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Another Blair County school district has introduced a budget plan and this one features tax increases and job cuts.On Monday ...
The Claysburg-Kimmel School Board will eliminate five positions as part of its 2013-14 budget introduced Wednesday night.The ...
The Hollidaysburg Area School Board has introduced their 2013-14 budget.The proposed $43.7-million spending plan does not...
A provision in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could affect the health insurance coverage for thousands of ...
A top aide to Gov. Tom Corbett says expanding Medicaid eligibility in Pennsylvania under a sweeping federal health care law p...
An Philadelphia abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three b...
Altoona City Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 22 to hear public comment regarding the proposed new City c...
The Department of Public Welfare has launched a broad, long-term initiative called “Mental Health Matters” to hel...
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is urging the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Highmark to come to a long-term a...
State Rep. John McGinnis joined Gov. Tom Corbett and other lawmakers at a Capitol news conference Tuesday to introduce House ...
Both the Pennsylvania House and Senate have unanimously approved bills to fund a program designed by Dr Zane Gates of Altoona...
The Pennsylvania House is giving its approval to a bill that would eventually cut business taxes by hundreds of millions of d...
Advocates for Pennsylvania's Latino population say they'll challenge a federal court ruling involving the state's...
State Police officials say last weekend’s Drug Take Back Day was a huge success.The agency says more than 300 pounds of...
Pennsylvania's state tax collections are running a surplus, but not as big as Governor Tom Corbett had hoped.April revenu...
Insurance giant Highmark has conditional approval from Pennsylvania's state insurance regulators for its takeover of the ...
Pennsylvania's ranking state senator is warning that the nearing June 30th end of the fiscal year doesn't bode well f...
A jury in Philadelphia is set to start weighing murder charges against a veteran abortion provider charged with killing four ...
A judge has denied a request to immediately stop a plan by Governor Tom Corbett's administration to close nearly half of ...
In Pennsylvania’s latest effort to bolster highway safety, nine state troopers and eight municipal police officers have...
The Department of Public Welfare is offering $200,000 in mini-grants to child care centers to work toward achieving highe...
The Altoona Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration is giving the public a chance to prevent pill abuse and...
Penn State says the number of applications for undergraduate enrollment is down about 9-percent this year. There were nearly ...
The investigation into a threat made at Central Cambria High School this week continues.The message, “school shooting &...
There are no plans to move state government workers into a federally run online health insurance marketplace that's suppo...
By a vote of 144-53, legislation prohibiting abortion coverage in qualified plans offered through a health insurance exchange...
Fiscal analysts in the Pennsylvania Legislature say expanding Medicaid eligibility under the landmark federal health-care law...
The Pennsylvania State Police will accept unwanted, expired and unused prescription drugs Saturday, April 27, as part of Nati...
A bill quietly circulating in the state Legislature would change Pennsylvania's constitution to allow state lawmakers rat...
Pennsylvania Department of State officials are warning residents to beware of phony charities asking for donations to help vi...
Pennsylvania's high court says older people increasingly face abuse and other issues that involve the legal system, so th...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown says it is investigating claims that a Franciscan friar who committed suicide...
Leaders of the Democratic minority in the Pennsylvania Senate say a potential $140-million surplus in school-pension reim...
The murder trial of a Philadelphia abortion provider enters its fifth week today.Prosecutors will continue to call witnesses ...
State lawmakers have approved a measure that would allow crime victims to address Pennsylvania's parole board directly wh...
A witness who worked at a Philadelphia abortion clinic at age 15 says she saw at least one baby's chest move after the pr...
The Altoona Area School District’s budget chief says impending federal healthcare reform laws could cost the district u...
A bill to give Pennsylvania prosecutors administrative subpoena power in child abuse investigations is on its way to the Sena...
Governor Tom Corbett has named Michael Wolf as Secretary of the Department of Health.Wolf will oversee the regulation of Penn...
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has developed a new website, PAHealthOptions.com, to help Pennsylvanians click through ...
Governor Tom Corbett is suggesting that he's interested in a concept that combines an expansion of Medicaid eligibility f...
State Rep. John McGinnis is offering free assistance to area veterans.McGinnis says the assistance is available to any vetera...
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey says he now supports gay marriage, becoming the latest lawmaker to change positions on an issue now befor...
Governor Tom Corbett's meeting with U.S. Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on whether he'll seek an expans...
An arrest has been made in connection with a rape case that allegedly occurred last week in Altoona.City police say 34 year o...
A little known and little understood proposed change in how benefits are calculated could impact the bottom line of seniors, ...
The state Insurance Department says a workers' compensation insurance rate reduction will go into effect next week for em...
The Altoona woman arrested last week on child pornography charges is now facing additional counts.City police say 38 year old...
A health care advocacy group says nearly 900,000 Pennsylvania adults and children would become eligible for the federal gover...
Governor Tom Corbett's top budget adviser says changes are needed in the major state pension funds even if his long-range...
Pennsylvania has launched one of the nation’s first adoption mobile websites, providing easier access for those looking...
A charity for children founded by Jerry Sandusky is getting a judge's permission to sell its headquarters building in Sta...
Legislation that would eliminate automatic cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, for various public officials has been introd...
14 suspected drug dealers have been reeled in as the result of an eight-month investigation that wrapped up early Tuesday mor...
An Altoona woman has been arrested on child pornography charges.City police say Helen McKinley allegedly had dozens of images...
Pennsylvanians who need assistance paying home heating bills now have additional time to apply for financial help through the...
There are new abuse accusations being lodged against a now deceased Franciscan Friar.A woman now claims she too was sexually ...
A man who blew up himself with a device in his truck that also leveled an acquaintance's Patton home on Tuesday tried to ...
An effort to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to clarify that lawmakers may decide what kinds of institutions qualify as c...
How healthy you are is strongly linked to where in Pennsylvania you live, according to the results of a new county-by-county ...
A key legislative panel has endorsed a radically changed version of Republican Gov. Tom Corbett's liquor-privatization bi...
Governor Tom Corbett and his legal staff are hoping fine distinctions in Pennsylvania case law will allow $12-billion in ...
New federal data shows that 40 Pennsylvania counties had more deaths than births from 2010 to 2012, but in some of those immi...
Blair County’s Victim Witness Program may have to be scaled back because of ongoing state budget cuts.Details about the...
The Department of Public Welfare and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency will use $5.7 million in federal rental assi...
More than two dozen alleged drug suspects were taken into custody Thursday during a major drug sweep throughout Huntingdon Co...
Altoona Police have charged a city man with sex crimes involving a 12-year-old.City police say the alleged incidents happened...
The number of eligible people who were purged from Pennsylvania's Medicaid rolls amid Gov. Tom Corbett's administrati...
Agriculture Secretary George Greig is challenging Pennsylvanians to license their dogs by setting a goal to sell 100,000 lice...
A city man is under arrest following a domestic violence incident over night.According to Altoona Police, it happened around ...
Governor Tom Corbett wants to close nearly half of Pennsylvania's 60 health centers and lay off some nurses as part of an...
State lawmakers, spurred by a rise in prescription drug overdose deaths, are considering a monitoring effort aimed at prevent...
Two city women are facing charges following a domestic violence incident late last night.Around 11:30 police were called to t...
A wanted sex offender is now in custody.City police say Jason Koch turned himself in on Thursday morning. Koch was arraigned ...
Advocacy groups met with Governor Tom Corbett in Philadelphia on Thursday to announce his 2013-14 budget proposal to increase...
Governor Tom Corbett says he and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will meet to discuss issues surro...
The Altoona Regional Health System says it is moving forward with a proposed affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh Me...
The Obama administration says automatic spending cuts set to take effect this week would mean less money for Pennsylvania'...
Last week Altoona City Council adopted an ordinance approving submission of a question on the May 21st primary election ballo...
Governor Corbett met with children and their families this week during a tour of the new Penn State Hershey Children’s ...
Governor Corbett met with children and their families this week during a tour of the new Penn State Hershey Children’s ...
State Treasurer Rob McCord says he needs more money to make more money for state government. At a Senate Appropriations Commi...
Pennsylvania Senate Democrats are challenging Governor Tom Corbett's top budget adviser over the administration's pro...
Logan Township Supervisors have introduced an ordinance to ban parking along Hillside Avenue near Ebner Elementary School.Sup...
Application forms for the Department of Revenue’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program are now available for eligible resid...
A bill to require exploitation-awareness programs in Pennsylvania public schools has been approved by the state House of Repr...
An ambitious budget proposal by Governor Tom Corbett would boost state spending by nearly 3-percent while increasing support ...
Governor Tom Corbett says overhauling Pennsylvania's pension systems for state workers and school employees is the single...
Blair County is facing its own pension crisis.A report released Tuesday by Commissioner Terry Tomassetti and finance director...
Governor Tom Corbett is set to unveil his 2013-14 budget later today in Harrisburg.State Senator John Eichelberger says he&rs...
Pennsylvanians can display their support for military veterans with a new specialized license plate authorized by a state law...
As a first step in the annual budget process, Gov. Tom Corbett will present his proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year before a...
Governor Tom Corbett’s 2013-14 budget will set aside nearly $20 million to provide home and community-based service...
A preliminary hearing on additional charges against a local man already doing time for child pornography is set for Tuesday.T...
The state Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) celebrated its 20th year of providing coverage this week by announcing th...
The Franciscan Friar who took his own life over the weekend left a suicide note apologizing for his actions.Brother Stephen B...
The criminal investigation into allegations that a priest with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown molested ...
The civil case accusing a Franciscan friar of sexually abusing students at Cambria County high school will continue despite t...
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey says a pilot program designed to prevent criminals from becoming managers of a person's Social Securi...
The first step to a change in Altoona’s form of government was taken by City Council last night with the introduction o...
A young man who testified at a child sex abuse trial last summer that former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandus...
Hunting Equipment retailer Cabela’s Inc. will not be taking part in what has been billed as Pennsylvania’s larges...
Another arrest has been made in the investigation into a Baltimore to Altoona drug operation.On Wednesday, the Blair County D...
State Rep. John McGinnis has announced that he has been appointed by Speaker of the House Sam Smith to serve on the House Agi...
Home care workers for the disabled in Pennsylvania claim that there’s been an interruption in their pay.The Associated ...
State Senator John Eichelberger held a press conference on Tuesday to issue his annual report.Speaking from his office in Hol...
A charity event planned by the Johnstown Tomahawks for today isn’t going to happened.The Johnstown Tomahawks announced ...
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey is now serving on Senate Finance Committee. Yesterday the Republican Senator of Pennsylvania announce...
Gov. Tom Corbett said Tuesday he plans to sue the NCAA in federal court over stiff sanctions imposed against Penn State Unive...
Students at Penn State Altoona are being warned their social security numbers may have been compromised.Malware infected a se...
Today is the deadline for older adults and people with disabilities to apply for rebates of up to $975 from Pennsylvania&...
A Pennsylvania state senator began seeking Senate support on Thursday to create a gun violence prevention task force in the w...
A city man is facing charges of sexually molesting a mentally challenged girl.39 year old Robert Riley Jr, of 107 First Avenu...
The 2013 budget for the city of Altoona was passed last night.The city will start the year with a fund balance of about three...
Long opposed to new gun laws, Sen. Bob Casey said Wednesday that in the wake of the Connecticut school shootings he would now...
A report regarding Valley View Home’s unfunded pension obligation was offered up at Tuesday’s Blair County Commis...
Pennsylvania's presidential electors have cast all 20 of their ballots for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe ...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett says his state won't set up its own health care exchange under the federal Affordable C...
Lawyers on opposite sides of Pennsylvania's voter-identification law are slated to meet with a Commonwealth Court judge t...
48 suspected drug dealers, accused of dealing prescription drugs and illegal drugs were charged Tuesday following a street-le...
A rally is scheduled for this afternoon in Altoona focusing on “Jobs Not Cuts.”Constituents, including community ...
Five city residents are awaiting preliminary hearings after being caught up in a drug sting late last week.A controlled heroi...
Gov. Tom Corbett promised Saturday to back a comprehensive plan early next year dealing with transportation funding. Industry...
The revised ACT 47 plan for Altoona that was supposed to be submitted today will instead be delayed until Monday.Even thought...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services encourage all beneficiaries to make their enrollment choices today to ensure t...
Jerry Sandusky has appealed a decision to revoke his $59,000-a-year pension.Sandusky’s attorney Charles Benjamin...
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey used a teleconference Wednesday to unveil his legislation that is an extension of the 2% payroll tax cut ...
According to a national advocacy group for gay and lesbian public officials, Pennsylvania State Rep. Mike Fleck, who over the...
Penn State Campus Police are investigating two reported cases of sexual assault and rape.Police say the first alleged attack ...
Republican Rep. Mike Fleck told The Daily News of Huntingdon County that his personal journey has been a long and difficult p...
Approximately 100 people attended last night’s mandated ACT 47 public hearing held at the Devorris Downtown Center. Mos...
The man accused of setting a house on fire in Altoona earlier this month now has his defense attorneys in place.Blair County ...
A new report is warning of higher taxes, lower business growth and steeper borrowing costs due to the state's public-sect...
The Department of Revenue says that holiday gatherings are a great opportunity to remind older friends and relatives about Pe...
Governor Tom Corbett is focusing on the second half of his term.During a Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon on Monday, the Repu...
On the heels of Tuesday’s release of the ACT 47 Recovery Plan for Altoona, a balanced draft budget has been created.The...
Today is the deadline for Gov. Tom Corbett to tell the federal government whether Pennsylvania will be setting up a health in...
At least one person has died as a result of an early morning fire in Altoona.Emergency crews are still onsceneat 106 South 2n...
Six Pennsylvania judges are suing over the state's mandatory retirement age of 70 for judges.The judges filed the legal c...
About 16 people showed up last night for the meeting held at the Altoona City Council Chambers unveiling the ACT 47 recovery ...
Altoona Regional Health System and Nason Hospital continue discussions aimed at developing an integrated, countywide health s...
Pennsylvania residents solicited for donations to charities that claim to help military veterans or victims of Hurricane Sand...
Governor Tom Corbett has called the pension crisis in Pennsylvania “a tapeworm” to the state budget.Appearing on ...
The Department of Public Welfare has unveiled a statewide mentorship pilot program that will help troubled teens from the Nor...
Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania has won re-election to a second term.Casey capitalized on high name recogni...
Jerry Sandusky has been transferred to State Correctional Institution in Greene County.Officials with the State Department of...
Pennsylvanians who may be displaced from their homes due to damage from Hurricane Sandy are reminded that an online housing l...
The D.U.I. Task Force conducted a ROVING PATROL Sunday night from 10:00 PM to 02:00 AM throughout Blair County.The event resu...
The City of Altoona tells us a Warming Station is now open at the Salvation Army Community Center,1813 Sixth Avenue serving h...
Survivors of child sexual abuse said Sunday night the problem cannot be combated unless people are willing to talk about it o...
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Pennsylvania’s higher education system.The credit rating agency says a rec...
More than 100,000 Pennsylvania households who were booted from Medicaid amid a state effort to purge the program of waste wil...
Organizers of Penn State’s first national conference on child sexual abuse are seeking questions in advance from attend...
Penn State has filed a motion seeking to place Mike McQueary's lawsuit against the university on hold.The former assistan...
Nearly 8,000 Penn State employees and volunteers have now attended the University's professional training program designe...
The State Senate has unanimously passed a bill designed to ensure that offenders who illegally buy guns for criminals will fa...
City police are looking for a local man wanted in a domestic abuse incident.There is a warrant out for 25 year old Richard Ba...
Pennsylvania's public employee pension system is seeking to revoke Jerry Sandusky’s pension.The 68-year-old former ...
Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky learned this morning that he will be spending 30 to 60 years in state ...
A demonstration was held Monday outside of the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese office near Hollidaysburg.The "Survivo...
Jerry Sandusky is being sentenced today.The 68-year-old former Penn State assistant football coach is facing a possible life ...
A national conference on child sexual abuse has sold out.The "Traumatic Impact, Prevention, and Intervention” conf...
A spreading plague is wiping out the nationwide bat population.Scientists say a fungus known as White Nose Syndrome has claim...
Tuesday is the final day to register to vote in the November 6th general election.Voters will cast ballots for candidates for...
Pennsylvania is receiving federal dollars to grow business.The Small Business Administration recently presented the state wit...
Opponents of a new state law requiring voters to show photo identification at polling places on Election Day are calling it a...
The State House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that could ultimately benefit volunteer firefighters a...
Skills of Central Pennsylvania is supporting House Resolution 837 which designates the month of October as “Lifesharing...
There is finally some movement in Altoona's Act 47 Process.Stevens & Lee, the financial distress consultant working on th...
The Pennsylvania State Police will accept unwanted, expired and unused prescription drugs on Saturday as part of National Pre...
Penn State Officials are offering a vaccination clinic on Monday.The clinic is being held in response to two confirmed cases ...
Pennsylvania voters claiming to have been disenfranchised by a new voter identification law testified Thursday before the jud...
The overall number of crimes in Pennsylvania reported to the Pennsylvania State Police through the Uniform Crime Reporting Sy...
A home in Altoona where authorities found at least a foot of sewage in the basement has been condemned and the family living ...
The Pharmacy Roundtable of Operation Our Town will be holding an event this evening.A five-person panel will educate the publ...
The Department of Public Welfare has released a statement about the department’s proposed co-payments for families of e...
GuiltyThat was the verdict Thursday handed down by the jury hearing the case against a traveling preacher accused of raping a...
One of the victims who testified against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is going to release a tell...
Protesters representing a number of causes repeatedly interrupted Gov. Tom Corbett during a town hall meeting in Philadelphia...
A Pennsylvania judge has scheduled Jerry Sandusky's sentencing for convictions of child sexual abuse on Oct. 9.Sandusky w...
Pennsylvania farmers rely heavily on the technical and financial assistance laid out in the Farm Bill.With some parts of the ...
Over the weekend hundreds of Penn State alumni and fans called for the university's president and board of trustees to st...
With three weeks left before Pennsylvania's first execution in 13 years, a bipartisan legislative task force studying the...
The Blair County Community Action Agency has two new programs set to begin next month.Hud is providing $72,000 for an Eme...
Local residents are reminded that the Pennsylvania 529 College Savings Program is available to help families cover the costs ...
Child pornography charges have been filed against a Tyrone man already in trouble with the law for allegedly growing psychede...
With the new school year under way, Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare Gary Alexander is reminding the public abou...
The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs is reminding the public that alcohol consumption by pregnant women c...
The Pennsylvania charity for troubled youths started by convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky has won court approval to delay it...
A new report shows when it comes to earning power, the typical middle-class household in Pennsylvania isn't getting ahead...
A city man and woman are both facing charges following a domestic dispute overnight in Altoona.The incident involving Vicky S...
Operation Our Town, the countywide anti-drug partnership, yesterday handed out $80,000 to a dozen local groups.The list o...
Penn State has reached an agreement with the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference on the terms of the Athletics Integrity Agreemen...
Among the legal questions still swirling around Penn State, one has drawn little attention but continues to pose a threat to ...
A former animal right’s activist that made headlines in Blair County a few years ago is now in the news in Virginia.Tam...
The charity for troubled youths started by Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach convicted of sexual...
The City of Altoona ended 2011 in the red.An audit presented Wednesday by Young Oakes Brown & Company shows the city ran a de...
A Baltimore man convicted of murdering his former Altoona girlfriend in 2004 is one step closer to facing the death penalty a...
The Pittsburgh Steelers say a western Pennsylvania man infringed on their "Terrible Towel" trademark by making knoc...
Blair County officials have put a hold on taking part of a state offered human services program.Just one month ago all three ...
Penn State University is holding a national child sex abuse conference as it seeks to rebound from the scandals involving for...
The dispute over a northeast Pennsylvania city's attempt to crack down on illegal immigrants is back before a federal app...
A status conference is planned for next month in a Bellefonte courtroom as the children's charity founded by convicted ch...
State officials say they have reached a new, four-year labor agreement with their unionized liquor store workers.The Pennsylv...
Several Pennsylvania district attorneys are calling for funds from the $60-million in fines that Penn State must pay as p...
Blair County’s director of Children, Youth and Families says her department will need more funding in the future to kee...
Eleven alleged drug dealers are in custody following a raid Tuesday in Bedford County.District Attorney Bill Higgins says dru...
More than a million Pennsylvania women can count on their health insurance policies to cover a host of services under new pro...
A charity founded by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is calling off an internal investigation in th...
A judge from outside the State College area is now handling a request by the children's charity that Jerry Sandusky found...
An accused cocaine dealer who has been on the run for more than a year is now in custody.Altoona Police say 31-year-old Olive...
A state program that provides cash assistance to about 70,000 Pennsylvanians will end this week.The General Assistance progra...
Penn State University officials say they faced the threat of a four-year ban on playing football before the NCAA imposed sanc...
The blistering report about Penn State's handling of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal contained seven errors that hav...
Penn State University officials say they faced the threat of a four-year ban on playing football before the NCAA imposed sanc...
The blistering report about Penn State's handling of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal contained seven errors that hav...
The Healthy Blair County Coalition is conducting a community health needs assessment. As part of that effort, households are ...
The $60-million fine levied on Penn State by the NCAA doesn't look so big next to the scale of the athletic departmen...
Graham Spanier says he wouldn't have ignored child sexual-abuse complaints as Penn State's president because he was b...
An insurance company for ex-Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky says his homeowners' policy shouldn't have to co...
Three people are facing charges this morning in connection with two stabbings in Altoona.The first incident occurred a little...
State Police have charged a Cresson man with sexually assaulting a teenaged girl – and giving her alcohol.Troopers took...
Penn State Altoona has received $17,500 from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board as part of its 2012-2013 Alcohol Educa...
The president of the NCAA says he isn't ruling out the possibility of shutting down the Penn State football program in th...
Experts on sexual abuse lawsuits say Penn State University could face years of litigation over Jerry Sandusky's abuse of ...
The New York-based credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has slapped a lower rating on Pennsylvania's debt ...
For more than two decades, colleges have been required to publicly share details of campus crimes and report murders, rapes, ...
Republican leaders in the House voted last week to repeal the Affordable Care Act, saying it's not good for the country.E...
Lawyers for the victims of sexual abuse by Jerry Sandusky say a report commissioned by Penn State will strengthen the civil s...
The federal government is asking why Pennsylvania's Medicaid rolls dropped over the past year, and is suggesting that som...
Blair County officials are still waiting to see how much they will receive in funding for social services programs.But Commis...
In State College, University Police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred in a residence hall in South Halls on th...
Pennsylvania taxpayers are facing higher payouts for prescription and dental benefits for House and Senate lawmakers.These sa...
Legislation that will permit expert testimony in court regarding sexual assault victims has been ceremonially signed into law...
On Saturday, just minutes before the deadline, Governor Tom Corbett signed the 2012-13 budget.The $27.66 billion budget w...
Pennsylvania parents who have seen the YouTube video of seventh-grade boys harassing a 68-year-old school bus monitor may won...
A Republican-crafted spending plan for Pennsylvania's state government is one big step closer to becoming law.Thursday...
Governor Tom Corbett isn't saying anything yet about the decision he faces on whether to expand Pennsylvania's Medica...
Even though Jerry Sandusky is in jail for sexually abusing ten boys, he's likely to keep his 59-thousand-dollar state pen...
Democrats are criticizing a $27.7-billion Pennsylvania state spending plan written by majority Republicans as a gift to b...
Details of the nearly $27.7-billion state spending plan endorsed by Republican Governor Tom Corbett and GOP legislative l...
Pennsylvania's public employee pension system says it won't be able to say if Jerry Sandusky will lose his retirement...
Attorney: Jerry Sandusky "Anxious" to Leave Isolation The only person to visit convicted child sex offender Jerry S...
Dozens of people gathered in Downtown Altoona Tuesday night to learn about the challenges facing foster children in local com...
Lawmakers and staff in Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled state Legislature are scrambling to finish writing a host of ...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett says the pace of the investigation into Jerry Sandusky's child sex crimes was necessary...
A bill that would reshape Pennsylvania's corrections system to give a second chance to more nonviolent offenders and rese...
Opponents of an attempted crackdown on illegal immigrants in Pennsylvania say a new Supreme Court ruling bolsters their case....
Jerry Sandusky will remain on suicide watch as a precautionary measure until a doctor sees him this week and determines if it...
A building on South Atherton Street in State College owned by the charity that Jerry Sandusky founded is up for sale.Last mon...
The Hollidaysburg Area School District has passed a new budget – without a tax increase.School board members voted 6-3 ...
Governor Tom Corbett says he and top Republican state lawmakers have an agreement on a nearly $27.7-billion spending plan...
A bill to require contractors on public construction projects in Pennsylvania to verify the Social Security numbers of their ...
The Altoona Area School District has a new budget.Board members adopted their 2012-13 budget Monday night – and it does...
On Monday night the Spring Cove school board okayed a budget that includes a 2.49-mil property tax increase.The nearly $2...
A bill to outlaw the use of "false or secret" compartments in motor vehicles for criminal activity is on its way to...
Pennsylvania state officials say they expect most of the state's abortion clinics will remain open under a tougher law de...
The James E. Van Zandt Medical Center plans to hire 10 additional mental health staff as part of a national push to offer mor...
Hollidaysburg School District officials are pushing for a 2-mill tax increase when the board adopts its 2012-13 budget next w...
A bill to overhaul Pennsylvania's wiretapping law has the approval of the state House of Representatives.Wednesday's ...
Blair County officials are extending their contracts with several mental health service providers to ensure there aren’...
A new poll shows Governor Tom Corbett's job-approval rating is lower than ever.The Quinnipiac University survey released ...
A bill that would reshuffle Pennsylvania's prison system to save money by reserving state prisons for the most dangerous ...
A statewide survey shows voters support Pennsylvania's new photo-ID requirement by a 2-1 margin.The Quinnipiac University...
Pennsylvania's House of Representatives has sent to the governor a bill that would allow up to $4.5-billion in borrow...
The deadline to apply for Pennsylvania’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program for older adults and residents with disabilit...
The Centers for Disease Control is being urged to help Pennsylvania tackle the problem of Lyme disease as reports indicate th...
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department is reminding consumers to keep insurance needs in mind when vacationing, entertaining o...
The Corbett administration says it found hundreds of thousands of dollars in welfare benefits that went to people who do not ...
Four of the young men alleged to be child sexual abuse victims of Jerry Sandusky are asking the judge in his case to prevent ...
Faith-based and community aid organizations from across Pennsylvania are urging state lawmakers to undo plans to kill a Depre...
The Altoona Area School District is getting $1.5-million from the federal government to strengthen its literacy program.P...
State officials say they're still trying to remove hurdles for people to get the kind of identification that's requir...
Blair County’s Drug and Alcohol Program is getting $25,000 from the federal government to help in the fight against...
Joe Paterno earned a state pension of $13.4-million for his 61-year coaching career at Penn State.Paterno's family an...
Two education advocacy groups say a new survey shows that half of Pennsylvania's school districts expect their finances t...
A top state senator says the government needs to consider reducing the future benefits of employees to help soften a massive ...
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Jeff Karstens will make a rehab appearance with the Altoona Curve at Peoples Natural Gas ...
The Hollidaysburg Area School District is holding the line on taxes next year.School board members voted 6-2 last night to in...
Dozens of people gathered at the James E. VanZandt VA Medical Center on Wednesday for a 2K Walk and Roll event to support a p...
A Williamsburg man is facing drug and illegal weapons charges following a disturbance over the weekend at a home in Centre Co...
A group of Pennsylvania voters is opposing a challenge to the state's voter ID law, saying their rights as voters would b...
A Tyrone woman is in jail after police say she had sex with a teenaged boy.23-year-old Courtney Zimmerman was taken into cust...
A new coalition says Pennsylvania must take steps to divert more criminals to programs outside of prison and to speed up the ...
A new coalition says Pennsylvania must take steps to divert more criminals to programs outside of prison and to speed up the ...
The Department of Public Welfare has released the 2011 Annual Child Abuse Report, which offers statistics on child abuse case...
Hollidaysburg Area School Board members say their proposed $43.6-million spending plan for the district includes a $1...
An attorney for the charity founded by Jerry Sandusky has asked a judge to throw out a defense subpoena seeking a vast array ...
The Pennsylvania Senate has approved a $27.7-billion state budget plan that would avoid many of the cuts Governor Tom Cor...
President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage may become an issue for voters to sort through in Pennsylvania, a vote-...
Pennsylvania's universities, public schools, hospitals, nursing homes and people who depend on county-run social services...
The Altoona Area School District has introduced its 2012-13 budget.The $88.5-million spending plan does not raise taxes, ...
Scores of citizen activists are staging a rally at Pennsylvania's Capitol to protest property taxes.The demonstrators at ...
Republicans who control the Pennsylvania Senate say improved tax collections will make more money available for education, so...
More than $761 million in restitution is owed to Pennsylvania’s crime victims, and a newly-formed task force plans ...
Several Community Health Centers in Pennsylvania are getting nearly $7 million in federal grants to help build onto and r...
Seeking to make amends for the Penn State child sex scandal, the university said it has given more than $1.1-million in f...
An academic year that no Penn State senior was prepared for comes to a close this week when the university holds graduation c...
A proposal to cut business taxes and attempt to close the much-maligned "Delaware loophole" is on its way to the st...
Keeping the pressure on drug dealers, the Bedford County Drug Task Force arrested three local suppliers in as many weeks.Tues...
A proposal to cut business taxes and address the so-called "Delaware loophole" that opponents say permits corporati...
State lawmakers returned to Harrisburg Monday and will probably spend much of the coming weeks deciding how to lessen Governo...
A grassroots group of about a dozen Penn State students are collecting cards and emails to be distributed to the alleged vict...
A congressman, the Philadelphia mayor and at least three state lawmakers are pledging to live on $35 worth of food for th...
Pennsylvania's top health official has assured doctors that a new gas-drilling law will allow them to talk to their patie...
Budget cuts in Harrisburg are trickling down to several Blair County Human Services agencies.Director Cathy Crum tells WRTA N...
Penn State Officials Seek Delay in Pretrial Filings Two Penn State administrators accused of lying to the grand jury that inv...
Blair County has a unique new way to raise awareness of domestic abuse issues in the community.Logan Township’s Volunte...
Penn State is starting a professional training program designed for employees to recognize and report instances of child abus...
April is Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month.A special flag raising ceremony was held Wednesday on the patio of the courth...
Altoona City Council has introduced an ordinance to make it easier for plumbers to work in city.Planning Director Lee Slusser...
Governor Tom Corbett says Pennsylvanians upset over rising school taxes should demand explanations from their local school bo...
Funding for programs in Blair County that help those in needs are facing significant budget cuts in Governor Tom Corbett&rsqu...
The Penn State Altoona finance professor challenging 79th District State Representative Rick Geist got his chance yesterday t...
Pennsylvanians are a step closer to being able to decide whether to shrink their state Legislature, following a vote in the s...
A city man has been charged with various drug offenses after being picked up by police last night.According to officials from...
Altoona Area School district officials say that no matter what course of action they take, nothing will do much to solve the ...
Crunch time is beginning for virtually unknown Republican candidates looking to unseat Senator Bob Casey -- and money for TV ...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness month and Penn State Altoona is hosting several events concerning the issue.Tuesday, the In...
Pennsylvanians struggling to pay home heating bills have a little extra time to apply for financial help through the Low-Inco...
Officials from municipalities all across Blair County got a chance Wednesday to vent their frustrations about unfunded mandat...
An insurance company for Penn State University says it shouldn’t have to pay for claims stemming from a civil lawsuit f...
Defense attorneys for Nicholas Horner will begin the process today of trying to save the former Iraq War veteran’s life...
Republican state Senator Jane Orie has been convicted on 14 counts of theft of services, conflict of interest, and forgery bu...
Four of the nine Republicans recently sentenced in a public-corruption case were forced to forfeit state pensions besides ser...
Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Senate is advancing legislation for a constitutional amendment that would prevent Pe...
The Altoona Water Authority’s employee pension plan remains on relatively solid ground.Board members on Thursday review...
Penn State is providing free child-abuse counseling services, an effort prompted by the criminal charges lodged against forme...
The Blair County Prison has been reimbursed nearly $85,000 from a fund put in place to help cover inmate medical expenses...
Penn State officials insist the university is not looking to become a private institution.But some education experts say cont...
A legislative committee is getting an earful of criticism about the Corbett administration's plan to bar Pennsylvanians w...
A national organization says public pensions are drowning local municipalities financially and leaving taxpayers on the hook ...
Funding for programs that support local residents with developmental disabilities are again on the chopping block.Southern Al...
Members of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives are debating a bill to require all voters to show certain photo identi...
As Governor Corbett pushes the idea of privatizing health care services in Pennsylvania prisons, those who work behind bars s...
Pennsylvania's pension systems for state employees and school employees are reporting positive investment returns for 201...
Pennsylvania state senators are debating a bill to require every voter to show certain photo identification before their ball...
The woman at center of a national debate over whether or not employers should be required to provide contraception coverage a...
A bill to require voters to show certain photo identification before their vote can be counted in Pennsylvania is advancing i...
Democrats and advocates for the poor in Pennsylvania are marking the one-year anniversary of the elimination of a state-subsi...
Advocates for the disabled in Pennsylvania say they are worried about the ability of some Medicaid recipients to hire home-ba...
The Republican leader in the Pennsylvania House says he doesn't plan to schedule a vote on a bill to mandate ultrasounds ...
State Democratic senators are challenging Governor Tom Corbett's top public welfare official over the administration'...
A new educational program focused on preventing prescription drug abuse among middle and high school students has been launch...
Pennsylvania is receiving an additional $52.3 million in federal funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Progra...
Officials from the four the state-related universities, the University of Pittsburgh, Lincoln, Temple and Penn State will hav...
More children in Pennsylvania are calling high poverty areas home, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundati...
Altoona City officials say they would have to layoff 40 employees in 2012 just to make up for a projected $1.6-millon bud...
Representatives of Penn State, Pitt and Temple are asking the state House Appropriations Committee to reject Governor Tom Cor...
The Republican leader of the Pennsylvania Senate says he expects the state's April 24th primary to be conducted using the...
U.S. Senator Bob Casey has called on the Food and Drug Administration to work with Pennsylvania hospitals and healthcare prov...
Governor Tom Corbett paid a visit to Cambria County on Thursday.Corbett met with company employees and discussed his proposed...
U.S. Senator Bob Casey, as a member of the payroll conference committee and the lead sponsor of the original payroll legislat...
Hollidaysburg Area School District officials say their basic education subsidy for next year remains flat, while funding for ...
A Huntingdon County man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl last November.Mount Union Police arrested...
Pennsylvania state agencies are offering expanded public access to birth and death records under a law enacted in December. T...
Pennsylvania's working class carries the burden of Governor Corbett's latest budget proposal, according to union lead...
Thousands of jobless Pennsylvanians will be able to collect federally funded unemployment benefits through early March.Govern...
State Senator John Eichelberger says the 2012-13 budget proposed by Governor Corbett is an important step in the right direct...
Governor Tom Corbett on Tuesday proposed a hold-the-line budget of $27.1-billion, with no tax increases, deep cuts to hig...
Pennsylvania's public colleges and universities are again facing the possibility of steep cutbacks in their budgets next ...
Governor Tom Corbett's budget proposals to cut and consolidate welfare programs are getting mixed reviews from advocates ...
The administration of Governor Tom Corbett is relaxing the guidelines of an asset test it wants to impose on people seeking f...
Joe Paterno's family says they'll be selling copies of the coach's memorial service and donating the proceeds to ...
The Republican speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is asking a federal judge to rule that the legislative di...
It’s tax season again, and whether you use an accountant, a computer program, or try to file your returns on your own, ...
A task force charged with studying Pennsylvania's child-abuse reporting system and related laws is starting its work.The ...
A national poll shows falling support for the decision by Penn State trustees to fire the late Joe Paterno.The Seton Hall Spo...
A Pennsylvania state House of Representatives panel is advancing a bill that would slash the chamber's membership from 20...
A bill that would update Pennsylvania law to ensure residents continue to qualify for up to 13 weeks of federally paid jobles...
The state Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over whether the new district boundaries for Pennsylvania state senators and r...
The new district lines for Pennsylvania state senators and representatives will be the subject of a state Supreme Court sessi...
Altoona Area School District superintendent Dr. Dennis Murray says putting together the district’s 2012-13 budget will ...
She may be retired, but that won’t slow down former Blair County Commissioner Donna Gority.County leaders voted Tuesday...
An Altoona man has been charged with allegedly raping a 6-year-old girl.Detectives arrested 50-year-old David Walter Pulcine ...
A Blair County prosecutor has been named to a new panel that's been established to study Pennsylvania's child abuse laws and ...
Lawyers and experts in child abuse are among the people named to a new panel that's been established to study Pennsylvania's ...
The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare wants to dramatically reduce the number of organizations that can provide finan...
Pennsylvania's highest court is making contingency plans to hear appeals of the 2012 state legislative redistricting plan - e...
The Blair County Commissioners will now share the responsibilities of overseeing the county’s three major social servic...
The holiday season is an ideal time for Pennsylvanians to review homeowner insurance policies and take steps to prevent holid...
Get ready to dig a little deeper into your pocket to pay for your sewer bill.Altoona Water Authority board members voted on t...
Operators of women's health clinics in Pennsylvania that perform abortions are bracing for new regulations that they say coul...
More than a month after Jerry Sandusky was arrested on child molestation charges, a new law went on the books in Pennsylvania...
Governor Tom Corbett's top budget adviser on Tuesday warned that Pennsylvania's tax collections will continue to suffer from ...
A Pennsylvania bill to authorize $1.7-billion in new state borrowing is nearly law after the divided state House voted to...
Pennsylvanians considering making charitable donations for the holidays should first do some research about the causes or gro...
More than 150,000 people have been purged from the Pennsylvania's medical assistance rolls in the last five months amid tough...
A new survey places Altoona among the safest small-town communities in the country.According to the survey from the Farmers I...
More than 150,000 people have been purged from the Pennsylvania's medical assistance rolls in the last five months amid tough...
Altoona City Council will begin meetings with officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Developmen...
The Pennsylvania Legislature has approved the creation of a state task force on child abuse.After more than two hours of wide...
Blair County’s professional and non-union workers will get a 3-percent pay increase in 2012.The salary adjustments were...
Abortion-rights advocates are lashing out at a pair of Republican bills to impose new restrictions on the procedure in Pennsy...
A recently released report says the number of children in Pennsylvania who don't have health insurance is down. The Georgetow...
Wednesday is the deadline for Medicare annual enrollment and older Pennsylvanians are reminded that they can use the state&rs...
A city man accused of sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl has turned himself in.54 year old Ray Hale, of 708 2nd Avenue sur...
The Department of Justice says it has begun civil investigations of two state correctional institutions in Pennsylvania. The ...
Attorneys Settle with Second Mile Charity in PA (ap)Attorneys for one of the alleged victims in the Penn State sex abuse say ...
A female Penn State Altoona student was the reported victim of a physical and sexual assault early this morning. The assault ...
A Tyrone man accused of sexually abusing a minor will go to trial.A magisterial district judge sent all of the charges agains...
AP: Sandusky Charity Asks Donors to Give ElsewhereA charity for at-risk children founded by a former Penn State assistant foo...
A Tyrone man convicted of possessing child pornography in 2010 is now facing sexual assault charges. State Police arrested 38...
Penn State Taps Ex-FBI Director for Investigation (AP)Former FBI director Louis Freeh has been tapped to lead Penn State's in...
University Police Report Another Indecent Assault (AP) Penn State University police say they've referred another previous inc...
An Altoona man has been charged with selling prescription drugs and marijuana to undercover police informants.52-year-old Wil...
Blair County officials introduced their 2012 budget Tuesday morning. County leaders spent the last 24 hours revising their fi...
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is in line for a pension of more than $550,000 a year. Paterno’s pensi...
A former Penn State football assistant coach charged with sexually abusing eight boys in a scandal that has rocked the univer...
A local Doctor has national recognition for his humanitarian efforts. Dr Zane Gates is one of 10 winners of the Robert Wood J...
A top state lawmaker says Graham Spanier should lose his job as Penn State's president unless a clear explanation is made for...
A press conference was held Monday regarded the investigation into sexual assault charges against former Penn State football ...
The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape released a letter to the Penn State University Board of Trustees Monday offering reso...
Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary C.Alan Walker has released the Emergency Action Plan for the distr...
A new independent poll has fewer than 40 percent of Pennsylvania voters giving an excellent or good review to the jobs being ...
A new study says Pittsburgh newspapers and newscasts present a distorted picture of black men and boys.Researchers say that a...
Two Tyrone men are facing charges following an incident on Friday involving a juvenile.Tyrone Borough police say they were ca...
The sponsor of a bill to permit hunting on Sundays in Pennsylvania said Thursday its fate is uncertain because of staunch opp...
Armed with more than five dozen warrants, narcotics agents and police officers hit the streets of Cambria County early Wednes...
The Pennsylvania State Police and officials from Mainline Medical Associates will collect unwanted, unused and expired prescr...
State senators have begun debate on a major bill to create more opportunities for Pennsylvania public school children to atte...
Abill that would authorize 19 of Pennsylvania's most-populated cities to install red-light cameras in an effort to improve tr...
The man accused of brutally assaulting a 9-year-old girl more than 30 years ago in Bedford County has pleaded guilty to the c...
The Corbett administration says unexpectedly high costs to set up the newly created Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs i...
A few dozen protestors staged a rally outside the office of 9th District Congressman Bill Shuster on Tuesday.The gathering wa...
A Blair County mental health professional has been appointed to a top position in the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfa...
The City of Altoona will run out of reserve funds by the end of 2012.Finance Director Omar Strohm told city council Wednesday...
A state appeals court says the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation acted improperly when it canceled the driver's licen...
A minority of Pennsylvania legislators has signed a national anti-tax group's "no-tax pledge," and some told a news...
Anarticle Sunday in a local newspaper headlined "Army, WRTA Part Ways for Christmas Drive” has resulted in Newstal...
Two women were the victims of a mugging in State College last night.Penn State police say that around 10pm a female student a...
An Altoona doctor who works to bring medical care to low-income residents has received a top honor.Dr. Zane Gates was named t...
Pennsylvania is withdrawing nearly 1,000 inmates it sent to a Virginia prison about a year ago.Virginia Department of Correct...
A pharmacist from western Pennsylvania says he'll seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania to challenge...
The City of Altoona has received an extra $900,000 from the state towards its annual pension fund contribution. Officials...
A state office in Altoona has fallen victim to ongoing budget cuts.A Department of Revenue spokesperson says its Howard Avenu...
A Pennsylvania state official says a program to help people with intellectual disabilities has approved payments for luxury c...
The poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut also showed no clear leader in the crowded Republican fie...
Blair County ended 2010 with a $4-million fund balance.That’s according to the findings released Tuesday in the cou...
Postal workers across Pennsylvania staged rallies Tuesday afternoon.The workers visited Congress members' home offices, hopin...
Supporters are pushing for bills to regulate abortion clinics like other freestanding outpatient surgical centers and to prev...
A Lackawanna County woman has filed a lawsuit against Penn State Univesity saying she was struck and injured by a tram driver...
A tea party activist from northeastern Pennsylvania says she plans to seek the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent U...
An Altoona man was taken into custody yesterday just two hours after city police say he robbed a downtown pharmacy at gunpoin...
Blair County’s three homeless housing assistance programs are facing big budget cuts. County leaders Tuesday say fundin...
Both violent crimes and property crimes are down slightly in Pennsylvania, echoing national and regional trends. The FBI rele...
A nationwidesuicide prevention campaigncomes to Pennsylvania this week and money raised will be used for research and educati...
With the recent flooding in parts of the state, Secretary of Aging Brian Duke encouraged older Pennsylvanians to reach out to...
The Legislative Reapportionment Commission held a public hearing Wednesday at the Duquesne University School of Law.Several s...
Pennsylvania's top environmental official says the state will use tough enforcement when it comes to regulating natural gas d...
Through Saturday, organizations across the country will be trying to create awareness in order to promote mental wellness and...
Penn State faculty and staff are in line for salary increases, which are being factored into next year’s budget. Execut...
A local man is facing charges of having sex with a minor three years ago.Tyrone Borough Police say a 16-year-old girl came fo...
Dozens of Blair County police officers are attending a two-day course on how to deal with people suffering from mental health...
A day after being reported as a missing person, a teenage girl was found by local police.The 16 year old, in the custody of B...
A state police investigation into an alleged sexual assault of a 15 year old girl in Bedford County has resulted in an arrest...
A group of unemployed workers and community members held a protest Wednesday afternoon outside the Hollidaysburg office of Re...
An Altoona man facing child pornography charges will face judge at a later date. Robert Allen Mulraney was scheduled for a pr...
The team that coordinates Bedford County's response to domestic violence has been asked to present its "success story&qu...
A city man has been arrested on a multitude of child pornography charges.36 year old Robert Mulraney, of 1041 Riggles Gap Roa...
A reduction in federal funding may lead to fewer services at the James E. Van Zandt Medical Center in Altoona. Officials have...
Verizon workers in Blair County are among the tens of thousands of Verizon Communications employees nationwide who are on str...
Governor Tom Corbett on Thursday ceremonially signed House Bill 463 at Country Meadows Retirement Community in Hershey. The n...
The Pennsylvania Turnpike wants to know why those drivers who still pull tickets and pay in cash are resistant to the E-ZPass...
Blair County officials have reached a settlement with a Bellwood woman over her husband’s prison suicide in 2006. A fed...
A widow has requested that her lawsuit against Blair County over her husband's prison suicide be dismissed in the midst of wh...
There is a good chance that the drugs you buy from your local pharmacy come from rarely-inspected factories in foreign countr...
Some local community service groups got a nice financial boost Thursday thanks to your contributions to the Blair County Unit...
39 year old Melissa Miller was arrested over night in AltoonaShe was taken into custody a few minutes after midnight on the 2...
County prisons are getting somerelief when it comes to the cost of covering medical expenses for inmates. Commissioner Terry ...
Bedford County’s top prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty against the Maryland man accused of murdering his e...
The chief executive of one of Blair County’s largest social service providers will call it quits later this year. Famil...
Pennsylvania motorists can help PennDOT prioritize its highway safety efforts by sharing their opinions on traffic safety enf...
An Altoona woman is in custody this morning after a domestic dispute overnight turned into a stabbing incident.City police te...
Governor Tom Corbett is signing dozens of new Pennsylvania laws that the Legislature passed in the first half of its 2011 ses...
Governor Tom Corbett is signing dozens of new Pennsylvania laws that the Legislature passed in the first half of its 2011 ses...
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is toasting a banner year for liquor and wine sales.The board reported Tuesday that sal...
Tuition rates remain in flux at Pennsylvania's 18 state-supported universities as lawmakers advance a plan to reduce aid to t...
A West Virginia man has reported his disabled truck was stolen in Snyder Township.Kevin Broyles told State Police that his pi...
Pennsylvania's Republican state senators are being told by the chamber's leaders that a "tentative deal" is in plac...
The state attorney general's office says more than two dozen people have been taken into custody in a drug sweep in Huntingdo...
Top state Republican lawmakers are working with Governor Tom Corbett to clear up final disagreements in a state spending plan...
Proposed legislation would allow undocumented immigrant students to pay in-state tuition at Pennsylvania colleges if they mee...
A Pennsylvania public policy group is calling on state lawmakers to breathe new life into a ten-year-old healthcare plan for ...
A bill to keep up to 13 weeks of federal emergency jobless benefits for an estimated 45,000 Pennsylvanians is one step closer...
Secretary of Aging Brian Duke is urging all Pennsylvanians to help protect older adults from abuse, saying reports of such ca...
A new poll shows Pennsylvanians' views of Governor Tom Corbett differ markedly along gender lines as he approaches six months...
A Senate panel is sending to the floor a bill to impose an impact fee on natural-gas drilling in Pennsylvania. The Environmen...
A bill to tap into the revenue stream from Pennsylvania's natural gas drilling boom is expected to be taken up by a state Sen...
To improve the efficiency of Pennsylvania’s Medical Assistance Program and enhance patient care a new program has been ...
State House Republicans are advancing a bill designed to prevent thousands of Pennsylvanians from losing jobless benefits, bu...
The Altoona Area School District is set to adopt its 2011-12 budget later this month. Board president James Walstrom tells WR...
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum plunged into the 2012 Republican presidential sweepstakes Monday, saying he wants t...
The Supreme Court ordered a federal appeals court on Monday to take a new look at a Pennsylvania city's crackdown on illegal ...
9th Congressman Bill Shuster will meet with seniors this afternoon to discuss proposed Medicare reform.Shuster plans to discu...
Eligible older adults and families with children can receive vouchers to help them buy fresh, local produce at farm markets a...
Missing names on local memorial are causing ill feelings among relatives of deceased war veterans from the area.In the days s...
Two more Blair County support programs could be eliminated because of proposed state budget cuts in Harrisburg. County leader...
An Altoona teenager was taken into custody during a Thursday morning drug raid. Narcotis agents surrounded the 22nd Street ho...
Logan Township will soon be paying more for healthcare coverage beginning in June. Supervisors accepted a 6-percent premium i...
About 30 people, some in wheelchairs, protested outside the Pennsylvania Capitol Wednesday over proposed budget cuts affectin...
The state House of Representatives is debating a Republican state budget proposal that's likely to pass and be sent to the Se...
A Republican-sponsored bill to overhaul Pennsylvania's unemployment compensation system is stalled in the state House of Repr...
The Hollidaysburg Area School District school board introduced a no tax increase budget at their meeting Wednesday night.The ...
Blair County District Attorney Richard Consiglio says he will likely appeal a state Superior Court’s ruling that a conv...
Voting along party lines, the state House Appropriations Committee has stamped its approval on a House Republican budget plan...
An agreement reached between the Claysburg-Kimmel school board and the Claysburg-Kimmel Education Association will help that ...
Pennsylvania's state House Republican majority is unveiling more details of a counterproposal to Governor Tom Corbett's budge...
A measure to hold Pennsylvania abortion clinics to the same regulations as freestanding surgical centers is closer to a final...
A city man arrested last week as part of the Brian Pfister Cocaine network is now facing new drug charges. Drug taskforce age...
An attack on two male Penn State students over the weekend is under investigation’The incident happened around 1:30AM S...
The Pennsylvania Treasury is holding at least $5.2-million in unclaimed property for Blair County residents.State Treasurer R...
Despite high overtime costs, Blair County officials say Valley View Home is still well-within its allotted overtime budget.Co...
Altoona Police say three Schuylkill County men are facing drug charges after one of them overdosed on heroin.City officers or...
Local Catholic leaders gathered in Altoona on Wednesday to throw their support behind Senate Bill 1 – which would low i...
Operation Our Town is sponsoring a synthetic drug forum in Downtown Altoona tonight.A panel comprised of local professionals ...
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 this morning for Christopher Alvord, one of the victims of last week’s deadly ...
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Rick Geist was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 79th District since first elected in ...
More than a month after the 9/11/12 attacks - Oct 17 - at an Obama Campaign rally at Ohio UniversityBy Revealing Politics
If you misuse a word often enough,doesn't it lose it's currency?Source: American Thinker
The original poster put this on You Tube, did NOT get the reaction (on-line and in the video) he throught he would, and he re...
A story we told youabout on The 11th Hour:Ross Mejias is a 20-year Air Force Veteran and an RN at Hampton VA Medical Center (...
The last two weeks we studied about marriage, divorce and remarriage. I thought it would be beneficial to consider qualities ...
Sunday's topic for Bible Talk...Divorce and Remarriage Part 2.We will consider what God has to say on this subject that t...
Done by Alan Williamson..."Lost in all the discussion about the 'exception' is a clear understanding of the rule...
Sunday’s topic...Divorce and marriage again...what does the Bible say about it ?If you’d like to participate in S...
Is gay marriage sin?A survey released today (5/10/12) by LifeWay Research, a Nashville, Tenn., based Christian research group...
Monday April 23rdHarry RinkerWhatcha' Got?5-7am Sundays on WRTADo you have a question for Harry or a photo of an itemyou&...
Click to check out this updated Tax Calculator in honor of(ironically) April 17th being Tax Freedom Day:
PA public pensions’ future may mean even higher taxpayer costsMajor private-sector pensions, investment experts suggest...
Commonwealth Foundation[1] states the following:Pennsylvanians owe $121 billion in state and local government debt. This equa...
Pa Independent published an article Friday under the headline “PA’s pension debacle raises fears of higher taxes,...
While people across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have suffered through a recession that started in 2008 the state legisla...
For the first time in a long time you have a choice for Pennsylvania State Representative in the 79th District: Dr John McGin...
MondayJanuary 16thAndrew Katz - Katz FinancialYour Investments, Retirement & moreTuesday January 17thDr. Michael FarrowTh...
"Army, WRTA Part Ways for Christmas DriveAllegations of $3,000 Demand Split Groups" This front page headline in th...
Every Summer...Then again, if you don't have a monied family name, it may have a different result
When Tom Corbett introduced his first state budget as Pennsylvania governor he argued "If government is here to share th...
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WRTA listeners talk with Caleb James about the Bible.
