Hollidaysburg News

Dana Simanski, the owner of the Pirates Cove in Patton, Cambria County brought her most exciting flavors of ice cream for Dawn and Sarah to enjoy and enjoy they did.

Hollidaysburg Arts Council and the Wolf-Kuhn Foundation are co-sponsoring the upcoming summer concert series, which many local people enjoy and are anticipating.

Leroy Rucker was a "wild child," until his first-born son overdosed and died at a methadone clinic a year ago.

Pennsylvania's Clean Indoor Air Act was signed into law five years ago making it illegal to smoke in a majority of bars, and restaurants.

The possibility of ground contamination is a growing concern in one Hollidaysburg neighborhood.

While looking to authorize bids for the Blair Street Streetscape Project's second phase, Borough Council members spun their wheels on a proposed traffic island for Mulberry Street.

She was born in Pittsburgh, daughter of John and Barbara Hresan. She married veterinarian Dr. Robert A. Erickson April 11, 1946, in El Paso, Texas, and he died June 2, 1981.

He said there is no secret why he will receive the Blair County Chamber of Commerce's 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award for Business Excellence tomorrow at the Business Excellence Dinner at The Casino at Lakemont Park.

When Sheriff Mitch Cooper addressed Tyrone Borough Council members Monday, he commended police for the hard work they do to fight crime, including through the Drug Task Force and by using drug-sniffing dogs.

You could call identical twin sisters Jean Wirfel of St. Augustine and Joan Rossman of Hollidaysburg two peas in a pod.

Dennis R. "Denny" Benson, 58, East Freedom, went home to be with his Lord and Savior at his residence Friday morning.

A former Altoona Regional nurse faces a laundry-list of charges after police say she stole painkillers while on the job.

After a Flag Day speech at Heritage Plaza Friday in which he spoke of the stars and stripes flying in jungle bases in Vietnam, despite being a target of enemy gunners, George Montgomery talked about his own cause - whose banner still flies after 20 years.

All across our region people got together on Flag Day to honor our nation's flag and everything it represents on.

Looking for your dream home? Here are some of the current listings from Perry Wellington Realty.

Meet Perry Wellington Real Estate Agent George Pisanick in this week's "Agent Profile."

Letcher has served the district as junior high school assistant principal for the past four years and prior was the high school principal in the Williamsburg Community School District.

Engineers - hired to find a cheaper alternative to a $20 million sewer project - didn't have good news for Meyersdale Borough Council members Tuesday.

Sharree Ritchey and Pam Emerhardt from Mending Hearts Animal Rescue stopped by to talk about the upcoming "Buy, Dine, and Donate" event that's coming up later this month.

A Hollidaysburg developer is planning a $1.2 million, nine-unit townhouse project for Beckman Drive in the Ruskin area, where neighbors opposed - and the city Zoning Hearing Board denied a variance for - an apartment project.