A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a Blair County Prison corrections officer killed in the line of duty has been dismissed by District Judge Kim R. Gibson presiding in Johnstown. But the judge, in an order issued Monday, will allow the attorneys representing the estate of the deceased officer, Rhonda Russell, to file a […]
The decision by Blair County voters to not retain President Judge Elizabeth Doyle for another 10-year term and the death of former Congressman Bud Shuster were voted the top local stories of 2023 by the Mirror newsroom. The news staff voted in December on the top stories from a ballot that included the most prominent […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG The Altoona man whose escape attempt led to the Nov. 17, 2021, fatal shooting of a Blair County Prison corrections officer will be spending the rest of his life in prison. Christopher J. Aikens, 56, who rendered guilty pleas in October to second-degree murder of a law enforcement officer and related charges in […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Christopher Aikens on Monday was given a life sentence for the second-egree murder of Corrections Officer Rhonda Russell, whom he took hostage while a prisoner at Central Court
HOLLIDAYSBURG The Altoona man whose escape attempt led to the Nov. 17, 2021, fatal shooting of a Blair County Prison corrections officer will be spending the rest of his life in prison. Christopher J. Aikens, 56, who rendered guilty pleas in October to second-degree murder of a law enforcement officer and related charges in […]