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The conviction of an Altoona man for the stabbing deaths of an elderly Spruce Avenue couple almost 22 years ago has been upheld by the Pennsylvania Superior Court in a decision handed down earlier this week. William Darwin Thompson, now 42, was sentenced to consecutive life terms in 2007 by Blair County Judge Hiram A. […]
The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Friday upheld a Blair County judge’s decision to sentence a Williamsburg man to probation for alleged drug offenses that occurred in 2021 despite complaints by the prosecution that the sentence was “excessively lenient” and that it “unreasonably deviated” from Pennsylvania’s sentencing guidelines. Scott Andrew Baker Jr., 29, was originally sentenced […]
Blair County President Judge Wade A. Kagarise on Thursday morning told members of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Club that he and the other judges are working on a “vision” for the court system that will include an assessment of “how our actions affect the community.” During his hour on the Chamber’s “hot […]
Blair County Judge Wade A. Kagarise enters his second 10-year term in office as the new President Judge of the Court Common Pleas with feelings of optimism and enthusiasm despite the many challenges that lie ahead. On Friday, he outlined what he called his “strong vision of the future,” a vision that involves “a […]