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Penn State Altoona and the Pennsylvania Railroaders Museum are in preliminary talks to move the college’s Rail Transportation ...
This year’s Memorial Day parade in Altoona honored fallen service members and those who didn’t come home, as it always does.
Courtesy photo The project, which has been nearly two years in the making, grew out of Schokker’s book “First Frontier: A Sesquicentennial History of Altoona, PA 1868-2018.” The historical ...
PA: The Town that was Forgotten in the Alleghenies” at Ray’s home in Altoona. Mirror photo by Nate Powles History is often a subject that is safeguarded and researched by older generations and ...
Manhunt for Danelo Cavalcante is reminiscent of another moment in PA history - Norman Johnston's escape from a prison near Altoona, Pa., in August 1999. Danelo Cavalcante has been on the run since ...