Local history 50 years ago: 1973 Philip R. Sheridan, FBI special agent from Pittsburgh, spoke about crime prevention to the Altoona Kiwanis Club at the Penn Alto Hotel. Altoona Mayor William Stouffer and Police Chief Jack Kuhn attended. 25 years ago: 1998 The Blair County Commissioners sold historic Highland Hall (1867) in Hollidaysburg to RADD […]
Organization marks 105th anniversary Kathy Benzel was selected as the 2022 recipient of the Kiwanis Club of Altoona’s Kiwanian of the Year Award at the annu
Sister Paula DelGrosso, director of the St. Vincent de Paul Food for Families Soup Kitchen, will receive the Lifetime Achievement award during the WISE Women
The Kiwanis Club of Altoona will hold its annual pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School, Altoona.
Richard K. “Dick” Carothers, 82, Altoona, passed away peacefully Sunday. He was born in Altoona, son of the late Fred M. and Pauline (Kane) Carothers. On A