Altoona News

Highway critical to area

Altoona Mirror - Sat Nov 29

It's been a long, grueling marathon for central Pennsylvania, but we hope crossing the finish line marks the start of a longer, more prosperous trek.

Season of Sharing to benefit Gloria Gates Foundation

Altoona Mirror - Sat Nov 29

Like many children living in Evergreen Manors, Zane Gates grew up in a single-parent home.

Business gives vets holiday feast

Centre Daily Times - Sat Nov 29

Their meticulously "spit-shined" combat boots are no more. The faint echoes of their foxhole prayers have long since faded away.

Blair County jailhouse lawyers may get computers

PittsburghLIVE.com - Fri Nov 28

A Blair County prison warden says he expects to save $20,000 to $24,000 a year by providing inmates with computers for legal research.

Historical group seeking new home for log cabin

The Tribune-Democrat - Fri Nov 28

If the walls of a more than 200-year-old cabin could talk, they may well tell stories of early stagecoach travelers, Indian traders and military men.

Prices plummet for recycled materials

Daily Packaging News - Wed Nov 26

Even the scrap business is down and out these days. Fallout from the credit crisis is affecting scrap yards and recycling centers, where prices for copper, steel, aluminum, newspapers and cardboard have dropped ...

Thomas H. McConnell

The Sentinel - Wed Nov 26

Thomas H. McConnell, 86, of Loyalsock Township, died Monday, Nov. 24, 2008, at The Gatehouse of Divine Providence Hospital.

Hospital doctor accused of assaulti.....

Altoona Mirror - Wed Nov 26

A former emergency room doctor who serves as a prosecution expert witness in child sexual abuse cases has been charged with indecent assault and other offenses allegedly committed against a female co-worker in ...

Ex-West Chester man injured in shootout

The Daily Local - Tue Nov 25

ALTOONA a ' The former West Chester man wounded in a shootout with police in this western Pennsylvania city early Saturday has a criminal history that includes a homicide acquittal and guilty pleas in cases of ...

Child mom will testify by video

Altoona Mirror - Tue Nov 25

The young girl whose baby was fathered by an Altoona man will be allowed to testify at his preliminary hearing next week by teleconferencing.