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An Altoona woman faces charges that she was drinking while bartending and allowed an underage employee to also drink on the job.
According to the state police's Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement, Jennifer L. Haramoto, 33, of 1910 Fifth St.

State police continue to investigate the cause of a fire that destroyed a Logan Township nightclub.
Three firefighters suffered minor injuries fighting the flames that ripped through The Island, 1304 Mill Run Road, on Tuesday afternoon.

Altoona Area School Board members will be asked to vote in November on whether they want to proceed with a high school construction project, KCBA architect Mike Kelly said.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - The dispute leading to the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Kai "Castro" Carter in May 2015 was based on "high school stuff, little kid stuff," and "he said, she said stuff," the man now on trial for killing Carter told police.

With a 5-4 vote, the Altoona Area School Board tabled a motion Tuesday to accept a gift from the Class of 1966 - a decoration for the board room with the national motto, "In God We Trust.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The co-founder of an advocacy group for sexual abuse victims said Tuesday the latest settlement of $900,000 paid by the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown and an order of Franciscan Friars in Pennsylvania is not enough to compensate...

TYRONE - Blair County native David Fusco was appointed to Tyrone Area School Board on Tuesday, filling a seat that was previously occupied by the late Rev. Norman Huff.

Thick smoke was already pouring down Mill Run Road as Logan Township firefighters arrived at The Island bar Tuesday afternoon, and within minutes the decision was made to stay out of the labyrinth-like nightclub.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - The man on trial in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Kai "Castro" Carter reportedly told Carter's former girlfriend that if there were any other altercations with Carter, he would take care of i.

With a 5-4 vote, the Altoona Area School Board tabled a motion Tuesday to accept a gift from the Class of 1966 - a decoration for the board room with the national motto, "In God We Trust.