-term Democratic president.
It all ended on Sunday for The Curve… the team’s recent winning streak hit a roadblock by the team with the worst record in pro baseball which finally one a game this weekend. Altoona had been on a hot streak, winning the last seven games in a row. Meanwhile, Binghamton had started the season 0-10. … Read more
There is an old country song that says “sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug.” An inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale has now learned that he is…. well, not the windshield. 30 year old Shawn Freemor has lost his challenge to a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections policy of taking 25% of … Read more