News Staff The Altoona Area High School Music Department will host two spring concerts, one this week and another next week. The string, vocal and jazz ensembles will perform at 7p.m. Thursday outdoors on the patio in front of the new AAHS B Building. This will be the school’s first outdoor concert. Audience members should bring their … Read more
An Altoona man is in Blair County Prison on burglary and related charges after police say he broke into a garage and stole $13,000 in tools and equipment along with a customer’s car. Video surveillance reportedly captured Robert Vogel Jr., 48, walking around Mike’s Garage on 3722 Sixth Avenue at about 3 a.m. Sunday morning.
On Monday morning, deputies of the Blair County Sheriff’s Office were called out to attend a scheduled landlord/tenant eviction at an apartment on Broad Street in Hollidaysburg Borough. Deputies attempted contact with the person inside at the door, but after not receiving any answer, the landlord authorized and provided deputies entry to the building to … Read more
On Monday, Blair County began to mail ballots to the 5,558 county residents who earlier said they would plan to vote by mail in the May 18 primary. Voters who want to vote by mail May 18 now have until 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, to file an application for a mail-in or absentee ballot … Read more
Two more people have now been arrested after an investigation into a double homicide from 2017 that took place in Somerset County. Marekus Benson and Deandre Callender now face charges for conspiring with two previously arrested members of the Ohio-based East Main Money Gang to kidnap and murder 19 year old Damien Staniszewski and 32 … Read more
Sheetz announced a new campaign aimed at feeding children and adults in need across the Mid-Atlantic. “Get a Meal, Give a Meal” will donate one meal to local Feeding America food banks for every 6-inch sub sold and two meals for every 12-inch sub sold during the month of May. Across the nation, families struggling … Read more
Altoona police say two people were transported to the hospital Sunday morning after crashing their car into a residence near the intersection of 29th Street and 7th Ave. The crash occurred just after 6 a.m. and responding crews arrived to find the vehicle on fire. Investigators say the vehicle’s two female occupants were transported to … Read more
After initially being dismissed back in February, charges including burglary have been reinstated against a Duncansville man. Original charges faced by 32 year old Brian Hoover were dismissed by Blair County Judge Timothy Sullivan because evidence produced at a hearing showed that he was part owner of the property… along with his former girlfriend… on … Read more
On Friday, officers of the Blair DUI Task Force made their presence known locally by conducting a DUI Checkpoint, which included roving patrol units. Today, we have the results of that effort, which should serve as a warning to those who may have not been stopped. Don’t drink and drive! There were a total of … Read more
PennDOT says a re-paving project will reduce a work area to a single lane along 9.8 miles of Route 1001 (Plank Road) from the Goods Lane Intersection to the Route 764 Intersection in Greenwood in Logan Township and the City of Altoona. Beginning, Wednesday, there will be a single lane closed on Pleasant Valley Blvd. … Read more