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Plans for spending a half million dollars to rent temporary classrooms for the overcrowded Ebner Elementary School were approved Monday, and reasons for the removal of Penn-Lincoln Elementary School's principal were disclosed.

The Rev. Brian Saylor said that Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School officials suspended his privileges to attend school functions because of the celebrities he followed on social media and the racy photos they posted on their sites.

Two Altoona residents became homeless Sunday after fire ripped through the top of their house.
The blaze at 2117 Eighth Ave. was reported about 3 p.m.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - A West Virginia woman died Saturday night in Blair County when she was thrown from a motorcycle on Interstate 99.

When talking about his new book detailing the lessons learned over the course of his 42-year career as superintendent of the Tyrone Area School District, William Miller points out that, while it is meant to offer guidance to anyone who is starting...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating allegations that the Van Zandt VA Medical Center failed to conduct needed followup on many vulnerable brain-injury patients between 2007 and 2014.

To read comments online and among excited beer buyers, Gov. Tom Wolf's signature on a liquor bill will open the taps to unlimited beer and wine sales at nearly every gas station and grocery store in the state.

Two Altoona residents became homeless Sunday after fire ripped through the top of their house.
The blaze at 2117 Eighth Ave. was reported about 3 p.m.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - A West Virginia woman died Saturday night in Blair County when she was thrown from a motorcycle on Interstate 99.

When talking about his new book detailing the lessons learned over the course of his 42-year career as superintendent of the Tyrone Area School District, William Miller points out that, while it is meant to offer guidance to anyone who is starting...