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The latest search warrants filed by Altoona police in the investigation of a crash that killed a 5-year-old boy in January zeroes in on mother's cellphone and evidence of drugs.

EBENSBURG - Cambria County officials said Wednesday that budgetary mismanagement resulted in a year-end $4.3 million deficit for 2015.
Speaking at a press conference in the Cambria County Courthouse rotunda, Commissioner B.J.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - Blair County commissioners expect to schedule three public comment sessions, starting July 12, to hear concerns and questions linked to next week's mailing of updated property value.

A Perry County man faces charges after state police say he slashed a woman with a knife at a Logan Township motel.
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Saying it was probably the first time in his 14 years as Blair County judge that he'd gone below sentencing guidelines, Daniel Milliron Tuesday gave a city employee probation for beating a loud and drunken man with a walking stick two years ago.

The majority of Cambria County commissioners have planned a press conference at 1:15 p.m. today at the county courthouse to discuss its 2015 audit.

Two sisters are suing the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese and a priest who they said sexually molested them starting when they were 7 and 9 years old.

AMED will soon receive a $254,000 Assistance to Firefighters Grant to help buy six heart monitor defibrillators and six modern chest compression devices.

HARRISBURG - Since the start of 2016, Pennsylvania's unemployment rate has jumped by nearly one full percentage point, from 4.6 percent in January to 5.5 percent in May.

Two parties hope to have a plan in place by the end of the year to preserve a Blair County Boy Scout Camp.