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The Pennsylvania Superior Court has rejected an appeal filed by an Altoona man convicted last year of illegally possessing eight rifles and two handguns found by police during a search of his home.
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New passenger train routes through Altoona could be a reality within a year, a Cambria County lawmaker said after a House committee meeting on train service.
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Altoona police were dispatched to the 300 block of E. Sixth Avenue about 8:30 p.m. Sunday for a report of shots fired.
The call came for all available units to respond to the area.

Her petite stature and quiet, soft voice belie Shelly Nagle's tenacity and strengt.

TYRONE - Since 2003, three church bells suspended high above Tyrone Borough have remained silent.
Now, after a local Boy Scout devoted hours to work and fundraising, they will toll again.

One of the most famous statements uttered by the late President John F. Kennedy was, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your countr.

The grinder that turns branches into mulch at the Intermunicipal Relations Committee compost facility near Buckhorn has broken, leaving committee members this week chewing over gnarly options for regaining control of a growing brush pile ther.

The zombie apocalypse continued in Altoona on Saturday as the living dead took over Heritage Plaza and downtown businesses.

MARTINSBURG - The airline that serves the Altoona-Blair County Airport is still working on arrangements to add flights to Baltimore starting in mid-October, even though a federal order issued Friday indicated that future subsidy is for Pittsburgh...

PATTON - During planting season, farmer Tom Nagle sees his crops more than his kids.