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Blair County Train Safety Training
Members from the City of Altoona Fire Department and local emergency management agencies went aboard Norfolk Southern’s safety train in Altoona on Tuesday. They say that because of the mainline railroad that runs through Altoona and Blair County, this type of training is very important to them. “There’s a...
Man accused of ‘busting into’ ex’s Altoona apartment and attacking her
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — An Altoona woman accused an ex of threatening her before he “busted into the apartment” and began to hit and kick her, police said. Troy Jones McKee, 41, was charged with burglary and attempting to cause injury with a deadly weapon over the alleged attack. McKee was accused of threatening the […]
Altoona street segment to close for improvement projects
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — The city of Altoona has announced that they’ll be starting improvement projects on some streets on Thursday. Beginning on May 16, M&B Construction will begin constructing sidewalks along 31st Street between 6th Avenue and Beale Avenue. This project also includes storm sewer constructionwhich includes the installation of a section of storm […]
Police: Blair County man with 19 illegal firearms threatened officer: ‘We’ll be meeting again’
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Blair County man wanted on arrest warrants was allegedly found with 19 illegal guns and ammo before threatening one of the arresting officers, police said. On Friday, May 10, multiple police departments, including Freedom Township and Greenfield Township, served a search warrant at an East Freedom home on Woodbury […]
Perry Wellington 4.5 – Market Watch
Real Estate observations with the Perry Wellington crew. The crew is seeing more and more sale and settlement contingencies, but what exactly are those? Watch the video to find out. In previous years these cases were much less likely, but not anymore. Real Estate Headlines. “I couldn’t give up my...
Dense fog advisory for part of Pennsylvania Thursday morning
On Thursday at 6:04 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory in effect until 9 a.m. for Northern Clinton, Northern Centre, Southern Centre, Northern Lycoming, Southern Clinton and Southern Lycoming as well as Blair, Huntingdon, Bedford, Fulton, Tioga, Sullivan, Union and Snyder counties. The weather service states,...
Blair Co. ministry to participate in annual Bible reading marathon at state capitol
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A local group of evangelists are heading to Harrisburg this weekend for a Bible reading marathon. For the third year in a row, the Way of Truth Ministries from Altoona will be helping to read the Bible, from front to back, on the steps of the state capitol building.
Blair County Airport Financial Report
The best year they had in at least 10 years. That’s what officials at one local airport are saying about last year even with a financial report saying they lost over $400 thousand dollars in 2023. A financial report states the Altoona-Blair County Airport had an operating loss of...
UPMC Health Plan hosts community health and wellness event
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — On Wednesday, UPMC Health Plan hosted a pop-up health and wellness event in Heritage Plaza. “When people are aware of what their health situation is, they usually take better care of it, and that benefits the entire community,” Lynell Mangham, Operations Manager for Retail Innovations at UPMC Health Plan said. A mobile […]
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