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Supporters, protesters and authorities are preparing for a surge of activity as presidential candidate Donald Trump's Blair County rally approaches.

Due to rain in the forecast for later this evening, the Mansion Park Summer Basketball League championships scheduled for tonight will have earlier start times.

TYRONE - A motion to allow the U.S. Department of Agriculture to capture and test ducks at Reservoir Park in Tyrone for Avian flu went nowhere on Monday because of concerns that the program might leave the pond duckless.

Two transgender women traveled from Philadelphia to an Altoona Area School Board meeting Tuesday to speak for the safety of transgender students in the district's bathrooms.

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump is set to hold a rally Friday at the Blair County Convention Center, marking the Altoona area's first 2016 campaign stop by a nominee.

NORRISTOWN - A desire for revenge drove Pennsylvania's attorney general to leak secret criminal files to the press to embarrass a rival and then lie about it to a grand jury, prosecutors said as Kathleen Kane's perjury and obstruction trial opened...

Logan Township police report that two counterfeit $20 bills were passed at a Pleasant Valley Shopping Center store over the weekend.
At 3:50 p.m.

PATTON - A 10-person crew of high school students and recent graduates have willingly spent a good part of their summer in the classroom.
That classroom just happens to be state parks and forests.

The state Senate hopeful who lost the Democratic primary to Sen. John Wozniak, D-Cambria, is demanding a shot at the seat after Wozniak's surprise announcement that he'll end his re-election bid.

A discussion on police policy at a City Council strategic planning meeting Monday may reassure organizers of community events like races, car shows and parade.