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A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a Blair County Prison corrections officer killed in the line of duty has been dismissed by District Judge Kim R. Gibson presiding in Johnstown. But the judge, in an order issued Monday, will allow the attorneys representing the estate of the deceased officer, Rhonda Russell, to file a […]

PITTSBURGH - Bouts with COVID and Lyme disease created friction with his employer, a Pittsburgh lawyer alleges in a discrimination lawsuit against Frost Brown Todd.

A federal judge has denied a request by the estate of corrections officer Rhonda Russell to examine the personnel records of an Altoona police officer who mistakenly shot and killed her nearly two years ago after she was taken hostage by an inmate awaiting a preliminary hearing in the Blair County Central Court building. Russell, […]

There were nine contested races for municipal township and borough councils in Montgomery County on Election Day 2023. Democrats won all but two of them.

13 Montgomery County contests in region's upcoming election

The estate of a Blair County Prison corrections officer killed in the line of duty nearly two years ago is asking a federal judge to allow it to seek informatio

9 incumbents win, 2 lose Tuesday in area municipal primaries