The attorneys representing three former Altoona residents who contend they were improperly removed from the custody of their parents more than 15 years ago are once again facing opposition from Clearfield County in their request to obtain relevant records from the local child welfare department. The county on Friday filed a petition in the U.S. […]
A mediation conference to resolve a civil lawsuit brought on behalf of three children removed from their parental home 15 years ago allegedly to force the parents to aid police in a drug investigation has been continued until April, according to an order issued late last week by federal District Judge Stephanie L. […]
The attorneys for three Altoona children removed by authorities from their parents more than 15 years ago have asked a federal judge to order the release of child welfare records so they can prove the abuse the children suffered after being placed in a Clearfield County foster home. The children are now adults and have […]
The NAACP concerns about Operation Our Town expressed last month in a report by the agency’s president, Andrae M. Holsey, are not new, according to documents filed in the U.S. District Court in Johnstown. Holsey, who became NAACP president following the death of Don Witherspoon two years ago, stated that in reviewing records of the […]
A federal court case in which three former foster children are suing Blair County and possibly others will go to mediation, according to an order issued by the