Thu, 17 May 2012 16:56:30 EDT en-us Allegheny One Elementary School will close at the end of the current school year. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:22:00 EDT The Hollidaysburg Area School District is holding the line on taxes next year. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:20:00 EDT A fire Wednesday afternoon in Altoona destroyed a business and three apartments. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:19:00 EDT The Blair County Arts Foundation has received a financial boost thanks to the Blair County Commissioners.]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:18:00 EDT The speed limit on the Pennsylvania Turnpike could increase from 65 mph to 70 mph if an Allegheny County lawmaker gets his way. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:16:00 EDT Dozens of people gathered at the James E. VanZandt VA Medical Center on Wednesday for a 2K Walk and Roll event to support a program that benefits homeless veterans. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:15:00 EDT U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack hopes to raise the profile of agricultural research at universities like Penn State as Congress begins the arduous task of renewing the federal farm bill. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:13:00 EDT Jerry Sandusky has again asked a judge to throw out the child sexual abuse charges against him, arguing that some counts are too vague to defend and others involve alleged victims whose identities have not been determined. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:12:00 EDT Governor Tom Corbett says school districts should be dipping into their reserves to avoid cutting programs next year, although public school advocates say most districts are already using the money ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:10:00 EDT Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:29:00 EDT A local Iraq war veteran has been convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two people during the robbery of an Altoona Subway sandwich shop nearly three years ago.
 
]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:21:00 EDT Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:15:00 EDT Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:14:00 EDT Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:58:00 EDT Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:57:00 EDT Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:55:00 EDT Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:50:00 EDT Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:47:00 EDT Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:44:00 EDT Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:09:00 EDT Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:08:00 EDT Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:06:00 EDT A section of Pleasant Valley Boulevard remains closed this hour as utility crews work to repair some utility lines.
 
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John Shaffer was pronounced dead just after 9:00AM this morning after emergency responders were called to the 200 Block of Reeds Lane in Tyrone Township. Shaffer’s wife Darlene was discovered unconscious in another part of the home. She was taken to Altoona Regional Health]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:48:00 EDT Station owner Dave Barger says overwhelming feedback from the community in recent weeks was in favor of keeping the conservative talk show host as part of the station’s afternoon lineup.  ]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:19:00 EDT More than a dozen members of Blair County’s Democratic Party gathered Monday for a lunchtime protest outside of the WRTA Radio Campus.]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:10:00 EDT Residents of six Pennsylvania state House districts that aren't currently represented because their lawmakers have been elected to other offices are asking the state Supreme Court to force special elections to be held alongside the April 24th primary. ]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:44:00 EST The Pennsylvania Supreme Court says a local Iraq war veteran can't raise an insanity defense to charges that he murdered two people during the armed robbery of an Altoona sandwich shop robbery in April 2009. ]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:29:00 EST A Fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon quickly consumed three buildings in Portage business district. ]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:27:00 EST A Hollidaysburg man is facing felony drug charges after police say he attempted to eat bath salts during a routing traffic stop last month. ]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:06:00 EST Longtime state representative Rick Geist will face a challenger this spring. ]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:05:00 EST Blair County Ballpark will now be known as People’s Natural Gas Field. ]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 06:58:00 EST Wed, 1 Feb 2012 06:54:00 EST Senator Bob Casey has about $4.4-million in his campaign account as he gears up his re-election campaign against a crowded field of potential Republican challengers. ]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 06:42:00 EST Punxsutawney is getting ready for big crowds on Groundhog Day this week.
 ]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 06:39:00 EST Two people have been found shot dead in Logan Township.

Police Chief Ron Heller says the shooting appears to be a murder-suicide. Investigators have been at the home along Homer's Gap Road since 9:00AM processing the scene. Heller says authorities are withholding the names of the victims pending the notification of family members.

Sources say the bodies were discovered after one of ]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:50:00 EST A fire at a city duplex Wednesday afternoon displaced seven people.
]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:57:00 EST A Blair County jury has acquitted an Altoona man on child endangerment and reckless endangerment charges.]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:52:00 EST Another battle over the accessed value of a local shopping center is brewing.
]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:49:00 EST A man shot over the weekend by an Allegheny Township homeowner has been flown to a Pittsburgh Hospital for further treatment.]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:46:00 EST Penn State's embattled Board of Trustees meets Friday for the first time since the chaotic week in November when the school was enveloped in scandal following child sex abuse allegations brought against a retired assistant football coach.
]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:44:00 EST A group of Penn State University trustees say they decided to fire legendary football coach Joe Paterno in part because he didn't do enough after learning of an alleged child sex assault involving a former assistant coach. 
 
]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:43:00 EST Pennsylvania's unemployment rate dropped for the third straight month in December and payrolls expanded slightly.
 
]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:40:00 EST Governor Tom Corbett is planning to sign newly passed legislation designed to provide an emergency response plan and accurate GPS coordinates for each Marcellus Shale well site in Pennsylvania.
 ]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:39:00 EST Fire crews were called out just before 6:00 this morning in Altoona.]]> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:38:00 EST The state House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a scaled-down plan to use public money to help low-income families avoid struggling public schools and send their children to private schools.]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:04:00 EST A Cresson Township man lost his life over the weekend in a vehicle/pedestrian accident.]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:09:00 EST Penn State police say they have received a letter from a person who says he may have been "possibly assaulted" by Jerry Sandusky, the ex-defensive coordinator charged with sexually abusing eight boys over a 15-year period.]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:20:00 EST The U.S. Department of Education will launch a campus security program review today into Penn State's compliance with the Clery Act. ]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:19:00 EST Twenty-one thousand public sector jobs in Pennsylvania have gone away in the last year, and a new report says it's been a major factor in a substantial slowdown in the state's economic recovery. ]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:12:00 EST Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:11:00 EST Click for election results]]> Tue, 8 Nov 2011 22:41:00 EST




]]> Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:53:00 EDT A Funeral service will be held today for the Hollidaysburg Area High School senior who died in a one car accident last week.]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:31:00 EDT Two men have been charged with sexually assaulting a total of four teenaged girls. ]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 08:39:00 EDT People’s Natural Gas customers will see an increase in their monthly bills beginning today. ]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 07:44:00 EDT State Police in Bedford are investigating a two-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a teenager. ]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 06:51:00 EDT Another copper theft has been reported in Blair County.]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 06:50:00 EDT State Police say a Bedford County man was knocked off his bike by a tea jug.
]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 06:49:00 EDT A fire over the weekend damaged a home near Duncansville. 
]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 06:47:00 EDT It's the beginning of Week Two in Pennsylvania's government corruption trial.
 
]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 06:46:00 EDT Governor Tom Corbett will be touring a carpenters training center in Pittsburgh today, where he's also expected to discuss his policy approach to the state's booming natural gas industry.
 
]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 06:44:00 EDT Pennsylvania's law that governs the collection of DNA may soon get its first overhaul since it was established 16 years ago, but some are questioning the proposal's effect on civil liberties and its cost to taxpayers.
 
]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 06:43:00 EDT Some northeastern Pennsylvania flooding victims are now getting a place to call home — until theirs is ready to move back into.
 
]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 06:42:00 EDT More than a thousand acres of central Pennsylvania land is now open to hikers, hunters and other nature lovers after being off-limits for decades.
 
]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 06:41:00 EDT A replica of a Civil War-era train could be rolling through central Pennsylvania in time for the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, if members of a York County nonprofit have their way.
]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 06:39:00 EDT Northern Bedford School District officials say they are reviewing their field trip policies after a 4-year-old pre-kindergarten student was left in a bathroom as other students departed for a field trip.
 ]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:32:00 EDT Blair County’s seven school districts overall have met the PSSA standards for Adequate Yearly Progress.
 
]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:29:00 EDT An Osterburg man who struggled with State Police troopers following a traffic stop in southern Blair County will stand trial on resisting arrest and other related charges. 
 
]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:23:00 EDT The Altoona Police Department is stepping up its patrols to deal with graffiti artists. 
 
]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:22:00 EDT For the first time in years Prospect Pool ended the summer in the black.
]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:19:00 EDT Altoona City officials say five more structures have been added to the city’s blight removal program.
]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:16:00 EDT As Governor Tom Corbett looks to cut spending and the size of government in Pennsylvania, he'll look to recommendations from a new group he's creating.
 
]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:55:00 EDT Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. says he's having state police experts examine Republican state Senate computers because some files relating to the corruption case against state Senator Jane Orie were deleted after her mistrial in March.
 
]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:53:00 EDT Pennsylvania is withdrawing nearly 1,000 inmates it sent to a Virginia prison about a year ago.
 
]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:51:00 EDT A pharmacist from western Pennsylvania says he'll seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania to challenge incumbent Democrat Senator Bob Casey.
 
]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:49:00 EDT A pharmacist from western Pennsylvania says he'll seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania to challenge incumbent Democrat Senator Bob Casey.]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:37:00 EDT The poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut also showed no clear leader in the crowded Republican field vying for the party's presidential nomination in 2012.]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:01:00 EDT There was a fire early Sunday morning at a home near the WRTA transmitter which damaged our communication link. Verizon crews are working to replace the lines. In the meantime, you can still listen to our stream.]]> Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:56:00 EDT The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will conduct a public input hearing in Bedford on Tuesday.]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:43:00 EDT A traffic alert for motorists driving in the Eldorado section of Altoona.]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 05:39:00 EDT A Cambria County teenager will be charged as an adult for causing a DUI car crash that killed on of his friends.
]]> Fri, 8 Jul 2011 07:50:00 EDT A Milesburg man who fatally shot his girlfriend in an apparent hunting accident is being sent to prison.
 
]]> Fri, 8 Jul 2011 07:48:00 EDT The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has joined the investigation into a burglary of a Bedford County trading post where several guns were stolen.
 ]]> Fri, 8 Jul 2011 07:47:00 EDT Last night’s Wing Off at Lakemont Park drew a hefty crowd, despite a controversial new admissions fee. 
 
]]> Fri, 8 Jul 2011 07:44:00 EDT Pennsylvania's environmental regulators are agreeing to take more precautions before they approve certain permits for oil and natural-gas drilling sites where well construction poses a pollution threat to waterways.
 
]]> Fri, 8 Jul 2011 07:43:00 EDT Pennsylvania's massive transportation needs were not really part of the mix last week when lawmakers and Governor Tom Corbett settled on a new state budget.
]]> Fri, 8 Jul 2011 07:39:00 EDT Governor Tom Corbett is signing dozens of new Pennsylvania laws that the Legislature passed in the first half of its 2011 session. 
 
]]> Fri, 8 Jul 2011 07:38:00 EDT Governor Tom Corbett is signing dozens of new Pennsylvania laws that the Legislature passed in the first half of its 2011 session. 
 
]]> Fri, 8 Jul 2011 07:35:00 EDT Police are keeping an eye out for a sticky-fingered person wandering the streets of Philadelphia in a flowing judicial robe.
 
]]> Fri, 8 Jul 2011 07:32:00 EDT A Tyrone man is facing felony assault charges after police say he beat-up his girlfriend. 
]]> Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:39:00 EDT An Altoona couple is facing drug and child endangerment charges after police say they were found passed out in their SUV with their 6-month-old baby inside.
 
]]> Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:38:00 EDT Some massive wind turbine blades are on the move in Northern Blair County. 
 
]]> Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:35:00 EDT State Police at Hollidaysburg are investigating two home break-ins. 
 
]]> Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:32:00 EDT Someone vandalized an Altoona cemetery. 
 
]]> Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:31:00 EDT Nesting bald eagles have put a temporary halt to work on a central Pennsylvania highway project.
 
]]> Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:29:00 EDT A new casino in Philadelphia spurred much of an increase in tax revenue from slot-machine gambling in Pennsylvania.
]]> Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:27:00 EDT The Altoona Regional Health System and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees have reached a new, three-year contract deal.
 
]]> Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:17:00 EDT A Blair County judge has ruled that an Altoona woman accused to kidnapping an infant is competent to stand trial.
 
]]> Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:15:00 EDT An Altoona man has been arrested and charged with setting a massive blaze that destroyed three homes along 3rd Avenue last month.
 
]]> Wed, 6 Jul 2011 07:35:00 EDT Hundreds of bicyclists have made their way into Central Pennsylvania. 
 
]]> Wed, 6 Jul 2011 07:34:00 EDT State Police in Bedford say someone stole a cache of weapons from a sporting goods store near Everett.
 
]]> Wed, 6 Jul 2011 07:33:00 EDT Pennsylvania State Police say that seven people were killed in crashes during the four-day Fourth of July holiday, a slight decrease from a year ago.
 
]]> Wed, 6 Jul 2011 07:31:00 EDT The daughter of a central Pennsylvania district attorney who went missing more than six years ago has asked a judge to declare her father dead.
 
]]> Wed, 6 Jul 2011 07:30:00 EDT The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is toasting a banner year for liquor and wine sales.
 
]]> Wed, 6 Jul 2011 07:29:00 EDT Neighbors are remembering Ray Criblear as the man who's annual fireworks show every July 4 was one to be enjoyed and savored.
 
]]> Wed, 6 Jul 2011 07:27:00 EDT Construction is set to begin today on two of three bridge rehabilitation projects in Blair County.]]> Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:20:00 EDT Bedford County’s top prosecutor says an elderly man found dead in his home was murdered.
 
]]> Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:18:00 EDT Blair County DUI Task Force officers nabbed two drunk drivers at a sobriety checkpoint over the weekend in Hollidaysburg.
 
]]> Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:14:00 EDT Some local residents paid a visit to Fort Roberdeau on the Fourth of July. 
 ]]> Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:12:00 EDT Hundreds of local Tea Party patriots gathered in Hollidaysburg on Monday for an Independence Day picnic.
 
]]> Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:59:00 EDT Ohio has become the latest state to begin looking at selling or leasing its tolls roads. ]]> Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:55:00 EDT Altoona Police are searching for the man who robbed a fireworks tent at gunpoint.
 
]]> Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:09:00 EDT Tentative contracts covering 55,000 state employees would cost taxpayers an additional $164-million over four years.]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:37:00 EDT Pennsylvania's education secretary says he's dismayed so few school districts are taking up Governor Tom Corbett's challenge for a voluntary wage freeze.]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:35:00 EDT Burning fried chicken brought out fire crews early Monday evening in Altoona.]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:45:00 EDT A Republican-sponsored bill to overhaul Pennsylvania's unemployment compensation system is stalled in the state House of Representatives.]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 06:40:00 EDT A Dauphin County judge has postponed the second trial of disgraced Pennsylvania political power broker Mike Veon until next year.
]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 06:36:00 EDT Altoona Police need your help in finding the man responsible for robbing a city convenience store at knifepoint in broad daylight.]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 06:37:00 EDT A bill moving through the Pennsylvania House of Representatives could soon make it less expensive for counties to seek bids for goods and services.]]> Fri, 6 May 2011 10:20:00 EDT May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in Pennsylvania.]]> Fri, 6 May 2011 10:17:00 EDT