A city man wanted by Altoona police on an outstanding felony warrant of drug delivery resulting in death is now behind bars.

DAVIDSVILLE — Portage racked up 14 runs in the second inning en route to a 15-0 win over Conemaugh Township in three innings Thursday in high school softball play. Lyndsey Castel led the Lady Mustangs ...

Central swept its way past Bishop Guilfoyle 25-18, 25-14 and 25-12 in three sets on Thursday night in boys high school volleyball play. Christian Heuston led the Dragons with eight kills and seven ...

CLAYSBURG — The hiring of an elementary school teacher, taxes, state funding and community development were topics of discussion during the Claysburg-Kimmel School District school board’s work session ...

Michael Blowen can step outside his house any day of the week and visit retired racehorses at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm he founded in Kentucky two decades ago that attentively ...

The ascent of steep mud volcanoes marks the start of Hindu pilgrims’ religious rituals in southwestern Pakistan. They climb hundreds of stairs or clamber over rocks to reach the summit, tossing ...

Second amendment rights, the media, elected officials, Israel and the armed forces were among the focus of prayers during Thursday’s 73rd annual National Day of Prayer. Dozens of worshippers gathered ...

Mark Haynes of Altoona pours a new sidewalk pad at the bottom of the front steps of his great-great-uncle’s home on Broadway in Juniata on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Mark ...

United Methodist delegates on Thursday removed a 52-year-old declaration from their official social teachings that deemed “the practice of homosexuality … incompatible with Christian teaching” — part ...

St. Aloysius Parish, 7911 Admiral Peary Highway, Cresson, will hold a first Friday evening Mass at 7 p.m. Friday, May 3. Praise and worship begins at 6 p.m., with confessions at 6:30 p.m. The Mass ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers officially declined the fifth-year option for quarterback Justin Fields ahead of Thursday’s deadline, according to several media reports. He, along with 2021 first-round pick ...

A group of social service agency leaders trying to help local prison inmates re-enter society successfully is struggling to find landlords willing to rent to the group’s constituents. The Blair County ...