News Staff A no contest plea has been entered in a stalking case involving an Altoona man who was arrested last year and charged with stalking the family of his former landlord. 46 year old Erick Karlson has agreed to avoid future contact with that family as part of a plea deal that was reached Wednesday in … Read more
A Bradford County woman has admitted that she and her husband laundered nearly $1.9 million they obtained by making false pleas about the need for money on social media. 53 year old Christine Okpako and her husband 55 year old Jabin Okpako of Sayre… according to federal prosecutors… acted as agents in the United States … Read more
Every adult in Pennsylvania will qualify for COVID-19 vaccines starting April 19, and emergency responders, grocery workers and others will be able to set up shots immediately. Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam said the new timeline is possible because the state’s rate of vaccinations has accelerated. Starting today, vaccine appointments are being expanded to include … Read more
Two Altoona residents are accused of trading drugs for stolen guns. 45 year old Michael Burchfield and 33 year ols Summer Heil were arrested last year after a nine-month investigation into stolen guns and drug trafficking. The pair appeared Tuesday in Blair County Court prior to when they were expected to go on trial in … Read more
Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff said Tuesday that Pennsylvania should not follow states like New York in adopting or developing so-called “vaccine passports” that provide proof that passport holders have received the COVID-19 vaccine or recently tested negative for COVID-19. Benninghoff said every Pennsylvanian who wants a COVID-19 vaccine should have the opportunity to … Read more
In Centre County, more than 200 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in just the last few days. The recent surge in cases once again has experts stressing that the pandemic is far from over. The recent increase in new COVID cases in State College and Centre County are drawing attention, even national attention. And … Read more
The 5th person who is believed to have been part of a plan to smuggle drugs into the Blair County Prison is now officially facing charges. 31 year old Mara Mingle… along with her boyfriend 30 year old Jesse Riggleman III… a prison inmate, are each facing drug-related felony charges. Also arrested and charged in … Read more
Sheetz announced Monday plans to hire over 2,800 employees company-wide during “national hiring day.” The event is set to take place on Wednesday, March 31 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at all Sheetz’s 619 store locations. Of the 2,800 expected hires, nearly 1,200 of those jobs will be in Pennsylvania. Full-time and part-time positions … Read more
Planned Parenthood and other operators of abortion clinics lost in court on Friday in their bid to reverse a decades-old Pennsylvania court decision upholding limits on the use of state Medicaid dollars to cover the cost of abortions. The plaintiffs will appeal to the state Supreme Court, the only state court that can repeal the … Read more
Veronica Degraffenreid, a former senior election official in North Carolina, on Friday became Gov. Tom Wolf’s nominee to head of his Department of State, which oversees elections in Pennsylvania. Degraffenreid joined Wolf’s Department of State a year ago as an election modernization adviser and became the department’s acting secretary after Kathy Boockvar resigned last month … Read more