News Staff Are you ready for some football??? If you are a football fan, this could be something big! An NFL team may soon be headed to Beaver Stadium. While many in the area have been trying for years to get the Eagles or the Steelers to use Beaver Stadium, now is appears a team is actually … Read more
Lakemont Park is bringing what many parts of the country consider a 4th of July tradition to Blair County. The 1st Annual 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, sponsored by Sabrett Hot Dogs and Pacifico Bakery, will take place on Sunday, July 4th at 12:30 on the Green Lawn Stage near Lakeside Cafe. Contestants … Read more
Police arrested a Flint, Michigan man and charged him with attempted theft after he was caught trying to steal around $2,000 worth of goods from a Walmart in Blair County. The incident occurred Friday night at the East Freedom Township Walmart in Duncansville, according to a criminal complaint. A Walmart Loss Prevention employee told Freedom … Read more
A major failure over the weekend at a construction site in Leamersville… According to published reports today, studding collapsed at a structure under construction at Grace Fellowship Church around 2am on Sunday. A spokesperson for D&D Construction of Roaring Spring confirmed the collapse. Nobody was inside at the time, and there were no injuries. The … Read more
Pennsylvania hunting licenses for the 2021-22 hunting year went on sale last week, and that means it’s time to start thinking about doe tags. The process is different this year, thanks to a change in the per-hunter tag limit. Prior to this year, an individual hunter could apply for and receive no more than three … Read more
An Altoona woman is now the new Miss Pennsylvania. 25 year old Meghan Sinisi, who already had secured the title of Miss Central Pennsylvania, was crowned in York Saturday night, after the final session of a three-day competition bringing together 22 contestants from around the state. Sinisi will now represent Pennsylvania at the 100th Miss … Read more
Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge suffered a stroke on Wednesday morning, according to a statement from his family. Ridge’s family said through his Twitter account that the 75-year-old was transferred to a Washington, D.C. hospital from his Maryland residence. The statement said that Ridge was conscious upon arrival and that he underwent surgery to remove … Read more
An Altoona man has been convicted of attempted homicide, robbery, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and other charges in connection with the shooting of a woman in Greenwood. 43 year old Justin LeFevre is already in custody… and being held at the Blair County Prison. The new charges he is now facing could mean he will … Read more
The Hollidaysburg Area School Board has approved a final 2021-22 general fund budget… but it includes a tax increase of 0.3365 mills. That means those residents with a property valued at $168,981 can expect to pay about $57 more per year in real estate taxes. The tax increase was passed on to property owners, despite … Read more
An Altoona man has been convicted of attempted homicide, robbery, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and other charges in connection with the shooting of a woman in Greenwood. 43 year old Justin LeFevre is already in custody… and being held at the Blair County Prison. The new charges he is now facing could mean he will … Read more