12+ hour, 58+ min ago   (338+ words) The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is in the process of establishing its first tattoo artist training program for inmates at the state prison in Frackville. The department released a request for proposals on Sept. 4 seeking a vendor to provide an…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (716+ words) HOLLIDAYSBURG -- Supporters of district teachers and the teachers union filled the district's high school library Wednesday evening for a school board meeting that turned fiery following a public comment section that largely focused on the district's ongoing contract negotiation. Hollidaysburg…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (32+ words) Altoona Mirror Central's Lucy Lightner sets the ball for a teammate Tuesday night in the Lady Dragons' high school volleyball matchup with Central Cambria. See roundup on Page B3....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (665+ words) CARROLLTOWN — When Cambria Heights Elementary School students returned to school last Thursday, the district’s new rooftop solar array was already running and generating electricity for their classrooms, Superintendent Ken Kerchenske said. During a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, district officials celebrated the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (194+ words) The defense attorney for the alleged head of the Penn State fraternity drug ring filed motions Tuesday asking a Centre County judge to grant bail in the case. Agostino Sebastiano Abbatiello, 24, of Westbury, New York, has been held at the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (743+ words) Sydney Webb scrimped and saved to pay for an eight-week certified nursing assistant program at a North Carolina community college. On top of the $255 registration fee, the 26-year-old bartender also had to pay for a background check, scrubs, a stethoscope,…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1252+ words) Hollidaysburg Area senior Addison Smith first got a taste for business while running a hot chocolate stand beside her family's annual spring yard sale. To simulate a real business scenario, her father, Mike, helped his two children form a business…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (447+ words) The city has terminated Scott Campanaro, a former codes officer who made “inappropriate and insensitive” comments online last week that were “not indicative of who we are as a city,” City Manager Chris McGuire said at a press conference Wednesday....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (286+ words) UNIVERSITY PARK -- Those interested in learning about methods of safely preserving wild game can attend upcoming Penn State Extension workshops and webinar. this fall In recent years, interest in home food preservation has grown, with preservation methods such as canning,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (806+ words) Food insecurity at Penn State Altoona has "drastically" increased for college students, said Sue Patterson, director of diversity, equity and inclusion. To combat student hunger, the campus offers Ivyside Eats, a food resource center that is available to all students....