Altoona

DA: Late officer justified in accidental shooting death

July 3, 2022 GMT

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania prosecutor has ruled that a late police sergeant was justified in using deadly force that resulted in the accidental shooting death of a jail guard during a hostage situation at a county courthouse last fall.

Friendly fire kills guard struggling with inmate in court

November 18, 2021 GMT

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — A jail guard was shot and killed at a Pennsylvania courthouse by what appears to be friendly fire during a struggle with an inmate who had grabbed her weapon, and authorities said Thursday they were investigating how it happened.

Maze madness reigns as farmers embrace fall agritourism

By HOLLY CLAYCOMB, The (Altoona) MirrorOctober 23, 2021 GMT

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Fall offers “a-maizing” opportunities for folks of all ages to get outside, explore, enjoy family time and maybe even get a little bit lost as local farms open their gates to visitors.

Defense seeks to bar capital punishment in girl’s 2018 death

September 22, 2021 GMT

HOLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Defense attorneys are asking a Pennsylvania judge to bar prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against a man charged in the 2018 smothering death of a 16-month-old child, citing a psychiatrist's conclusion that he was only 19 and had the brain development of a juvenile.

Unbreakable bond: Army vets reunite after decades apart

By ANDREW MOLLENAUER, The (Altoona) MirrorAugust 7, 2021 GMT

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) —

Close friends and U.S. Army veterans Dave Scott and Phil Cummings hadn’t seen each other for 43 years since the two finished their service in the Marshall Islands in 1978.

Justices deal blow to outdated claims of child sexual abuse

By MARK SCOLFOROJuly 21, 2021 GMT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's high court on Wednesday dealt a blow to victims of child sexual abuse, throwing out a lawsuit by a woman whose lower court legal victory had given hope to others with similarly outdated claims who'd sued in the wake of a landmark report that documented decades of child molestation within the Catholic church in Pennsylvania.

Closed churches’ statues headline redevelopment

By DAVE SUTOR, The (Johnstown) Tribune-DemocratJuly 17, 2021 GMT

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) —

A century-old, cast iron statue of the Virgin Mary that once provided inspiration to Roman Catholic worshipers at Immaculate Conception Church now stands as the artistic and spiritual centerpiece of the newly christened Piazza Maria, just a few blocks away from her former home in Johnstown’s Cambria City neighborhood.

Jury selection slated in UPMC suit over Altoona acquisition

May 31, 2021 GMT

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled Tuesday for a trial over the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's federal lawsuit against a Cleveland firm over allegations that an actuarial employee vastly understated the pension liability being assumed by UPMC when it acquired Altoona Hospital in 2013.

Living his dream, he settles into Curve broadcast booth

By CORY GIGER, The (Altoona) MirrorMay 15, 2021 GMT

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Little 2-year-old Preston Shoemaker of Hollidaysburg would look up at the video board at Blair County Ballpark back in 2002 and recognize all of the Altoona Curve players.

“He’d see the players come up on the scoreboard, and it was, ‘Daddy, Tony Alvarez.

As jury mulls case, man pleads in 2004 slaying of woman

April 27, 2021 GMT

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — As a jury deliberated his fate, a Pennsylvania man pleaded no contest to homicide and other charges in the murder of a woman more than a decade and a half ago...

Recording, cataloging sports history is his specialty

By JOHN HARTSOCK, The (Altoona) MirrorMarch 6, 2021 GMT

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) —

Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Ron Brode looks over his extensive collection of recordings of memorable sports moments in the basement of his Altoona home...

The Altoona Mirror reports (http://bit.ly/15DCOz8 ) the fire started Thursday in the cats' bedding in a carport at the Altoona home.

Altoona

DA: Late officer justified in accidental shooting death

Friendly fire kills guard struggling with inmate in court

Maze madness reigns as farmers embrace fall agritourism

Defense seeks to bar capital punishment in girl’s 2018 death

Unbreakable bond: Army vets reunite after decades apart

Justices deal blow to outdated claims of child sexual abuse

Closed churches’ statues headline redevelopment

Jury selection slated in UPMC suit over Altoona acquisition

Living his dream, he settles into Curve broadcast booth

As jury mulls case, man pleads in 2004 slaying of woman

Recording, cataloging sports history is his specialty

A night out — Drive-ins eager to welcome cooped-up residents

Priest’s friends see ‘lack of due process’ for allegations

Police: Man wakes to stranger sleeping on his kitchen floor

Travel tip: Inaugural Roundhouse Rally brings everything on wheels to Altoona

Poker competition runner-up eager for another hand

2 Altoona Franciscan friars enter pleas in child sex abuse case

14 cats killed in central Pennsylvania fire