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A Cambria County judge has struck down a prohibitive rental ordinance in Gallitzin Borough.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - A child rape victim told a Blair County judge Friday that the years of sexual abuse she suffered beginning at age 13 from Hansford Allen "Hamp" Dively, formerly of East Freedom, caused her a lot of emotional problems because, she...

PATTON - Patton Borough water customers have struggled for months with cloudy, malodorous wate.

BLANDBURG - The attorney for the Reade Township Municipal Authority said despite a mass resignation earlier this month of more than half the board, its remaining members can continue to vote on agency business.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - The cost of making and receiving calls from Blair County Prison inmates is going down, in compliance with an FCC rule that restricts surcharges on those calls.

State election officials confirmed Thursday that Art Halvorson narrowly won enough write-in votes to secure the Democratic ballot spot in November's congressional race against Rep. Bill Shuster, R-9th Distric.

A mother and daughter were killed in a traffic accident Wednesday night, when the SUV they were traveling in was struck at a stoplight in Cambria Township.
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BREEZEWOOD - State police at Bedford are seeking public help to identify a man who allegedly robbed a Breezewood bank Tuesday afternoon.
Police said the man entered BB&T Bank in Breezewood about 2:35 p.m.

The annual memorial service for fallen police officers scheduled for tonight has been postponed a wee.

CLAYSBURG - The Claysburg-Kimmel School Board rejected a planned tax increase Wednesday, instead passing an identical 2016-17 budget but with no tax hike.
The $11.