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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 […]

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, […]