HOLLIDAYSBURG A Buffalo, N.Y., man convicted of trafficking heroin in Blair County in the late 1990s is being released from state prison in light of a 12-to-24 year sentence handed down Thursday to replace a sentence of 60 to 150 years imposed in 2000. Senior Judge Timothy M. Sullivan imposed the new sentence on […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG A Blair County judge has handed down a state prison sentence of eight months to five years to a 61-year-old Altoona man who spoke of having a longtime battle with drugs and alcohol and who testified during a co-defendant’s trial in December 2021. “My addiction took me places I shouldn’t have been,” Dennis […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County commissioners are inviting the public to join them on Feb. 15 in a discussion about recreational trails. Commissioners Chairman Dave Kessling on Tuesday identified the topic for an open discussion to begin immediately after commissioners finish their 1 p.m. business meeting in the public meeting room of the Courthouse basement. The […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG A Blair County judge has granted additional time for attorneys to take a closer look at the time lapses in a lingering 2020 criminal case against a Tyrone area man accused of unlawful contact with a minor, indecent assault and corruption of minors. President Judge Wade A. Kagarise issued the order Monday after […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County commissioners agreed Thursday to permit a company to upgrade the prison’s computer connection equipment as a step toward providing more correctional-grade computer tablets to inmates. The commissioners Dave Kessling, Amy Webster and Laura Burke who recently reviewed the option with fellow members of the county prison board, voted Thursday […]