An Altoona man is being charged with felony strangulation after allegedly picking up his girlfriend by the throat and neck while threatening to kill her. Bengt Ian Steward, 48, was arraigned May 5 by ...

Pro-Palestinian protesters that had been blocked by police from accessing an encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of ...

Hamas announced its acceptance Monday of an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but Israel rejected the deal, saying it did ...

Small businesses are the engine of the local economy and account for 86% of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce’s membership ...

Altoona swept its way past Central Dauphin East with scores of 25-20, 25-22 and 25-21 in boys high school volleyball action Monday night. With the win, Altoona moved to 7-6 while CD East dropped to ...

Kunzler, a pork-processing company out of Lancaster with plants in Tyrone, has been purchased by the fifth-largest pork producer in the nation. Clemens Food Group, based in Hatfield, acquired Kunzler ...

Residents in a secured unit at the Hollidaysburg Veterans Home will soon have something to brighten their day, thanks to more than 60 students at Penn Cambria High School who painted ceiling tiles ...

Hollidaysburg captured two singles and both doubles matches to claim a 4-1 win over Central Mountain in the District 4-6 Class 3A semifinal action Monday in high school boys tennis play. Garrett ...

Tornadoes touched down Monday evening in rural Oklahoma and large hail pelted parts of Kansas as an outbreak of dangerous storms brought the possibility of strong twisters staying on the ground for ...

A man who tried to shoot a pastor during a service at a Pennsylvania church because “God told him to do it” was thwarted when his gun didn’t fire and he was tackled by a congregant, authorities said.

Winning pitcher Palynn Gregg struck out 13 and doubled to lead Bellwood-Antis to an 11-5 win over Williamsburg in a completion of a suspended game for earlier in the season on Monday in high school ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Winning pitcher Carson Kensinger went the distance with 11 strikeouts and one walk, while bagging a double and RBI at the plate in Hollidaysburg’s 4-1 win over Bellwood-Antis Monday ...