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Despite the objections of Blair County prosecutors, the man accused of killing an Altoona woman and her unborn child with his SUV while drunk will remain free for now.

Area oenophiles may be delighted to hear local grocery stores and restaurants are now able to sell bottles of wine.

HARRISBURG - The former county prosecutor taking over for Pennsylvania's convicted attorney general is a central figure in the Bill Cosby case, having chosen a decade ago not to charge the entertainer with sex assault and then saying the decision...

The William P. Kimmel Alternative School will not be closed this year, the Altoona Area School Board unanimously decided Wednesday.

The driver who struck and killed a pregnant Juniata woman and her unborn child last year on the North Eighth Street Bridge now faces charges.
Logan Township police allege Tarence M.

Logan Township Police Chief Tim Mercer is preparing for his officers to begin using body cameras, but he's hoping for changes in state law to make the cameras more practicable.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - Blair County will miss out on higher bed tax revenue during the upcoming football season when overnight travel increases.

A suspended Bishop Carroll employee has been jailed at Cambria County Prison awaiting a preliminary hearing next week.

ROCK-SPRINGS - A crowd of farmers accumulated as a bird-sized drone hovered inside a barn Tuesday.
The drone demonstration was new to the annual Ag Progress Days at the Russell .

For Randy Feathers, it was like a black cloud had lifted after Monday's conviction of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kan.