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HOLLIDAYSBURG - A former Blair County Prison guard was convicted Friday of official oppression based on his treatment of a handcuffed inmate he was escorting through the prison in late 2014.
Lloyd G.

When Donald Trump announced at his Altoona rally last week that "cheating" is the only way he could lose Pennsylvania's vote, the claim quickly reverberated through national media and prompted a new campaign move to monitor polls.

When Donald Trump announced at his Altoona rally last week that "cheating" is the only way he could lose Pennsylvania's vote, the claim quickly reverberated through national media and prompted a new campaign move to monitor polls.

MARTINSBURG - The past was paramount Friday afternoon at the Altoona-Blair County Airport, where World War II aircraft were on display and flying overhead.

A stalwart in his community, the Rev. Norman E. Huff, who died Friday at the age of 84, was remembered by his family, friends and colleagues as a "man who loved people.

An argument between a married couple ended in a stabbing, according to Altoona police.
Danielle L. Mock, 29, of 119 Lloyd St., Ap.

A partnership that includes local developers Don Devorris and Maury Lawruk is working on a 3-acre commercial tract on Plank Road just south of Alto-Reste Park cemetery.

HARRISBURG - Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday nominated Kathleen Kane's former top deputy to step in as attorney general for the remaining months of her term on the heels of her conviction and resignation from the state's top law enforcement job.

A 36-year-old Altoona man is behind bars after he allegedly accosted a 15-year-old girl he befriended at the library.
Troy Shirley, 36, a resident at the Salvation Army at 200 Seventh Ave.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - A former Blair County Prison guard on trial for assaulting an inmate in late 2014 maintains that he was doing his job when he caused a handcuffed inmate to fall backward onto the concrete floor where the inmate hit his head and hurt...