Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees has identified the victim of a Monday morning, head-on crash on Somerset Pike. Lees says 58-year-old Margaret Holdsworth suffered multiple blunt force trauma injuries in the crash. The other driver was uninjured.
Hundreds of Penn State students raised more than $15 million for pediatric cancer patients in the annual 46-hour dance marathon known as Thon. The total was announced Sunday afternoon at the conclusion of the Penn State Interfraternity Dance Marathon, billed as the world’s largest student-run philanthropy. That topped last year’s total of $13 point 7 … Read more
Family Services Incorporated officially unveiled its brand-new family shelter to help with the homeless population. This new shelter is located on Branch Ave in Altoona. It’s near the Blair County Community Action and the St. Vincent De Paul Soup Kitchen which both help homeless individuals and families.
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, still recovering from a stroke, checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to seek treatment for clinical depression, according to his office. Fetterman, who has struggled with the aftereffects of a stroke he suffered last May, checked himself in Wednesday night
An Altoona man is behind bars after police said he ran from a traffic stop only to be found with a gun and drugs in his backpack. Troopers pulled over 18-year-old Kalb Clifford Feb. 8 after he failed to stop at a red light going over 8th Street away from the UPMC Altoona area.
Gov. Josh Shapiro said today he will not allow Pennsylvania to execute any inmates while he is in office and called for the state’s lawmakers to repeal the death penalty. Shapiro said he will use his power as governor to grant reprieves to any inmate whose execution is scheduled.
A traffic stop in Altoona led investigators to two different homes in the city where they found large amounts of drugs leaving a man and woman behind bars.Terrill Jewell, 41, and Asia Robles, 26, both from Altoona, were arrested Feb. 2, after a traffic stop in the city led police to the drugs.
Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania underwent surgery for prostate cancer on Tuesday; it was successful and he expects to return to a “normal schedule” after recovery, according to his office.
Officers were called for a report of a stolen car only to find the culprit as he was driving back to the scene of the crime, according to Clearfield police.Officers said they were called to a home Monday on the 700 block of Park Avenue in Clearfield where a man, later identified as 30-year-old Jordan … Read more
UPMC Altoona is working to build an Emergency Psychiatric Assessment Treatment and Healing Unit. At the Altoona City Council Meeting on Monday, the commissioners approved their request for $100,000. The money will come from the city’s ARPA funds.