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NORTHERN CAMBRIA - A DuBois man was jailed Wednesday night after police said he overdosed in a Northern Cambria Sheetz bathroom.
Northern Cambria Borough police said they were dispatched to a Sheetz along Crawford Avenue just before 10 p.m.

State police Liquor Control Enforcement announced on Thursday citations filed for the month of August against one Blair County establishment, two in Bedford and four in Cambria County.

As the last holiday weekend of summer gets underway, so are efforts to make sure area drivers - and boaters - have a safe Labor Day holiday.
"The Labor Day weekend is the second busiest weekend we see out here at Lake Raystown," said Sgt.

An Altoona man who has sat on the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals since 2002 will take on the role of chief judge starting Oct. 1.
Judge D. Brooks Smith will succeed Chief Judge Theodore A.

An Altoona native on Thursday took over the heart surgery program at UPMC Altoona.
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Two Pittsburgh men are in jail after Altoona police say they sold heroin.

EBENSBURG - With tens of thousands of visitors expected to pass through the Cambria County Fairgrounds starting this weekend, organizers said they are focusing on the youngest ones coming through the gates.

An Indiana County man has been charged in a 2015 accident on I-99 that killed an Altoona man.
Dean H. Rowland Jr., 40, of Homer City, faces a misdemeanor manslaughter charge and several traffic violations stemming from May 29, 2015.

A crash blocked northbound traffic on I-99 for miles Wednesday afternoon, leaving two drivers with minor injuries and hundreds of cars stopped for hours near Pinecroft.

By Kelly Cernetich Brown
kbrown@altoonamirro.