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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.

Altoona Mayor Matt Pacifico said Monday a police response to his home late last week was a "not a domestic dispute."
All Pacifico would say of the 8:47 a.m.

By Sean Sauro
ssauro@altoonamirror.

An Altoona man faces felony charges after state police say he fled the scene of a fatal crash.
Cody L. Oblinger, 22, of 8 Cricket Club Lane was arrested Saturday afternoon about 3 p.m.

UPMC Altoona on Monday dedicated a playroom for children.
The event transformed a fair percentage of hospital employees into children themselves.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - Witnesses told a Blair County jury on Monday that they heard the gunshots and saw Jorge Luis "Macho" Gomez III holding a handgun on the night of an Altoona party in May 2015 where 28-year-old Kai "Castro" Carter was shot before he...

Altoona Mayor Matt Pacifico said Monday a police response to his home late last week was a "not a domestic dispute."
All Pacifico would say of the 8:47 a.m.