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An Altoona robbery suspect now faces DUI charges stemming from a July incident in Antis Township.
Scott A. Borgess, 28, who is now in Blair County Prison on robbery charges stemming from the alleged mugging of an elderly disabled woman on Aug.

TYRONE - Those who live along a dead-end road in Snyder Township can expect lengthy traffic delays next week because of railroad construction, which has been a point of contention between the northern Blair County community and Norfolk Southern.

Two Cambria County men have been given house arrest and lengthy probation sentences for child pornography charges.

A Snyder Township business was destroyed when flames engulfed its workshop and office areas in a late night fire Wednesday.
Firefighters were called about 11:30 p.m. to 1611 Quarry Road, where a blaze was reported at The Renovators of Tyrone Inc.

A Fallentimber man is dead after a dispute with another man in Reade Township became heated Wednesday night and he was shot multiple times in the chest.

An Altoona robbery suspect now faces DUI charges stemming from a July incident in Antis Township.
Scott A. Borgess, 28, who is now in Blair County Prison on robbery charges stemming from the alleged mugging of an elderly disabled woman on Aug.

TYRONE - Those who live along a dead-end road in Snyder Township can expect lengthy traffic delays next week because of railroad construction, which has been a point of contention between the northern Blair County community and Norfolk Southern.

Two Cambria County men have been given house arrest and lengthy probation sentences for child pornography charges.

A Snyder Township business was destroyed when flames engulfed its workshop and office areas in a late night fire Wednesday.
Firefighters were called about 11:30 p.m. to 1611 Quarry Road, where a blaze was reported at The Renovators of Tyrone Inc.

A Fallentimber man is dead after a dispute with another man in Reade Township became heated Wednesday night and he was shot multiple times in the chest.