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For 25 years, Tony Kelly's voice has been broadcast to local radios, but, after his unexpected death Tuesday, those who worked closely with him remembered him most as a funny, caring man who loved his daughters above all else.

After his son, Johnny, took his own life in 2004, Altoona native John McConnell said fellow employees at the Ohio steel mill where he worked avoided him, out of awkwardness.

An Altoona couple face charges they gave a baby sitter alcohol and drugs.
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The former Bon Secours hospital is becoming a Graystone.

The Hollidaysburg Area School Board and the district teachers' union Wednesday ratified a four-year contract with annual raises between 2 and 3 percent and added teacher health insurance burdens.
The approvals were retroactive to Sept.

The Hollidaysburg Area School Board and the district teachers' union Wednesday ratified a four-year contract with annual raises between 2 and 3 percent and added teacher health insurance burdens.
The approvals were retroactive to Sept.

STATE COLLEGE (AP) - Penn State is offering voluntary retirement packages to about 1,270 faculty and non-academic staff members in order to address "budgetary and ongoing workforce challenges."
That number accounts for about 4.

Blair County saw a 43 percent increase in calls about suspected child abuse in 2015, but there was a slight dip in the number of cases substantiated, a state report says.

An Altoona-area doctor considered an expert in pain management and anesthesiology is among 16 defendants charged this week in the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida as part of a $175 million insurance fraud scheme.
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The Hollidaysburg Area School Board and the district teachers' union Wednesday ratified a four-year contract with annual raises between 2 and 3 percent and added teacher health insurance burdens.
The approvals were retroactive to Sept.