Altoona News

ALTOONA, Pa. -- The best retailer to work for in Pennsylvania is Sheetz, according to The Best Places to Work in PA group.

Although credit unions only own 3 to 5 percent of the financial market share in Pennsylvania, they remain a popular alternative to larger banks.

A couple faces criminal charges after Altoona police said they took part in a street race last month on Sixth Avenue and wrecked with a 6-year-old boy in the back seat.

Charges have been dismissed against a western Pennsylvania man accused of sending a threatening e-mail to Gov.

Looking down from my window seat, I could see people playing golf and shoppers streaming in to a flea market.

Some area residents, who were naughty prior to the kickoff of Black Friday at an area toy store, better be extra good from now on unless they want a black mark on Santa's list _ not to mention their permanent records.

Two Altoona men are in jail, awaiting preliminary hearings for criminal trespass, stalking, harassment and other charges after allegedly breaking into their exes' homes over the weekend in separate cases.

Altoona Area High School students were told last week to keep certain camouflage clothing at home for the time being.

Thanksgiving is usually centered around food, the first element of the three basic needs: food, shelter and clothing.

Although Thanksgiving holiday travel is expected to be up nationwide, AAA says fewer Pennsylvanians will hit the highways and airways this week.

When the envelope arrived, Windy Horner was talking with her husband, Nick - Windy on a cell phone, Nick in the Blair County jail.

A judge has appointed public defenders to represent a troubled Iraq war veteran who faces the possible death penalty on charges he fatally shot two people while robbing a sandwich shop in central Pennsylvania.

Altoona Regional Health System plans to award contracts next month for an $18 million renovation of the former Altoona Center, system Chief Operating Officer Ron McConnell said.

The next owner of Laurel Crest Rehabilitation & Special Care Center says its goal of taking over the home Jan.

Seven weeks after the nation's swine flu vaccination program began, Pennsylvania's first public vaccine clinics are scheduled this weekend at locations across the state, including Richland Township and Altoona.

Altoona City Council on Tuesday approved Blair County's proposed purchase of a vacant house from the county's own tax-sale "repository" - on the condition the county posts a bond guaranteeing demolition.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM One museum is not enough to hold all the works of an Altoona artist.

A Harrisburg-area man forced to leave his dog behind in Tennessee earlier this year after suffering a stroke was reunited with his beloved companion on Friday thanks to the joint effort of two mid-state rescue groups.

Thomas J. "Tom" Plunkett, 63, of Duncansville went home to be with the Lord Saturday afternoon, Nov.

One of the great movies of the 1980s, "Flashdance," was set in Pittsburgh and took a little shot at Altoona when the lead character was asked where she's from.