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A provision in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could affect the health insurance coverage for thousands of ...
The Hollidaysburg Area School Board has introduced their 2013-14 budget.The proposed $43.7-million spending plan does not...
A top aide to Gov. Tom Corbett says expanding Medicaid eligibility in Pennsylvania under a sweeping federal health care law p...
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is urging the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Highmark to come to a long-term a...
State Rep. John McGinnis joined Gov. Tom Corbett and other lawmakers at a Capitol news conference Tuesday to introduce House ...
State Police officials say last weekend’s Drug Take Back Day was a huge success.The agency says more than 300 pounds of...
Pennsylvania's state tax collections are running a surplus, but not as big as Governor Tom Corbett had hoped.April revenu...
The Department of Public Welfare is offering $200,000 in mini-grants to child care centers to work toward achieving highe...
In Pennsylvania’s latest effort to bolster highway safety, nine state troopers and eight municipal police officers have...
A judge has denied a request to immediately stop a plan by Governor Tom Corbett's administration to close nearly half of ...
Penn State says the number of applications for undergraduate enrollment is down about 9-percent this year. There were nearly ...
The investigation into a threat made at Central Cambria High School this week continues.The message, “school shooting &...
The Altoona Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration is giving the public a chance to prevent pill abuse and...
There are no plans to move state government workers into a federally run online health insurance marketplace that's suppo...
The 2013 budget for the city of Altoona was passed last night.The city will start the year with a fund balance of about three...
The Pennsylvania State Police will accept unwanted, expired and unused prescription drugs Saturday, April 27, as part of Nati...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown says it is investigating claims that a Franciscan friar who committed suicide...
Pennsylvania Department of State officials are warning residents to beware of phony charities asking for donations to help vi...
Pennsylvania's high court says older people increasingly face abuse and other issues that involve the legal system, so th...
Leaders of the Democratic minority in the Pennsylvania Senate say a potential $140-million surplus in school-pension reim...
The murder trial of a Philadelphia abortion provider enters its fifth week today.Prosecutors will continue to call witnesses ...
State lawmakers have approved a measure that would allow crime victims to address Pennsylvania's parole board directly wh...
A witness who worked at a Philadelphia abortion clinic at age 15 says she saw at least one baby's chest move after the pr...
Governor Tom Corbett has named Michael Wolf as Secretary of the Department of Health.Wolf will oversee the regulation of Penn...
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has developed a new website, PAHealthOptions.com, to help Pennsylvanians click through ...
Long opposed to new gun laws, Sen. Bob Casey said Wednesday that in the wake of the Connecticut school shootings he would now...
State Rep. John McGinnis is offering free assistance to area veterans.McGinnis says the assistance is available to any vetera...
The state Insurance Department says a workers' compensation insurance rate reduction will go into effect next week for em...
14 suspected drug dealers have been reeled in as the result of an eight-month investigation that wrapped up early Tuesday mor...
Legislation that would eliminate automatic cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, for various public officials has been introd...
How healthy you are is strongly linked to where in Pennsylvania you live, according to the results of a new county-by-county ...
New federal data shows that 40 Pennsylvania counties had more deaths than births from 2010 to 2012, but in some of those immi...
Blair County’s Victim Witness Program may have to be scaled back because of ongoing state budget cuts.Details about the...
The number of eligible people who were purged from Pennsylvania's Medicaid rolls amid Gov. Tom Corbett's administrati...
More than two dozen alleged drug suspects were taken into custody Thursday during a major drug sweep throughout Huntingdon Co...
The Department of Public Welfare and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency will use $5.7 million in federal rental assi...
Altoona Police have charged a city man with sex crimes involving a 12-year-old.City police say the alleged incidents happened...
Agriculture Secretary George Greig is challenging Pennsylvanians to license their dogs by setting a goal to sell 100,000 lice...
Governor Tom Corbett wants to close nearly half of Pennsylvania's 60 health centers and lay off some nurses as part of an...
A city man is under arrest following a domestic violence incident over night.According to Altoona Police, it happened around ...
A top state senator says the government needs to consider reducing the future benefits of employees to help soften a massive ...
Advocacy groups met with Governor Tom Corbett in Philadelphia on Thursday to announce his 2013-14 budget proposal to increase...
Two city women are facing charges following a domestic violence incident late last night.Around 11:30 police were called to t...
A wanted sex offender is now in custody.City police say Jason Koch turned himself in on Thursday morning. Koch was arraigned ...
Governor Tom Corbett says he and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will meet to discuss issues surro...
The Obama administration says automatic spending cuts set to take effect this week would mean less money for Pennsylvania'...
Last week Altoona City Council adopted an ordinance approving submission of a question on the May 21st primary election ballo...
Governor Corbett met with children and their families this week during a tour of the new Penn State Hershey Children’s ...
Pennsylvania Senate Democrats are challenging Governor Tom Corbett's top budget adviser over the administration's pro...
Logan Township Supervisors have introduced an ordinance to ban parking along Hillside Avenue near Ebner Elementary School.Sup...
Application forms for the Department of Revenue’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program are now available for eligible resid...
A preliminary hearing on additional charges against a local man already doing time for child pornography is set for Tuesday.T...
A bill to require exploitation-awareness programs in Pennsylvania public schools has been approved by the state House of Repr...
The state Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) celebrated its 20th year of providing coverage this week by announcing th...
Blair County is facing its own pension crisis.A report released Tuesday by Commissioner Terry Tomassetti and finance director...
An ambitious budget proposal by Governor Tom Corbett would boost state spending by nearly 3-percent while increasing support ...
Governor Tom Corbett says overhauling Pennsylvania's pension systems for state workers and school employees is the single...
Governor Tom Corbett’s 2013-14 budget will set aside nearly $20 million to provide home and community-based service...
As a first step in the annual budget process, Gov. Tom Corbett will present his proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year before a...
A young man who testified at a child sex abuse trial last summer that former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandus...
The Franciscan Friar who took his own life over the weekend left a suicide note apologizing for his actions.Brother Stephen B...
The criminal investigation into allegations that a priest with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown molested ...
The civil case accusing a Franciscan friar of sexually abusing students at Cambria County high school will continue despite t...
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey says a pilot program designed to prevent criminals from becoming managers of a person's Social Securi...
The first step to a change in Altoona’s form of government was taken by City Council last night with the introduction o...
State Senator John Eichelberger held a press conference on Tuesday to issue his annual report.Speaking from his office in Hol...
A charity event planned by the Johnstown Tomahawks for today isn’t going to happened.The Johnstown Tomahawks announced ...
Another arrest has been made in the investigation into a Baltimore to Altoona drug operation.On Wednesday, the Blair County D...
State Rep. John McGinnis has announced that he has been appointed by Speaker of the House Sam Smith to serve on the House Agi...
Home care workers for the disabled in Pennsylvania claim that there’s been an interruption in their pay.The Associated ...
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey is now serving on Senate Finance Committee. Yesterday the Republican Senator of Pennsylvania announce...
Gov. Tom Corbett said Tuesday he plans to sue the NCAA in federal court over stiff sanctions imposed against Penn State Unive...
A Pennsylvania state senator began seeking Senate support on Thursday to create a gun violence prevention task force in the w...
A report regarding Valley View Home’s unfunded pension obligation was offered up at Tuesday’s Blair County Commis...
The revised ACT 47 plan for Altoona that was supposed to be submitted today will instead be delayed until Monday.Even thought...
The State Senate has unanimously passed a bill designed to ensure that offenders who illegally buy guns for criminals will fa...
A new report is warning of higher taxes, lower business growth and steeper borrowing costs due to the state's public-sect...
The Department of Revenue says that holiday gatherings are a great opportunity to remind older friends and relatives about Pe...
On the heels of Tuesday’s release of the ACT 47 Recovery Plan for Altoona, a balanced draft budget has been created.The...
Pennsylvania residents solicited for donations to charities that claim to help military veterans or victims of Hurricane Sand...
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Pennsylvania’s higher education system.The credit rating agency says a rec...
Nearly 8,000 Penn State employees and volunteers have now attended the University's professional training program designe...
Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky learned this morning that he will be spending 30 to 60 years in state ...
A spreading plague is wiping out the nationwide bat population.Scientists say a fungus known as White Nose Syndrome has claim...
A demonstration was held Monday outside of the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese office near Hollidaysburg.The "Survivo...
Jerry Sandusky is being sentenced today.The 68-year-old former Penn State assistant football coach is facing a possible life ...
A national conference on child sexual abuse has sold out.The "Traumatic Impact, Prevention, and Intervention” conf...
Opponents of a new state law requiring voters to show photo identification at polling places on Election Day are calling it a...
The Pennsylvania State Police will accept unwanted, expired and unused prescription drugs on Saturday as part of National Pre...
Penn State Officials are offering a vaccination clinic on Monday.The clinic is being held in response to two confirmed cases ...
Skills of Central Pennsylvania is supporting House Resolution 837 which designates the month of October as “Lifesharing...
There is finally some movement in Altoona's Act 47 Process.Stevens & Lee, the financial distress consultant working on th...
Pennsylvania farmers rely heavily on the technical and financial assistance laid out in the Farm Bill.With some parts of the ...
Local residents are reminded that the Pennsylvania 529 College Savings Program is available to help families cover the costs ...
The Blair County Community Action Agency has two new programs set to begin next month.Hud is providing $72,000 for an Eme...
The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs is reminding the public that alcohol consumption by pregnant women c...
Child pornography charges have been filed against a Tyrone man already in trouble with the law for allegedly growing psychede...
The Pennsylvania charity for troubled youths started by convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky has won court approval to delay it...
Penn State University officials say they faced the threat of a four-year ban on playing football before the NCAA imposed sanc...
The Pittsburgh Steelers say a western Pennsylvania man infringed on their "Terrible Towel" trademark by making knoc...
A Baltimore man convicted of murdering his former Altoona girlfriend in 2004 is one step closer to facing the death penalty a...
Penn State University is holding a national child sex abuse conference as it seeks to rebound from the scandals involving for...
Blair County officials have put a hold on taking part of a state offered human services program.Just one month ago all three ...
Several Pennsylvania district attorneys are calling for funds from the $60-million in fines that Penn State must pay as p...
The dispute over a northeast Pennsylvania city's attempt to crack down on illegal immigrants is back before a federal app...
A status conference is planned for next month in a Bellefonte courtroom as the children's charity founded by convicted ch...
Blair County’s director of Children, Youth and Families says her department will need more funding in the future to kee...
State officials say they have reached a new, four-year labor agreement with their unionized liquor store workers.The Pennsylv...
Eleven alleged drug dealers are in custody following a raid Tuesday in Bedford County.District Attorney Bill Higgins says dru...
A judge from outside the State College area is now handling a request by the children's charity that Jerry Sandusky found...
A state program that provides cash assistance to about 70,000 Pennsylvanians will end this week.The General Assistance progra...
A charity founded by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is calling off an internal investigation in th...
An accused cocaine dealer who has been on the run for more than a year is now in custody.Altoona Police say 31-year-old Olive...
The blistering report about Penn State's handling of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal contained seven errors that hav...
Three people are facing charges this morning in connection with two stabbings in Altoona.The first incident occurred a little...
An insurance company for ex-Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky says his homeowners' policy shouldn't have to co...
Graham Spanier says he wouldn't have ignored child sexual-abuse complaints as Penn State's president because he was b...
The New York-based credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has slapped a lower rating on Pennsylvania's debt ...
The president of the NCAA says he isn't ruling out the possibility of shutting down the Penn State football program in th...
Experts on sexual abuse lawsuits say Penn State University could face years of litigation over Jerry Sandusky's abuse of ...
State Police have charged a Cresson man with sexually assaulting a teenaged girl – and giving her alcohol.Troopers took...
For more than two decades, colleges have been required to publicly share details of campus crimes and report murders, rapes, ...
Republican leaders in the House voted last week to repeal the Affordable Care Act, saying it's not good for the country.E...
The federal government is asking why Pennsylvania's Medicaid rolls dropped over the past year, and is suggesting that som...
Details of the nearly $27.7-billion state spending plan endorsed by Republican Governor Tom Corbett and GOP legislative l...
Lawyers for the victims of sexual abuse by Jerry Sandusky say a report commissioned by Penn State will strengthen the civil s...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness month and Penn State Altoona is hosting several events concerning the issue.Tuesday, the In...
Pennsylvanians struggling to pay home heating bills have a little extra time to apply for financial help through the Low-Inco...
Blair County officials are still waiting to see how much they will receive in funding for social services programs.But Commis...
Legislation that will permit expert testimony in court regarding sexual assault victims has been ceremonially signed into law...
Officials from municipalities all across Blair County got a chance Wednesday to vent their frustrations about unfunded mandat...
An insurance company for Penn State University says it shouldn’t have to pay for claims stemming from a civil lawsuit f...
Jerry Sandusky will remain on suicide watch as a precautionary measure until a doctor sees him this week and determines if it...
Even though Jerry Sandusky is in jail for sexually abusing ten boys, he's likely to keep his 59-thousand-dollar state pen...
Pennsylvania parents who have seen the YouTube video of seventh-grade boys harassing a 68-year-old school bus monitor may won...
On Saturday, just minutes before the deadline, Governor Tom Corbett signed the 2012-13 budget.The $27.66 billion budget w...
The Altoona Water Authority’s employee pension plan remains on relatively solid ground.Board members on Thursday review...
Attorney: Jerry Sandusky "Anxious" to Leave Isolation The only person to visit convicted child sex offender Jerry S...
Dozens of people gathered in Downtown Altoona Tuesday night to learn about the challenges facing foster children in local com...
Lawmakers and staff in Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled state Legislature are scrambling to finish writing a host of ...
Penn State officials insist the university is not looking to become a private institution.But some education experts say cont...
A Republican-crafted spending plan for Pennsylvania's state government is one big step closer to becoming law.Thursday...
Governor Tom Corbett isn't saying anything yet about the decision he faces on whether to expand Pennsylvania's Medica...
Pennsylvania's public employee pension system says it won't be able to say if Jerry Sandusky will lose his retirement...
Democrats are criticizing a $27.7-billion Pennsylvania state spending plan written by majority Republicans as a gift to b...
On Monday night the Spring Cove school board okayed a budget that includes a 2.49-mil property tax increase.The nearly $2...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett says the pace of the investigation into Jerry Sandusky's child sex crimes was necessary...
A bill that would reshape Pennsylvania's corrections system to give a second chance to more nonviolent offenders and rese...
Opponents of an attempted crackdown on illegal immigrants in Pennsylvania say a new Supreme Court ruling bolsters their case....
The Altoona Area School District has a new budget.Board members adopted their 2012-13 budget Monday night – and it does...
A building on South Atherton Street in State College owned by the charity that Jerry Sandusky founded is up for sale.Last mon...
Pennsylvania state officials say they expect most of the state's abortion clinics will remain open under a tougher law de...
A bill to outlaw the use of "false or secret" compartments in motor vehicles for criminal activity is on its way to...
A bill to require contractors on public construction projects in Pennsylvania to verify the Social Security numbers of their ...
Governor Tom Corbett says he and top Republican state lawmakers have an agreement on a nearly $27.7-billion spending plan...
A bill to overhaul Pennsylvania's wiretapping law has the approval of the state House of Representatives.Wednesday's ...
The James E. Van Zandt Medical Center plans to hire 10 additional mental health staff as part of a national push to offer mor...
Hollidaysburg School District officials are pushing for a 2-mill tax increase when the board adopts its 2012-13 budget next w...
Blair County officials are extending their contracts with several mental health service providers to ensure there aren’...
A bill that would reshuffle Pennsylvania's prison system to save money by reserving state prisons for the most dangerous ...
A statewide survey shows voters support Pennsylvania's new photo-ID requirement by a 2-1 margin.The Quinnipiac University...
Pennsylvania's House of Representatives has sent to the governor a bill that would allow up to $4.5-billion in borrow...
The deadline to apply for Pennsylvania’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program for older adults and residents with disabilit...
The Blair County Prison has been reimbursed nearly $85,000 from a fund put in place to help cover inmate medical expenses...
The Centers for Disease Control is being urged to help Pennsylvania tackle the problem of Lyme disease as reports indicate th...
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department is reminding consumers to keep insurance needs in mind when vacationing, entertaining o...
Four of the young men alleged to be child sexual abuse victims of Jerry Sandusky are asking the judge in his case to prevent ...
The Corbett administration says it found hundreds of thousands of dollars in welfare benefits that went to people who do not ...
Faith-based and community aid organizations from across Pennsylvania are urging state lawmakers to undo plans to kill a Depre...
The Altoona Area School District is getting $1.5-million from the federal government to strengthen its literacy program.P...
State officials say they're still trying to remove hurdles for people to get the kind of identification that's requir...
Two education advocacy groups say a new survey shows that half of Pennsylvania's school districts expect their finances t...
Joe Paterno earned a state pension of $13.4-million for his 61-year coaching career at Penn State.Paterno's family an...
Blair County’s Drug and Alcohol Program is getting $25,000 from the federal government to help in the fight against...
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Jeff Karstens will make a rehab appearance with the Altoona Curve at Peoples Natural Gas ...
Several Community Health Centers in Pennsylvania are getting nearly $7 million in federal grants to help build onto and r...
A new coalition says Pennsylvania must take steps to divert more criminals to programs outside of prison and to speed up the ...
More than $761 million in restitution is owed to Pennsylvania’s crime victims, and a newly-formed task force plans ...
A Tyrone woman is in jail after police say she had sex with a teenaged boy.23-year-old Courtney Zimmerman was taken into cust...
The Department of Public Welfare has released the 2011 Annual Child Abuse Report, which offers statistics on child abuse case...
Funding for programs in Blair County that help those in needs are facing significant budget cuts in Governor Tom Corbett&rsqu...
Pennsylvania's universities, public schools, hospitals, nursing homes and people who depend on county-run social services...
The Altoona Area School District has introduced its 2012-13 budget.The $88.5-million spending plan does not raise taxes, ...
Keeping the pressure on drug dealers, the Bedford County Drug Task Force arrested three local suppliers in as many weeks.Tues...
State lawmakers returned to Harrisburg Monday and will probably spend much of the coming weeks deciding how to lessen Governo...
Pennsylvania's top health official has assured doctors that a new gas-drilling law will allow them to talk to their patie...
Penn State Officials Seek Delay in Pretrial Filings Two Penn State administrators accused of lying to the grand jury that inv...
Budget cuts in Harrisburg are trickling down to several Blair County Human Services agencies.Director Cathy Crum tells WRTA N...
The Penn State Altoona finance professor challenging 79th District State Representative Rick Geist got his chance yesterday t...
Blair County has a unique new way to raise awareness of domestic abuse issues in the community.Logan Township’s Volunte...
Penn State is starting a professional training program designed for employees to recognize and report instances of child abus...
Governor Tom Corbett says Pennsylvanians upset over rising school taxes should demand explanations from their local school bo...
April is Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month.A special flag raising ceremony was held Wednesday on the patio of the courth...
Pennsylvania's pension systems for state employees and school employees are reporting positive investment returns for 201...
Altoona Area School district officials say that no matter what course of action they take, nothing will do much to solve the ...
A city man has been charged with various drug offenses after being picked up by police last night.According to officials from...
Penn State is providing free child-abuse counseling services, an effort prompted by the criminal charges lodged against forme...
Defense attorneys for Nicholas Horner will begin the process today of trying to save the former Iraq War veteran’s life...
Pennsylvania state senators are debating a bill to require every voter to show certain photo identification before their ball...
As Governor Corbett pushes the idea of privatizing health care services in Pennsylvania prisons, those who work behind bars s...
Advocates for the disabled in Pennsylvania say they are worried about the ability of some Medicaid recipients to hire home-ba...
The Republican leader in the Pennsylvania House says he doesn't plan to schedule a vote on a bill to mandate ultrasounds ...
State Democratic senators are challenging Governor Tom Corbett's top public welfare official over the administration'...
A new educational program focused on preventing prescription drug abuse among middle and high school students has been launch...
Pennsylvania is receiving an additional $52.3 million in federal funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Progra...
Thousands of jobless Pennsylvanians will be able to collect federally funded unemployment benefits through early March.Govern...
Pennsylvania's working class carries the burden of Governor Corbett's latest budget proposal, according to union lead...
It’s tax season again, and whether you use an accountant, a computer program, or try to file your returns on your own, ...
The administration of Governor Tom Corbett is relaxing the guidelines of an asset test it wants to impose on people seeking f...
Get ready to dig a little deeper into your pocket to pay for your sewer bill.Altoona Water Authority board members voted on t...
A Pennsylvania bill to authorize $1.7-billion in new state borrowing is nearly law after the divided state House voted to...
Operators of women's health clinics in Pennsylvania that perform abortions are bracing for new regulations that they say coul...
Pennsylvanians considering making charitable donations for the holidays should first do some research about the causes or gro...
Postal workers across Pennsylvania staged rallies Tuesday afternoon.The workers visited Congress members' home offices, hopin...
A new survey places Altoona among the safest small-town communities in the country.According to the survey from the Farmers I...
More than 150,000 people have been purged from the Pennsylvania's medical assistance rolls in the last five months amid tough...
More than 150,000 people have been purged from the Pennsylvania's medical assistance rolls in the last five months amid tough...
A recently released report says the number of children in Pennsylvania who don't have health insurance is down. The Georgetow...
Attorneys Settle with Second Mile Charity in PA (ap)Attorneys for one of the alleged victims in the Penn State sex abuse say ...
The Department of Justice says it has begun civil investigations of two state correctional institutions in Pennsylvania. The ...
A city man accused of sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl has turned himself in.54 year old Ray Hale, of 708 2nd Avenue sur...
A Tyrone man convicted of possessing child pornography in 2010 is now facing sexual assault charges. State Police arrested 38...
Blair County officials introduced their 2012 budget Tuesday morning. County leaders spent the last 24 hours revising their fi...
Penn State Taps Ex-FBI Director for Investigation (AP)Former FBI director Louis Freeh has been tapped to lead Penn State's in...
A press conference was held Monday regarded the investigation into sexual assault charges against former Penn State football ...
An Altoona man has been charged with selling prescription drugs and marijuana to undercover police informants.52-year-old Wil...
The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape released a letter to the Penn State University Board of Trustees Monday offering reso...
A former Penn State football assistant coach charged with sexually abusing eight boys in a scandal that has rocked the univer...
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is in line for a pension of more than $550,000 a year. Paterno’s pensi...
A local Doctor has national recognition for his humanitarian efforts. Dr Zane Gates is one of 10 winners of the Robert Wood J...
A top state lawmaker says Graham Spanier should lose his job as Penn State's president unless a clear explanation is made for...
A new study says Pittsburgh newspapers and newscasts present a distorted picture of black men and boys.Researchers say that a...
Two Tyrone men are facing charges following an incident on Friday involving a juvenile.Tyrone Borough police say they were ca...
State senators have begun debate on a major bill to create more opportunities for Pennsylvania public school children to atte...
The Pennsylvania State Police and officials from Mainline Medical Associates will collect unwanted, unused and expired prescr...
An Altoona doctor who works to bring medical care to low-income residents has received a top honor.Dr. Zane Gates was named t...
Armed with more than five dozen warrants, narcotics agents and police officers hit the streets of Cambria County early Wednes...
The sponsor of a bill to permit hunting on Sundays in Pennsylvania said Thursday its fate is uncertain because of staunch opp...
The man accused of brutally assaulting a 9-year-old girl more than 30 years ago in Bedford County has pleaded guilty to the c...
A few dozen protestors staged a rally outside the office of 9th District Congressman Bill Shuster on Tuesday.The gathering wa...
A minority of Pennsylvania legislators has signed a national anti-tax group's "no-tax pledge," and some told a news...
Blair County ended 2010 with a $4-million fund balance.That’s according to the findings released Tuesday in the cou...
Two women were the victims of a mugging in State College last night.Penn State police say that around 10pm a female student a...
Anarticle Sunday in a local newspaper headlined "Army, WRTA Part Ways for Christmas Drive” has resulted in Newstal...
The poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut also showed no clear leader in the crowded Republican fie...
Pennsylvania is withdrawing nearly 1,000 inmates it sent to a Virginia prison about a year ago.Virginia Department of Correct...
A pharmacist from western Pennsylvania says he'll seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania to challenge...
A Pennsylvania state official says a program to help people with intellectual disabilities has approved payments for luxury c...
Blair County’s three homeless housing assistance programs are facing big budget cuts. County leaders Tuesday say fundin...
An Altoona man was taken into custody yesterday just two hours after city police say he robbed a downtown pharmacy at gunpoin...
Pennsylvania's top environmental official says the state will use tough enforcement when it comes to regulating natural gas d...
Through Saturday, organizations across the country will be trying to create awareness in order to promote mental wellness and...
A reduction in federal funding may lead to fewer services at the James E. Van Zandt Medical Center in Altoona. Officials have...
A day after being reported as a missing person, a teenage girl was found by local police.The 16 year old, in the custody of B...
The Pennsylvania Turnpike wants to know why those drivers who still pull tickets and pay in cash are resistant to the E-ZPass...
A state police investigation into an alleged sexual assault of a 15 year old girl in Bedford County has resulted in an arrest...
The team that coordinates Bedford County's response to domestic violence has been asked to present its "success story&qu...
Governor Tom Corbett on Thursday ceremonially signed House Bill 463 at Country Meadows Retirement Community in Hershey. The n...
A city man has been arrested on a multitude of child pornography charges.36 year old Robert Mulraney, of 1041 Riggles Gap Roa...
Missing names on local memorial are causing ill feelings among relatives of deceased war veterans from the area.In the days s...
