News Staff The Altoona Area Public Library is celebrating all month long. The library will be holding events throughout April, including after school Lego Club, family movie nights, and even a mission to Mars this weekend for children. After a pandemic and suffering extensive water damage, the library is ready to bring people back in. Mission to … Read more
The early morning death of a toddler in Johnstown Friday has been ruled a homicide, according to authorities. The Cambria County Coroner’s Office, District attorney’s Office and Johnstown Police Department held a press conference this morning to provide updates on three homicides within the city in the past four days. Coroner Jeff Lees identified the … Read more
The process for inmates and ex-convicts in Pennsylvania to apply for clemency should go fully online by the end of the year, an effort to improve access to an emerging cornerstone of the nation’s criminal justice movement and to reduce the wait by years, this according to Lt. Gov. John Fetterman earlier today. Fetterman said … Read more
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a fatal shooting in Huntingdon county. According to a public information release report, troopers responded to a home along Campbell Circle in Clay Township around 7:35 pm Sunday. The report says two people, who were known to one-another, got into an altercation, and during the altercation the victim “sustained injuries … Read more
Conor Lamb is accusing rival John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary of skipping candidate forums to avoid talking about a 2013 incident when shotgun in hand, he confronted a Black man because he suspected the man was involved in gunfire nearby. The accusation marks a sharp escalation in tone between candidates vying for … Read more
Johnstown officials said today they’re investigating the early morning death of a toddler. Officials said the call came in at 12:37 a.m. from a Moxham home. Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees said a 14-month-old girl was taken to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center where she died in the emergency room. The coroner’s office, Johnstown Police Department … Read more
Following approval by the CDC and FDA, all Rite Aid locations in Pennsylvania have begun administering a second booster of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to eligible individuals. Eligible customers may walk in or schedule an appointment. Flu and other vaccines are also available in-store and can be scheduled via the same link. Customers … Read more
Altoona police say a man who was wanted for his involvement in a shots fired incident was arrested in New Jersey. Authorities say Tyan Jenkins, 19, allegedly fired multiple shots into a residence, located along the 700 block of 3rd Ave., on the night of March 19. Police say New Jersey state troopers arrested Jenkins … Read more
Pennsylvania CareerLink is hosting a spring job fair on April 13 at the Jaffa Shrine in Altoona. The job fair is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Veterans will have the opportunity to come earlier at 9:30 a.m., according to the CareerLink. Over 80 employers and agencies will be in attendance. … Read more
As the nation observed Vietnam Veterans recognition day Tuesday, communities in our region honored our local war veterans. Events took place throughout the day including in Johnstown at the Cambria County War Memorial. Tuesday’s ceremony recognized Cambria and Somerset County Vietnam War Veterans and their families, and also the thousands of men and women who … Read more