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The Pennsylvania Superior Court has reversed a ruling by a Blair County judge that would have allowed an Altoona man to appeal his conviction on drug-related ch

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld a decision by Blair County Judge Wade A. Kagarise, who last November, changed the goal of three children under the ca

A panel of Pennsylvania Superior Court judges last week agreed that a man arrested on drug possession and weapons charges in Huntingdon County had received a se

An Allegheny Township resident has found out it can be expensive trying to make more noise than the neighbors’ dogs. The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Thur

A Pennsylvania appeals court has upheld a 40- to 80-year prison sentence imposed on a man who was living in Mount Union during the summer of 2020 when he attemp

pray@altoonamirror.com In an opinion Thursday, the Pennsylvania Superior Court let stand the conviction and lengthy prison sentence imposed on the purported leader of a heroin distribution ring. Luis Bernal, 42, who is incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Benner Township, Centre County, was sentenced by Huntingdon County Senior Judge Stewart L. Kurtz to 16 to 32 years behind bars after a jury convicted him on charges of possession with intent to deliver, participating in a cor...

pray@altoonamirror.com When two Clearfield County police officers found a Morrisdale man asleep at the wheel of his car parked in the lot of a Walmart Supercenter two years ago, they immediately detained him, and in an ensuing search, found 61 grams — just over 2 ounces — of methamphetamine. The officers, Lawrence Township Police Chief Douglas Clark and Patrol Officer Eric Routch, charged Brandon James Kifer, now 40, with driving under the influence, possession with the intent to distribute...