News Staff Masks will be required in all Pennsylvania K-12 schools. Gov. Tom Wolf making the announcement today, reversing course amid a statewide COVID-19 resurgence that is filling hospital beds just as students return to class. The Department of Health order will take effect Tuesday, Sept. 7 — a week or more after the start of school … Read more
After slamming into the Louisiana coast with winds of around 150 miles per hour, and leaving much of Louisiana and Mississippi without power, now former Hurricane Ida is heading our way. The storm is slowly plodding north at about 8 miles per hour, and it is packing a lot of rain. Forecasters say here in … Read more
The case of a former Bellwood-Antis wrestling coach who is accused of sexual assault, will now be delayed until some time in October. 41 year old Ryan Blazier is being held behind bars in the Blair County prison. His trial was scheduled for this week, but Judge Daniel J. Milliron signed an order, granting a … Read more
An Altoona woman is now facing a charge of vehicular homicide after she was arrested by Logan Township police in connection with an incident that occured back in April 2020. 20 year old Selena Haselbarth is now charged with one felony count of homicide by vehicle following a crash with a motorcycle that happened on … Read more
The Blair County DUI Task Force will be hitting the pavement this week. Officers will be making their presence known through check points, roving patrols or mobile awareness to help keep roadways in the county safe from intoxicated drivers. According to crash data released by PennDOT, 17% of the fatalities in drivers age 16-20 were … Read more
A Claysburg man has been arrested in a sexual assault investigation involving an 8 year old girl. 21 year old Evan Dively is facing charges including harassment, indecent assault and corruption of minors.The little girl told Blair County investigators that she had been touched several times Dively, who was 20 years old at the time … Read more
Police say a Claysburg man was driving while distracted by a social media message on his phone when he slammed into a parked car and then drove through a garage door. They also say he was under the influence. 31-year-old Marcus Beeman was driving on Bedford Street in Greenfield Township, when police say he became … Read more
An Altoona resident and former music teacher has pled guilty to sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy back in 2007. Now 81 year old Richard Kuiawa has admitted his guilt to every charge that prosecutors leveled against him after an investigation was started in 2018 when the victim came forward, and told police that it all … Read more
A Centre County man is charged with the illegal killing of a mother black bear in June. Randall Barger, 58, of Warriors Mark, is accused of shooting a mother black bear while she was 30 feet above in a tree with her three cubs on the afternoon of June 21 at a property on the … Read more
A teacher and student were injured Thursday following an incident at the Altoona Area High School. The incident occurred in the high school cafeteria when a 17-year-old senior was allegedly attacked by another student and a teacher intervened, according to the senior’s mother.