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Masons supporting veterans
The Valley of Altoona recently presented a $1,000 check to the Hollidaysburg Veterans Home. Members of the Scottish Rite Masons donated the money to be used for the general needs of the residents. Pictured are Earl Hockenberry, commander in chief of the Valley of Altoona, presenting the check to Emily McDowell, volunteer resources coordinator of the Hollidaysburg Veterans Home.
Lionel Liberty
Donna Gority, board member of America250PA Blair County, poses with the group’s new mascot, Lionel Liberty, and Jordan Rhone, winner of the mascot naming contest. His name was unveiled at the Altoona Veterans Day parade in November. Lionel Liberty can be seen in the community throughout the next two years leading up to the 250th anniversary of the United States on July 4, 2026. Visit america250pablair.org to learn more about the commemoration.
Chertow camp reflects rise of female wrestling
For most of its long and venerable history, the sport of competitive wrestling has been an exclusively male competition. With the relatively recent emergence of women’s NCAA collegiate programs and the sanctioning of high school girls wrestling as a PIAA sport, however, wrestling has developed into equal-opportunity endeavor. One...
Authority recommends Southern Airways to continues as EAS provider at DuBois Regional Airport
FALLS CREEK — The Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority, at a special meeting this week to review Essential Air Service bids for the DuBois Regional Airport, agreed to recommend Southern Airways for a four-year contract to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Prior to voting, the authority members heard...
London leads Miners past Grays, 9-3
BROOKVILLE — Isaac London’s night on the mound nearly never got started. Batting lead off in the Rossiter Miners’ lineup, London hurt himself getting back to the back to beat a throw to third in the top of the first inning. It wasn’t far from where he...
Upcoming events
Parents of Addicted Loved Ones, 5:45-7:15 p.m., Hyde Wesleyan Church, 1215 Riverview Rd., Clearfield. Contact Bobbie Johnson, 814-290-8476. AA, 7:30 p.m., Wreck Center, Houtzdale, 800 Hannah St., 24-hour hotline, 1-800-400-2346. For more information, call 814-378-5444. Thursday. Houtzdale Days, sponsored by Houtzdale Community Partnership Association, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Admission and...
Dave Bish Golf Tournament to benefit ministry in Harmons, Jamaica
DuBOIS — The 2024 Dave Bish Memorial Golf Tournament, benefiting the ministry “Won By One To Jamaica,” is set to tee-off for a good cause at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 27 at the DuBois Country Club. Won by One To Jamaica was founded in 1989 by...
JetBlue flight from Cancun, Mexico lands safely in Boston after crew reported ‘smoky smell’ in the cockpit
A JetBlue flight from Cancun, Mexico landed safely in Boston Friday evening after crew members reported smoke in the cockpit, the Federal Aviation Administration said. JetBlue Flight 772 landed at Logan International Airport at about 5:10 p.m., the agency said in a statement. The Airbus 321 had taken off at Cancun International Airport.
Free summer art program for kids starting soon in Altoona
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — Arts Altoona is kicking off a Summer Art Program in a few days, and they want to invite your child to join. The classes will be every Tuesday from July 23 through August 20 at the Arts Altoona building located at 2212 6th Avenue. Classes are one hour from 4:30 p.m. to […]
Suspect in custody in robbery half a mile from Regency Mall
State Police at Troop A, Indiana, said a Clearfield County man was charged with robbery and other crimes following an investigation into an incident Tuesday along Pompano Drive in White Township. Troop A spokesman Trooper Cliff Greenfield said Nicholas Joseph Holbert, 22, of Osceola Mills, was charged with one felony...
Curve lose all three games to Somerset
SOMERSET, N.J. — The Altoona Curve dropped a 3-2 decision to Somerset on Sunday evening at TD Bank Ballpark and were swept in their three-game weekend series with the Patriots. Hunter Barco tossed three scoreless innings in his Curve debut, allowing just one hit and no walks. Barco struck...
Cumming falls in division final
BUTLER — Altoona AAABA team Cumming Motors couldn’t get anything going offensively, and the end result was a 13-1 loss to the Butler Iron Bucks in the Rust Belt League Tri-State division championship game at Pullman Park on Sunday. Cumming went down on strikes 12 times and only...
Altoona 16-18 team advances
PINE FORGE — With the game tied in the bottom of the seventh inning, Altoona’s Cayden Gibbons smacked a solo home run to center field to give his team a 2-1 walk-off win in the championship game of the Babe Ruth 16-18 Middle Atlantic Regional tournament on Sunday night.
In the news on this date: July 22
The Crane Company plant at Wye Switches announced its closing with the loss of 225 jobs. The plant manufactured water baseboard heating elements and was established in the late 1940s by the Jobs For Joes program. 25 years ago: 1999. Dr. R. Scott Magley, chairman of Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center’s...
City man with arsenal gets state prison time
HOLLIDAYSBURG — An Altoona man who was arrested three years ago after stockpiling an assortment of guns, ammo and other items for what he believed would be an impending terrorist attack rendered guilty pleas Friday for a sentence of five-to-20-years’ incarceration. Vaughn Erich Ackerman, 45, who has been...
INDIANA, MARION CENTER BOARDS TO MEET ON MONDAY
School board meetings in July are rare, but there are two Indiana County boards scheduled to meet tomorrow. Indiana Area’s board president, Walter Schroth, will report to the board on the ICTC situation. The River Valley School District has notified ICTC of its intention to pull out of its commitment to the technical school, and there are important ramifications for all of the other districts in the county if River Valley is leaves.
Sideline Cancer captures opener
LOUISVILLE — Sideline Cancer began play in the first round of The Basketball Tournament on Saturday, earning a 100-77 victory over The Venice Basketball. The Hollidaysburg-based basketball team, that plays in honor of the Greg and Cathy Griffith, entered the tournament as the third seed in its region and will now face off against second-seeded The Ville, a team made up of University of Louisville alumni, tonight at 7 p.m.
DeGol, Smith get some revenge in Park Hills Classic
Sunday morning had a feeling of deja vu in terms of the teams competing in the championship of the 57th annual Park Hills Classic. A year ago, Sean Brannan and Mike Macionsky defeated Anthony DeGol and William Smith on the tourney’s final day. This year, the second-seeded team of...
Local official’s corruption case repeatedly delayed as the city he left behind grapples with $1M deficit, secret bank accounts
This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for our north-central Pa. newsletter, Talk of the Town, at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/talkofthetown. State College, Pa. — A federal judge has repeatedly granted delays in the case of a former public official accused of corruption as the Pennsylvania city he once ran and allegedly fleeced grapples with the fallout and a nearly $1 million budget deficit. ...
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