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HOLLIDAYSBURG - Live music may soon be played outside of the Old Canal Inn after a Thursday night vote from Borough Council set the stage for further discussion.

Summer is definitely a busy time for Prince Gallitzin State Park naturalist Beth Garner.
On a recent weekday morning, she started her day kayaking with a group of ladies. They saw a juvenile bald eagle, blue heron and fishers.

ORLANDO, Fla. - A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said.

A housing development proposal for the Sylvan East area of Brush Mountain that has been out of the news for eight years resurfaced at a Logan Township supervisors meeting Thursday - but will likely slip out of sight agai.

Even in the context of an awkward constellation of issues - advance directives and the appointment of medical decision makers on behalf of those at the end of life who can no longer speak for themselves - end of life questions are difficult.

It's a question that's tempting to ignore: what do you want doctors to do if you become terminally ill and can't speak for yourself?
Do you want aggressive, all-out treatment, mere comfort care - or something in between?
Easy to ignore - but doin...

At the fifth annual Sci-Fi Valley Con on Saturday at the Blair County Convention Center, founder and South Fork native Casey Basset introduced a Mirror reporter to actor John Rhys-Davies, who was signing autograph.

Two religious leaders with roles in the Altoona-Johnstown diocese's landmark school consolidation set for this fall are banned from high schools where they formerly serve.

A housing development proposal for the Sylvan East area of Brush Mountain that has been out of the news for eight years resurfaced at a Logan Township supervisors meeting Thursday - but will likely slip out of sight agai.

Even in the context of an awkward constellation of issues - advance directives and the appointment of medical decision makers on behalf of those at the end of life who can no longer speak for themselves - end of life questions are difficult.