HOLLIDAYSBURG A Blair County jury evaluating criminal charges against three people in a June 4, 2022, fight outside an Altoona bar has convicted one man of aggravated assault and simple assault, one man of two counts of simple assault and all three men of disorderly conduct. The jury, which rendered its verdicts Thursday, also […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County’s updated election results confirmed Wednesday that President Judge Elizabeth Doyle lost her bid for a third term. Unofficial votes posted Wednesday, including the results of all mailed ballots, showed 12,336 voters answering “no” to retaining Doyle 516 more than the 11,820 who voted “yes.” Results posted Tuesday night showed Doyle’s […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG An Altoona man has pleaded no contest to drug delivery resulting in the death of his mother and guilty to related drug charges. Scott Anthony Tilson, 38, presented the pleas Thursday in Blair County Court where Judge Jackie Bernard imposed the negotiated sentence of 3.5 to 15 years’ incarceration, with eligibility for entry […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County’s updated election results confirmed Wednesday that President Judge Elizabeth Doyle lost her bid for a third term. Unofficial votes posted Wednesday, including the results of all mailed ballots, showed 12,336 voters answering “no” to retaining Doyle 516 more than the 11,820 who voted “yes.” Results posted Tuesday night showed Doyle’s […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG A portrait of retired Senior Judge Hiram A. Carpenter was unveiled Friday at the Blair County Courthouse, the first judicial portrait hung in years. “I think he made me look better than I look,” Carpenter said as Pittsburgh artist Robert Daley pulled away the black sheet, exposing the artwork for about 50 people, […]