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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.

Dairy farmers to discuss milk prices
ALEXANDRIA - Area dairy farmers will meet at noon Friday at the Alexandria fire hall to discuss the milk pricing system and the current MPP program.
U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-5th District, state Sen. John .

A fired Portage Borough police officer has filed a lawsuit claiming borough officials breached a confidentiality agreement to deny the officer unemployment payments and also defamed him so he would not be hired by another departmen.

MARTINSBURG - The Altoona-Blair County Airport will submit a waiver to the U.S. Department of Transportation to remain in the Essential Air Service program beyond a Dec. 31 deadline.

Altoona police equipped with a SWAT vehicle and riot gear early Tuesday arrested a man wanted for attempted homicide, after besieging a four-unit apartment building in Dutch Hill where he had holed up for eight hours.

Gunfire in Juniata over the weekend that culminated with the arrest of two people early Tuesday was over heroin and money, according to charges filed by Altoona police.
Carlos A. Norton, 21, who has no fixed address, and Tonia L.