Altoona News

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.

The sixth annual Heritage Holidays in the Alleghenies Craft & Gift Show will be held at the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona November 14th & 15th.

Altoona City Council introduced a $24.3 million budget for 2010 Tuesday, with a higher-than-expected tax increase.

A foot chase Friday night ended with the arrest of a robbery suspect, Logan Township police said.

A two-vehicle crash Sunday evening killed one young woman and injured four others - one of them critically, police said.

The attorney for an Altoona man who spent money placed in his bank account is asking that criminal charges be dismissed, saying they only were filed when his client refused to go along with a plan to repay the bank.

Election Day has come and gone, and changes are in store in Blair County and surrounding parts.

The successor to a bankrupt food-supply company is closing in central Pennsylvania, meaning 90 people will lose their jobs.

The Blair County Tea Party Steering Committee is considering transforming the organization into a legal entity due to its rapid momentum and rising popularity in Blair County.

OPERATION S.O.S. is kicking off its 6th annual campaign to help make the Christmas season a little brighter for American troops who are stationed overseas.

This article has been read 506 times. A 2008 graduate of Canon-McMillan High School and sophomore at Penn State-Altoona was killed in a two-car crash Sunday night about a mile from the schoola s campus in Blair County.

WALT FRANK Quick Summary Career counselors at Pa. colleges offer graduating students advice for landing first job offer ALTOONA, Pa.

Five Below set to open six new stores including one in Phila. Philadelphia Business Journal - by Peter Van Allen Staff Writer Five Below said Thursday it will open three stores in the Pittsburgh area next week - its first in that market.

Police took two 16-year-old boys into custody Wednesday afternoon during a massive manhunt in Tyrone for those allegedly behind a string of northern Blair County burglaries.

A defense attorney wants to stop representing 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.

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