Blair County News

Charges are pending against two men after police in Blair County confiscated a cache of professional-grade fireworks.

A part-time Blair County police officer has received the Carnegie Medal for risking his life in an attempt to save the life of a victim of a vehicle crash in April 2008.

A Blair County woman and her former husband were sentenced Tuesday for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from two Armstrong County businesses.

Just because there will be no International Tour de 'Toona this summer, it doesn't mean that the sport of cycling is on its last legs, or make that wheels.

Paul Paterra can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6220. Kristen Stormer was remembered by one of her Indiana University of Pennsylvania professors for her constant smile and happy disposition.

A Pittsburgh defense attorney attempted Friday to portray Nicholas A. Horner as a man making "rambling" and "bizarre" statements the day two people were killed during and after a robbery at the Subway restaurant on 58th Street.

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

Tight security will be in place for the preliminary hearing of a former Johnstown man charged in the April shooting deaths of a retired Vinco insurance agent and a high school senior.

Francis I. Ritchey, the owner of a Claysburg logging company, will face 21 additional charges of stealing timber from rural properties in Blair, Cambria and Somerset counties, according to a court order filed Tuesday in Blair County.

Ocean City police said a Pennsylvania woman died after she was hit by a delivery truck while riding a bicycle.

An Altoona man was sentenced Monday to four months in prison and two months on home detention after the 2007 death of an 11-year-old boy.

Officials at a county prison in central Pennsylvania are in a lather over the high cost of providing soap to inmates.

Attorneys for the suspect in the recent killing of Margo "Maggie" Davis are preparing their defense as if the prosecution will seek the death penalty.

By Amanda Clegg, aclegg@altoonamirror.com, Four Blair County businesses owe Pennsylvania money.

The Westmoreland County Coroner's office has identified a Blair County man who was killed today in an accident on Route 22 in Salem Township.

Levittown - Officials at a county prison in central Pennsylvania are in a lather over the high cost of providing soap to inmates.That's why Blair County Prison Warden Michael Johnston is changing soap suppliers and other policies.It now costs the county about $6,000 a year to provide soap for its inmates, largely because inmates waste so many of ...

Two heavy trucks collided at the dangerous intersection of interstates 99 and 80 on Tuesday, dislodging a massive concrete beam from one truck onto I-99 and closing the highway for two hours.

Grace Clarke of Hollidaysburg is known for her dedication to children. But that dedication was forged in Bethlehem, as she said, "where Jesus was born." She knows the strife of the Middle East and the West Bank of Jordan and what it does to young people.

Serra Catholic High School, the WPIAL Class A champion, couldn't measure up to the defending PIAA champion.

By Kay Stephens, k'>kstephens@altoonamirror.com'>k stephens@altoonamirror.com > Fact Box A closer look In addition to Piner, those arrested were: * Stefani L. Snowberger, 23, 312 E. Walton Ave., on charges of delivery, criminal use of a communications device and heroin possession.