The Altoona Area School Board approved the 2025-26 preliminary general fund budget Monday with a proposed 3% increase in real estate property taxes. However, a tax increase seems unlikely to be ...

By John Hartsock [email protected] Solid pitching and timely hitting often produce a winning combination in a ...

Senior Sport: Track and field Athlete of the week achievement: Clapper set the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference meet ...

An amended civil rights complaint has been filed on behalf of a Blair County Corrections officer who was killed in the line of duty while guarding inmates at the Blair County Central Court building on ...

A developer Monday asked City Council to eliminate the longstanding requirement that most plumbing and electrical work in Altoona be performed by city-licensed tradespeople, to reduce development ...

The Claysburg-Kimmel School Board unanimously approved the 2025-26 preliminary budget during a Monday night meeting, reflecting a stable financial outlook in spite of approximately $900,000 in new ...

The Spring Cove School Board will vote in its next meeting on approving about $163,000 in funding for select 2025-26 capital projects after initially denying all funding in a 7-2 vote during its April ...

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged Monday to cut immigration numbers and make it harder to settle in ...

Edan Alexander was snatched from his military base in southern Israel during Hamas’ cross-border attack on Oct. 7, 2023, ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has only “paused” its military action and will “retaliate on its own terms” if there is any future ...

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) — Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli left the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City where he ...

BANGKOK (AP) — An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a village in the country’s central Sagaing region hit a school on Monday, killing as many as 20 students and two teachers, according to a member of ...