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A teenager faces charges after he allegedly put on a clown mask and brandished a gun outside a home in Martinsburg.
Seth R. Gunnett, 18, of 108 E. Julian St.

Altoona Area Assistant Superintendent Luke Lansberry is now the superintendent of DuBois Area School District.
According to the Courier Express, the board hired him in an 8-1 vote Thursday night at a salary of $140,00.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - The operation of a drug court generates a savings to county taxpayers in the form of reduced jail time for nonviolent offenders and less recidivism, a state Supreme Court justice said Tuesday.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - An Altoona man will spend 12 to 30 months in prison, followed by five years probation, after entering a no-contest plea to possession of child pornography.
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The city and the Central Blair Recreation and Park Commission have settled a lawsuit with the family of a girl who broke her arm when she fell off climbing apparatus at Highland Park.
They agreed to pay a total of $23,000.

A baseball bat to the face left one man with injuries and another in jail over the weekend in Altoona.
Richard P. Jukes Jr., 23, of 1526 Fifth St.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - Blair County's Drug Court will be recognized this morning when a state Supreme Court justice will present an accreditation certificate.
Justice David N.

Golfing legend and American icon Arnold Palmer, who quietly passed away on Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh after complications caused by a heart condition, had some Blair County connections.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - An Altoona man will spend 12 to 30 months in prison, followed by five years probation, after entering a no-contest plea to possession of child pornography.
Scott .

The city and the Central Blair Recreation and Park Commission have settled a lawsuit with the family of a girl who broke her arm when she fell off climbing apparatus at Highland Park.
They agreed to pay a total of $23,000.