Hollidaysburg News

The mother of a local suicide victim who had suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder is reaching out to the family of accused double murderer Nicholas Horner.

When the envelope arrived, Windy Horner was talking with her husband, Nick - Windy on a cell phone, Nick in the Blair County jail.

A Hollidaysburg-area man is free on $5,000 unsecured bail after borough police said he tried to blow up an Allegheny Street gas station's storage tanks.

Plans to extend the Chambersburg Rail Trail a half-mile to South Main Street may have to be put on hold.

Have a home for sale? Having a tough time getting it sold? You may want to consider what is know as "home staging." Home staging sets the scene throughout the house to create immediate buyer interest in your property, said Peggy Baker, founder and owner of Advantage One Day Home Staging, Altoona.

A former school teacher charged with vehicular homicide will be in Blair County Prison while awaiting trial.

After several months of worrying about the safety of its public water supply, including a boil-water notice in July, borough engineers say the immediate problem is solved.

A secretary in the Blair County Sheriff's Department has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $6,000 from the department's gun permit account, state police at Hollidaysburg said Tuesday.

Missing money in the Blair County Sheriff's Department has been linked to a secretary.

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A mass immunization effort is underway in Blair County as the Altoona and Hollidaysburg Area School Districts are giving students the swine flu vaccine.

Lejla Allison had survived three years in wartorn Bosnia when she decided she wanted to die.

U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Hollidaysburg, sent a letter to Gov. Ed Rendell urging him to use American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to reopen Scotland School for Veterans Children.

Election Day has come and gone, and changes are in store in Blair County and surrounding parts.

The Blair County Tea Party Steering Committee is considering transforming the organization into a legal entity due to its rapid momentum and rising popularity in Blair County.

OPERATION S.O.S. is kicking off its 6th annual campaign to help make the Christmas season a little brighter for American troops who are stationed overseas.

Pete Dutrow may be from Hollidaysburg, but he bleeds black and orange and continues his winning record of public service.

After years of fundraising and acquiring land, plans are in place for groundbreaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville.

The Johnstown native charged with killing two people and wounding a third was given court permission Thursday to fire his attorney and retain a new one.

A two-day festival highlighted the impact of the Penn State Altoona campus to the region, as well as the local community support the school has received and appreciated for more than seven decades.