Altoona News Archives

Five Below set to open six new stores including one in Phila. Philadelphia Business Journal - by Peter Van Allen Staff Writer Five Below said Thursday it will open three stores in the Pittsburgh area next week - its first in that market.

Police took two 16-year-old boys into custody Wednesday afternoon during a massive manhunt in Tyrone for those allegedly behind a string of northern Blair County burglaries.

A defense attorney wants to stop representing a troubled Iraq war veteran who faces the possible death penalty on charges he fatally shot two people while robbing a sandwich shop in central Pennsylvania.

* Soak combs and brushes in boiling hot water for 5 to 10 minutes. * Vacuum furniture, carpeting, car seats and other fabrics that your child was in contact with 24 to 48 hours before treatment.

Call Altoona Regional Foundation for Life at 889-6406. Altoona Fire Marshal Randal S. Isenberg had an aunt he thinks might have survived the breast cancer that killed her 25 years ago when she was in her mid-50s - if today's technology had been available.

Blair County leaders are working on efforts to restrict the potential spread of swine flu in county facilities.

Altoona Area School District Superintendent Dennis Murray's new contract looks much like the one the school board approved in September 2006.

Bob and Lee Woodruff, co-authors of In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love, Courage, and Healing, will speak at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, November 12, 2009, in the Adler Athletic Complex as part of the Penn State Altoona Speaker Series.

"As a society, we've decided to let 16-year-olds drive, but we need to do a better job of developing and preparing them for driving," said Robin Thompson of Fairfax, Va.

An autumn storm brought snow to parts of Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, the earliest snow on record in some towns used to harsh winters.

The 12th Ward Civic Association announced its festival and cruise-in, originally scheduled this weekend, has been postponed.

Doreen Fogle's advice to women battling breast cancer is to have faith and maintain a positive attitude.

Penn State Altoona will host the annual Spooktacular Science Show on Saturday, Oct.

To help the Southern Alleghenies Chapter of the American Red Cross, send donations to 4100 Fifth Ave., Altoona, PA 16602 or call 944-6146. A state grant that's tied up in the budget impasse has left local chapters of the American Red Cross unable to help families hurt by natural disaster with anything beyond basic needs.

High winds kept emergency and electric crews busy Wednesday throughout the region.

The attorney for an Army veteran accused of killing two people and wounding a third while robbing an Altoona business has been given more time to obtain experts as well as a co-counsel to represent the suspect if there is a hearing on the death penalty.

The man had been working on the project since 2001 and was getting paid by the City of Harrisburg upward of $85,000 a year.

Carole D'Andrea accepted her Blair County Arts Hall of Fame induction honors Thursday night at the Mishler Theatre in Altoona, where her show business career began 68 years ago.

A Tyrone-area man is facing charges after he allegedly shot four people with an air rifle around a city elementary school, Altoona police said.

An Altoona attorney is in contempt of court for failing to appear for a status conference last month, a Blair County judge ruled Wednesday.