Northern Cambria News

Students in a leadership program at Northern Cambria High School are on the right track.

The woman who survived an April 6 double murder described in court Friday how she heard noise in the back room of a sandwich shop, walked around a counter and was shot in the hip.

A Blair County district justice shortly before noon today ordered that all charges against Nicholas Adam Horner be bound over for trial.

Col. and Mrs. Michael S. Bohn of Stafford County, Va., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Shelby Hauck Bohn, to Gunnery Sgt.

Financial help from the state and donated labor are enabling one area recreation facility to undergo some significant improvements.

Two life-long residents of Susquehanna Township were appointed Friday by President Judge Gerard Long to two vacancies on the board of supervisors.

Holding on to the function of trash collection, the borough is keeping its workers and buying a new truck.

A fire early Friday destroyed the Anchor Inn, a well-known Clearfield Township bar that was built nearly 50 years ago near Prince Gallitzin State Park.

A Northern Cambria woman gave birth on the way to Altoona Hospital after another hospital could not perform the delivery, authorities said.

With only one of three supervisors remaining in office - and he pleaded guilty to criminal charges last week - Susquehanna Township's appointed secretary is turning to Cambria County court for help in getting checks signed so workers and bills can be paid.

People from near and far showed up Saturday in Johnstown's Cambria City neighborhood for the annual Friendly City PolkaFest featuring polka bands and lively music.

Former Northern Cambria police Chief Kevin Stanek pleaded guilty Thursday in county court to driving drunk while off-duty. He also pleaded guilty to unrelated felony charges of forging doctor's slips for sick leave pay and of making a false insurance claim for $1,700 in damage to a family car.

At the height of the Cold War, volunteer groups such as Northern Cambria Civil Defense served as neighborhood task forces on how to prepare for and react to the threat of Communist attacks.

Northern Cambria junior Janae Dunchack claimed her third Class AA high jump title Friday on the first day of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University.

Cambria County commissioners are challenging the tax-exempt status of a club that calls itself a civil defense headquarters, but some say is nothing more than a social club in the rural, northern part of the county.

The Tuesday primary settled it - Carol Jarvis will be the next mayor of Northern Cambria.

Six attorneys are vying for two judicial seats in Tuesday's primary. With all contenders cross-filing, Cambria County already could have chosen its newest judges by the time the dust settles Tuesday night and results are counted.

Whether rescuing a cow from a manure pit or putting out a fire in a downtown business, Hope Fire Company has been helping residents of northern Cambria County for 100 years.

Infrastructure, blight elimination and housing rehabilitation are targets for just less than a million dollars in state Community Development Block Grant funds anticipated by Cambria County and five communities.

Six candidates - three incumbents and three challengers - are vying for four seats on the Northern Cambria school board.