Altoona News

DirecTV started launching new national and local high-definition channels after its new satellite DIRECTV 11 was launched.

An Altoona public works crew reset the traffic lights at a busy intersection Wednesday after a truck driver took down wires on Plank Road.

The Mirror is accepting nominations for its second "20 under 40" publication, which will recognize 20 deserving community members younger than 40.

Louise Mozi waited anxiously for the sight of her 12-year-old grandson on the sidewalk off Eighth Avenue beside Altoona Area Junior High School Tuesday afternoon.

A south-central Pennsylvania district attorney is facing a private criminal complaint after he admitted to having an extramarital affair in his office.

Northampton Area School District officials and the teachers union failed again this week to agree on a new contract.

Police say a man told them he broke into a closed zoo in Pennsylvania because he was looking to relive his childhood.

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An Altoona man, looking to relive his childhood visiting the Forest Zoo, was charged with breaking into the defunct establishment.

Larry and Sharon Hesford of Altoona sat outside a pizza shop on Allegheny Street enjoying good food and music Thursday as part of a downtown revitalization effort.

Bill Sell, executive chef at the Altoona Hotel and American Bistro, prepares a dish during the PA Preferred Best Chef Competition at Ag Progress Days on Wednesday, August 20, 2008.

A Greencastle man is in fair condition today at Altoona Hospital as a result of a two vehicle accident last night.

St. Rochus Roman Catholic Church parishioners gathered Monday to celebrate their Christian community and pray for guidance to preserve their identity.

In the Pennsylvania primary, Barack Obama rolled up more than 90 percent of the black vote.

The attorney for a western Pennsylvania man jailed for fatally shooting his mother says it was an accident.

A central Pennsylvania police officer charged with having sex with a 16-year-old girl he met online wants to retire and collect his pension.

It's not often that one family's generosity is validated by a public display. That is the case in the current exhibition at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Loretto.

A proposal could revive flights between Pittsburgh International Airport and regional airports formerly connected by US Airways' commuter service.

With jocks, thespians, brainiacs and geeks, this high school is ready to clique.

A local man wanted by the police for allegedly shooting at a car and wounding a passenger late Thursday was taken into custody this morning.