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He was the quintessential gentleman and the best kind of attorney, said Blair County President Judge Elizabeth Doyle.
Attorney Frederick B. "Rick" Gieg Jr., 70, died Sunday morning at his residence in Hollidaysburg.

An Altoona woman faces felony charges after police say she stole thousands of dollars from the Hollidaysburg Catholic School.
Former cafeteria manager Cari Ann Gibson, 48, of 423 Bell Ave.

The following suspects were arrested Monday:
-- Damon Williams, 38, of the 800 block of 25th Street, is charged with three counts each of delivery and possession of cocaine and criminal use of a communication facility.

NORRISTOWN - The state's attorney general was convicted Monday of all nine charges against her in a perjury and obstruction case related to a grand jury leak but insisted she's innocent and vowed to appea.

When Rashelle Ann Summers learned her bail was set at a total of $280,000 on eight cases where police allege she sold crack cocaine, heroin and prescription pills, she bent over sobbing.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - A pair of historical canal homes on South Juniata Street will be put out to bid, Borough Council has decided.
Discussion about selling the borough-owned homes began at council's May meetin.

Nick Felus sees his appointment as Altoona Area High School's head football coach as a homecoming of sorts.
Felus grew up less than 30 minutes away in Lilly and attended nearby Penn Cambria High School.

McLanahan Corp. officials have been inundated with questions from workers and community members after comments made Friday at a rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested the company's future was in danger.

TYRONE - Police said a Columbia County woman was injured in a Thursday afternoon car crash along Interstate 99 in Snyder Township.
According to state police at Hollidaysburg, Moriah G.

The Pennsylvania Association for the Blind's contract with the state is $2.1 million this year.
But that state funding amount hasn't changed since "groovy" was the word to describe a stylish pair of glasses.