Investigators in Huntingdon County say a 66-year-old man was killed this morning in a vehicle versus pedestrian crash in Union Township. Authorities say the pedestrian, identified as Kurt Keilhofer, a member of the Mapleton Fire Department.
Penn State is returning to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 2016. The 11th-ranked Nittany Lions will take on Pac-12 champion, #8 Utah Monday, January 2, 2023, at 5 p.m. The game will air on ESPN.
The chief detective of Cambria County has been suspended after she was hit with criminal charges Sunday. Kristy L. Freoni was charged as a result of an off-duty incident overnight after she allegedly punched her husband in the face following a concert at the War Memorial in Johnstown.
The Blair County Historical Society at Baker Mansion will be holding its festive holiday fundraiser. A presentation at the mansion will be on Friday, Dec. 9 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will feature tours along with music from Anna Baker’s original piano method book. To enter, adults need to pay $10 at the … Read more
Federal authorities say a former Johnstown resident, 43 year old Ronald Oshensky Jr., was sentenced Thursday to serve 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to producing videos of child pornography.
An Altoona teen was charged over Thanksgiving weekend after he and a group of juveniles allegedly broke into a duplex and started fires inside. Eighteen year old Robert Macak Jr. was arraigned Nov. 27 and placed in Blair County Prison where he is being held on $75,000 bail.
State police are investigating a November 16th burglary that occurred in Somerset Township where 100 Bitcoin mining computers were taken from a warehouse at 1000 block of South Center avenue. Anyone with info should reach out to state police in Somerset at 814-445-4104.
A Roaring Spring man was sentenced Tuesday to serve multiple decades in prison after he pleaded guilty to trafficking a large amount of meth into Blair County in 2021. Jayme Walter, 43, was sentenced to serve a minimum of 32 years.
For most of the day Tuesday, state police investigators were digging up a yard in North Woodbury Township. The search consisted of attempting to locate alleged infant remains in a specific area. An alleged assault occurred many years ago and anyone involved no longer lives there. It was reported that nothing was found where they … Read more
Protests continued at the Johnstown City Council on Monday against the disbursement of ARPA funds. Representatives from Jefferson Memorial Church showed up again to the meeting in order to protest a decision made by the city to deny them funds from the $30.5 million federal American Rescue Plan Act.