Gallitzin News

Shaping leaders is similar to building a cabin, three area Boy Scout volunteers believe.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM The lives of holy men will be commemorated through outdoor tours.

Eighty-five-year-old Walter Stasik wept in September 2008 as fire ripped through his beloved St.

The rich history of the railroad in Cambria County will be played out in song and story Sunday at the Portage Area Historical Society.

A Pittsburgh woman charged with drug possession escaped from borough police while she was being processed but was recaptured.

One of Cambria County's smallest communities has turned out to be a big winner with federal money headed its way to boost its police department.

Wreck of the Red Arrow courtesy of the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum. At approximately 3:25 a.m. on the morning of February 18, 1947 the Red Arrow , a passenger train with sleeper cars, was making its normal run from Detroit to New York when something went terribly wrong.

A century-old overpass carrying Norfolk Southern trains over a local street should soon get a face-lift, while Borough Council promises to document winter conditions and push for greater improvements.

Democrats plan fall campaign rallies The Cambria County Democratic Committee will open its fall campaign with a rally at 7 p.m. today at Ace's Lounge, 316 Chestnut St.

To say Joan Latoche is active in her community might be an understatement. Latoche, 62, is a Gallitzin Area Tourist Council member and tunnel museum tour guide who spearheaded an effort to rejuvenate its restored caboose.

He wears brown plaid pants with blue, yellow and green knee-high socks to school and rides a unicycle while juggling rubber chickens or flaming torches.

Dave Harclerode of Hollidaysburg was walking in a Penn State hoodie with wife, Tracie, among the booths at Lakemont Park's Altoona First Festival Saturday, although the Penn State-Syracuse game was available on his home TV.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM The fall harvest, handmade crafts and the simplicity and pageantry of the region's history will be celebrated at some of the region's most popular fall festivals.

By KATHY MELLOTT KMELLOTT@TRIBDEM.COM PATTON - Changes in design of a shoreline erosion-control project at Prince Gallitzin State Park have eliminated the need to draw down the water level at Glendale Lake by five feet, a state official has confirmed.

Two tragic accidents in the area over the past few days, both almost freaky in nature, represent a painful reminder of how quickly life can be taken away.

Among a crowd of frustrated state workers Tuesday, Heather Stahl carried her strongest arguments to end the state's budget impasse: a bold sign and her 16-month-old daughter.

The 55-month federal sentence imposed Tuesday on former Sen. Vincent Fumo, one of the most powerful and corrupt politicians of the past two decades, was a "slap on the hand" and a "travesty of justice," according to observers from a wide range of backgrounds.

Amy Crawford can be reached via e-mail or at 724-850-2856. Before 1834, the best way to travel from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh was by wagon, an arduous, three-week journey at a top speed of 3.5 miles per hour.

Volunteers plant some of last year's Odwalla trees in Prince Gallitzin State Park.

Outdoors lovers now have a larger area for recreation thanks to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.