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Blair County Republicans elected libertarian-minded activist and Hollidaysburg Area School Board member Lois Kaneshiki to head the local party Thursday, ushering in an ideological shift as they prepare for November elections.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - A Blair County judge has rejected post-trial issues raised by a Philadelphia-area man facing a prison sentence of 33-66 years for his role as the leader of a statewide fraudulent prescription drug ring.

EBENSBURG - A Cambria Township man was jailed Thursday, charged with raping two underage girls at a Revloc home earlier this month.

EBENSBURG - Smoke wafted from vendors tents carrying the smell of cooking food through crowds of people who walked the streets of downtown Ebensburg Thursday evening, where they listened to live bands and browsed the many motorcycles and classic...

The owner of a greenhouse in Grandview plans to apply to the state for permission to grow medical marijuana, Logan Township supervisors learned Thursday.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - The threat of rain didn't deter Blair County police and a crowd of the public they protect from gathering on Thursday afternoon for the 25th Annual Blair County Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Service.

HARRISBURG - Penn State's former top lawyer said in a deposition made public Thursday he advised the university's vice president in 2001 to notify a state agency of a complaint from an assistant football coach about Jerry Sandusky showering with a...

LORETTO - About 40 representatives from area social service agencies and food pantries gathered Wednesday at Saint Francis University to address hunger across Cambria County.

Hollidaysburg Area School Board President Ron Sommer remains devastated by last week's car accident that claimed his wife and mother-in-law, but he said Wednesday he's "overwhelmed" with the community support his family has felt in the wake of the...

HARRISBURG - A man who claims he told Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in 1976 that he was sexually abused as a teen by Jerry Sandusky asked a judge Wednesday to protect his identity and limit questioning by lawyers in a lawsuit brought by...