A judge has upheld the jail sentence of the former Penn State president who was forced out as the school’s top administrator after Jerry Sandusky was arrested nearly a decade ago. The judge says Graham Spanier must report to jail on July 9 to begin serving at least two months for endangering the welfare of … Read more
According to the Huntingdon County District Attorney’s office, three teen boys have been charged for setting a fire at the Blair House apartment complex last Friday. Authorities say the three area juveniles, two 14-year-olds and one 15-year-old, face felony charges of arson, burglary, and conspiracy, as well as five counts of reckless endangerment after five … Read more
A statewide grand jury is now hittina an Altoona man with a long list of felony charges. 40 year old Jonathan Delacruz was arrested last year during a drug bust. On Tuesday, Delacruz was arraigned on 18 felonies, including 15 counts of possession of a controlled substance. The charges come after an investigation spanning the … Read more
PENNDOT HAS ANNOUNCED THE REOPENING OF A NUMBER OF DRIVER’S LICENSE CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING 2 IN OUR REGION. THE HUNTINGDON CENTER LOCATED ON WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY AND THE BEDFORD CENTER ON BEDFORD PLAZA ROAD WILL BOTH REOPEN ON JUNE 1ST. THEY HAD BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE OF COVID-19 CONCERNS. PENNDOT ALSO ANNOUNCED ALL LICENSE … Read more
On Tuesday in Harrisburg, House Republicans gave a first approval to a bill that would end the state’s longstanding requirement for all handgun owners to have a separate license to carry a concealed weapon on their person or in a car. The bill passed its first test in the House Judiciary Committee by a vote … Read more
Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff introduced on Monday a concurrent resolution to terminate the most destructive portions of Gov. Tom Wolf’s March 6th emergency disaster declaration related to COVID-19. Benninghoff said the resolution is a first step in bringing action to the will of the voters by terminating the most devastating portions of Gov. … Read more
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee has advanced a measure that would ban the state, as well as local governmental entities and school districts from requiring vaccine passports. The legislation was co-sponsored by Senator Michele Brooks, Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill, and Senator Judy Ward in response to other states implementing and developing vaccine passports. Senator … Read more
Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s Legislature began Tuesday to advance hot-button bills to restrict abortion rights and expand gun rights, although the bills faced opposition by Democratic lawmakers and certain veto by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf. In the House Health Committee, Republicans passed two bills on a party-line basis to further restrict abortion rights.
According to Pennsylvania State Police in Bedford, a death investigation turned into a homicide investigation after a man was found dead in Liberty Township. Troopers said 53-year-old Daren Lingenfelter of Claysburg was struck with an arrow discharged from a crossbow at the 100 block of Railroad Ave. at about 10:30 Sunday morning. Authorities said Lingenfelter … Read more
The D.U.I. Task Force will be out on the roads of Blair County conducting one or more events this week. They say all SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS will be well lit and manned by uniformed officers. ROVING PATROLS will also be out there, and they will utilize uniformed officers in marked police vehicles. Motorists are reminded to … Read more