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An Altoona mother faces a felony charge after police say she neglected her infant son.
An investigation by Altoona police detectives, along with Blair County Children, Youth & Families, allegedly found that Sheyenne M.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a private visit Friday to McLanahan Corp. in Hollidaysburg prior to his scheduled rally at the Blair County Convention Center.
Trump walked through the factory with company executives and workers.

BELLEFONTE - Jerry Sandusky forcefully asserted his innocence and described his own sexual history Friday during an hour of testimony as he seeks to have his child sexual abuse conviction overturned or be granted a new trial.

A small group of protesters, some using megaphones, was nearly inaudible Friday evening, when droves of supporters chanted Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's name.

A passionate crowd of nearly 2,000 before him and more packed into nearby rooms, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump launched Altoona's 2016 presidential season Friday with a wide-ranging - and at times combative - speech at the Blair...

In 2008, when Kay Tyberg - born deaf in one ear - lost all residual hearing in the other and learned that no hearing aid could help her, she went numb.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - Blair County property owners scheduled for informal reviews and formal appeals this afternoon in connection with the reassessment project are being redirected to the courthouse at 423 Allegheny St.

The thermometer is back.
"We hadn't used the thermometer in several years. We decided to bring it back because people need something visual. We believe in transparency, that is one reason we brought the thermometer bac.

While supporters and protesters prepare for the first stop in Blair County by a 2016 presidential nominee, local authorities and Blair County Convention Center officials have been left with preparations of their own - ones intended to promote safet...

NORRISTOWN - A political consultant told jurors Thursday that he "conspired" with Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane to pin a grand jury leak on her top deputy.