A Mount Aloysius nursing student was recently recognized for his efforts to help in an emergency situation. When a fellow patron at a Sheetz in Johnstown began to experience a medical emergency, Mount ...

A Pennsylvania man who authorities say killed his girlfriend in a Nevada desert has been convicted. A jury in U.S. District Court in Nevada on Wednesday found John Matthew Chapman, 44, guilty of one ...

Altoona hit two home runs in Harrisburg Friday night, but the Curve were swept in a doubleheader for the first time since 2022 as the Senators took game one, 6-5, and game two, 7-2, to extend ...

The state Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust is directing many counties, including Blair, to provide more information about their spending of money from the National Opioid Settlement. The ...

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com Williamsburg made a few mistakes, didn’t have many opportunities to score, but the Blue Pirates found themselves with a chance to take the lead against ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Vince Boland and Brady Steiner combined on a no-hitter to help Hollidaysburg beat Richland, 6-2, Thursday in high school baseball play. Boland worked six innings before the pitch limit ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A postseason football tournament involving only schools from outside the Power Four conferences could only work if it doesn’t interfere with the 12-team College Football Playoff, ...