Altoona News

Primary voting may lack the attention and voter turnout of general and Presidential elections, but one woman in Central Pennsylvania refuses to miss any election.

Pitcher Casey Sadler talks baseball, baseball movies, and what he'd be doing if he wasn't playing baseball.

A new addition to the mural on Heister Street in State College. A heart with the word "Moore" across the middle of it.

Police are still looking for suspects in a church vandalism last week. Park Forest Baptist Church in Patton Township was vandalized in the overnight hours last Wednesday into Thursday.

A fire in damages an area home. Fire crews were called to home in Alexandra around 2 p.m. Tuesday.

One of "America's Most Wanted" fugitives is now behind bars in Central Pa. Patton Township Police caught Reynard Cook on Friday.

A Richland Township man is on trial for kidnapping a woman in 2011. Lawrence and Brittney Horner were arrested and charged with beating, robbing and kidnapping a woman who they knew.

She was born in Altoona, daughter of the late Reed Richardson McDonald and Mary C. Hileman and stepfather William V. Hileman.

The Good Seeds are a five piece group of local singer/songwriter/musicians from Altoona.

In Altoona, heroin is still the worst drug problem that police are dealing with.

The 17th Street Sheetz was evacuated on Monday afternoon after a suspicious package was discovered outside of the business.

People were getting their kicks at the AYSO Fields in Altoona, all to raise money for breast cancer research.

For the 46th year the arts community in Blair County is coming together to celebrate this weekend.

Memorial Day is a little more than a week away, but the Van Zandt VA Medical Center in Altoona honored their veterans Saturday.

He was born in Williamsport, son of the late Albert R. and Winifred Goodman. He married Margaret J. Grove on June 27, 1964, at Bethany Lutheran Church, Altoona.

A defense attorney says a central Pennsylvania man charged with homicide in the 1999 death of his daughter-in-law says the woman's death was accidental.

Leo John "Skip" Dunn, 85, Potomac, Md., passed away peacefully in his home with loved ones at his side May 7, 2013, from complications of old age.

Sci-Fi Valley Con is probably going to be the biggest gathering of geeks and nerds Altoona, PA has ever seen, but the founders of the Gearbox Union want to bring local gamer community together all year round.

A 22 YEAR OLD ARMY SENIOR COMBAT MEDIC FROM PINE GROVE MILLS, CENTRE COUNTY, lost his legs from THe knee down while trying to save fellow soldiers tuesday in afghanistan.

Bring your young bug-lovers to Prince Gallitzin State Park on Saturday for a six-legged adventure! The park is having an event for kids called "Bugs Don't Bug Me" this weekend! Environmental Education Specialist , Beth Garner visited the Altoona studios to discuss her upcoming event! The bug program is part of the statewide DiscoverE series of ... (more)