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HOLLIDAYSBURG - A Hollidaysburg man and his attorney convinced Blair County Judge Jolene Kopriva on Thursday to render a sentence permitting his release from prison.

BELLWOOD - Township support to Tipton-Antis Volunteer Fire Company has been cut off, and it has been decertified to operate within the township after an audit of its financial records produced negative findings.

This year's primary election evidenced surprisingly little voter "blowback" for state representatives and senators who failed to settle the current budget until it was nine months overdue, according to State Rep.

A Florida man is in Blair County Prison after police say he threatened his girlfriend with a gun.
Casey D. Sheppard, 38, of Ruskin, Fla.

Bellwood-Antis shares a laugh

Bellwood-Antis shares a laugh

TASD seniors move on

HARRISBURG - It could take up to two years to write regulations and make medical marijuana available through retailers in Pennsylvania to eligible patients, Pennsylvania's secretary of health said Wednesday.

A Claysburg woman is accused of opening 11 credit cards in her mother's name and racking up $35,035 in debt.
According to charges filed by Freedom Township police in late May, Dana R. Delozier, 44, of 120 Edgewood St., Ap.

A collision that killed a bicyclist in Antis Township remains under investigation by state police.
Kenneth F. Franks, 61, of Altoona, was killed Wednesday about 10:50 a.m.