Blair County News

Three Altoona men were each placed on three years' probation Thursday in connection with the beating death of another man during a neighborhood argument that escalated into a Labor Day weekend brawl four years ago.

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

A young Washington County woman who was attending college at Penn State Altoona died in a two-car crash Sunday night near the campus in Logan Township, Blair County.

Blair County is shutting down -- 90 employee, most long time workers will soon be out of a job.

A 2009 Wilson High School graduate was injured in a weekend car accident in Blair County that killed one of her college roommates and injured three others, police said.

Election Day 2009 has been pretty quiet throughout Blair County. Typically, voter turnout is low in the year following a presidential election, and that likely will be the case when the numbers come in tonight.

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.

Five years after Sheetz Incorporatedhad a Salmonella outbreak in several stores throughout nine states, the company has finally reached a settlement ina lawsuitagainst a West Virginiatomato supplier.

New jobs are heading to Blair County. McIntyres Candies is planning to expand its business.

A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by Sheetz Inc. over how a supplier owed the company for providing it with tainted tomatoes in July 2004.

Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced the investment of $79 million in 16 drinking water and wastewater projects in 15 counties.

The attorney defending a Johnstown native charged in a double homicide in Blair County wants off the case.

The unemployment rate in September increased in Blair and three other counties but decreased in neighboring Huntingdon County.

A student reported the theft of a set of privately owned tools from Research Unit B. The incident occurred between 4 July 2009 and 9 August 2009.

Four Johnstown area residents have either been sentenced or entered guilty pleas in federal court in Johnstown for a variety of offenses.

Seven D Industries of Hollidaysburg has been recognized as a 2009 Waste Watcher, a statewide award.

Pennsylvania ranks as the second-fastest growing state in the country for wind power project installations, as ranked by the American Wind Energy Association in its report for the third quarter.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. followed by a public hearing at 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov.