Blair County News

If you've been to Bradenton for spring training, you think you know why Marauders' players hit so well in the summer.

Low voter turnout isn't just a problem in central Pennsylvania. Lehigh County had below 14 percent turnout.

Prom season is over and you've still got that dress, but what do you do with it? The United Way of Blair County wants you to give it to them.

Blair County received 370 absentee ballots with votes that will be added to Tuesday night's unofficial primary results, Elections Director Sarah Seymour said Wednesday.

You can ride, run, have some fun and also help kids with cancer on Saturday May 24.

When a natural disaster strikes, emergency medical workers have to be ready to respond on short notice.

Court appointed defense attorney Tim Burns said he still recovering after being hit in the head more than a week ago by his client.

Altoona Regional Health Systems and Blair County's Mental Health Program are offering a new program to train people on how to respond during mental health emergencies.

Blair County judicial candidate Dave Andrews won the Democratic nomination in Tuesday's primary, leaving him with a decision to make on how hard to campaign in the fall.

Blair County Deputy District Attorney Wade A. Kagarise won the Republican nomination for judge of the Blair County Court of Common Pleas, defeating attorney Dave Andrews and Magisterial District Judge Fred B. Miller in what he called a "very tough race." For Kagarise, 40, it was an emotional conclusion to a tense race that he said, "A lot of people ... (more)

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.

Precincts across the region report low voter turnout. Numbers have been low all day in Centre County.

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

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.

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 large arts event will be held this weekend at the Penn State Altoona campus. The annual Blair County Arts Festival hosts fine art exhibits, unique crafts, and a variety of great food.

Anticipating a budget vote next month that would raise property taxes and dip into the district's reserve funds, the Claysburg-Kimmel school board voted Wednesday to furlough five employees and eliminate their positions.

As part of a legislative effort to develop shale gas infrastructure, energy independence and environmental responsibility, the state has awarded grants to help two Blair County companies each buy 12 natural gas vehicles.

An Altoona man in court for the third time in three years for assault will receive one more chance to change his ways or face time in a state correctional institution, according to a ruling Thursday afternoon by Blair County President Judge Jolene G. Kopriva.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., on Wednesday pushed for passage of a five-year farm bill before the Senate's Memorial Day recess.