FREEDOM TWP A community of more than 40 families has voiced concern over the possibility that the bridge that spans the Juniata River connecting them to Everett Road and Dunnings Highway will be removed, leaving them with only one “unsafe road” as their way out. The 70-year-old, one-lane steel-construction Jugtown Bridge is […]
BEDFORD New details in the case of a Duncansville woman allegedly offering a Lewistown man cash and drugs to kill her estranged wife and the woman’s family emerged during a preliminary hearing on Wednesday afternoon. Heather Ann Dibert, 43, is facing 32 felony charges, including attempted solicitation – conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to […]
ROARING SPRING Parental concerns regarding district policy and procedures were the focus of Monday evening’s Spring Cove School Board meeting, which culminated in one board member calling for the resignation of Superintendent Betsy Baker. Spring Cove Middle School student Kenly Bennett addressed the board with her parents, Kara and Edward Bennett. She detailed an […]
A winter weather system moving through the U.S. is expected to wallop the East Coast this weekend with a mix of snow and freezing rain from the southern Appalachians to the Northeast. While forecasters are still working to pinpoint the exact path of the storm, area residents are expected to see anywhere from 4 to […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG Gaysport residents may finally get relief from flooding issues now that Hollidaysburg Borough has been awarded $690,000 in grants for stormwater projects. The borough plans to use part of the grant money to buy 7.8 acres of the 68-acre Stowell Farm in Gaysport to construct a stormwater facility that would mitigate decadeslong flooding […]