Tyrone Area News Today

Many were delighted Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow Friday morning, indicating an early spring. But in Pennsylvania, where weather forecasts can change on a dime, local school officials said they are prepared for any late-season snow storms. Since the Flexible Instructional Days program was established by the state during the 2019-20 school year, many […]

Great Commission School will be moving from its brick building on the 1100 block of Sixth Avenue to a building that formerly housed a supermarket, then a telemarketing firm, in a shopping center in Wehnwood. The K-12 Christian school has maxed out its 33,000 square feet in its current three-story structure, and will have an […]

Blair projects receive grants Several Blair County projects received PA Farm Bill Agriculture & Youth Grants, according to Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding. The Williamsburg Community Junior Senior High School received $7,500 for overhauling small gas engines, while Spring Cove School District received $7,493 to update its agriculture curriculum. Tyrone Area School District received $7,468 for […]

From Staff Reports HARRISBURG — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding Monday announced $498,161 in PA Farm Bill Agriculture and Youth Grants awarded to 47 organizations in 24 counties, funding projects that prepare youth to succeed in Pennsylvania’s $132.5 billion agriculture industry. Students and educators from Fox Chase Farm, the School District of Philadelphia’s 112-acre demonstration farm, […]

The Williamsburg Community is the only school district in Blair County surpassing the state Department of Education’s projected goal of proficiency in science and biology. According to a recent report assessing districts’ and students’ success for the 2022-23 school year, 91.9% of Williamsburg’s 464 students tested proficient or advanced in science and biology. The state […]

The Spring Cove and Tyrone Area school districts each received $75,000 grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to enable more high school students

The Homer-Center Wildcat swim teams hosted the Huntingdon Area Bearcats on Wednesday at IUP's Jack Pidgeon Natatorium. The girls lost 101-68 and the b...

Besides participating in the Tyrone Area FFA program, Rayann Walls is also a volunteer firefighter.

amollenauer@altoonamirror.com Mario Grugan, 17, a junior at Tyrone Area High School, competed against 1,000 students from 75 schools across the state and placed fourth in the 2021 Poetry Out Loud competition. Courtesy photo An “avid reader” with a knack for public speaking and memorization took fourth place honors in the state finals of the 2021 Poetry Out Loud competition. Mario Grugan, a junior at Tyrone Area High School, competed against 1,000 student participants from 75 schools across ...

Family: Parents Jason and Kristy Houck; Alyssa Houck (younger sister) FFA Chapter: Tyrone Area FFA Years involved with FFA: 3 Amount of time spent on FFA: About 10-15 hours a week FFA projects: AgriScience, market hogs, market goats, dairy feeder calves, boarding breeding swine Favorite FFA memory: Going to compete at the Farm Show for state AgriScience the week after I got my wisdom teeth out so I looked like a chipmunk and could barely talk. FFA accomplishments: National AgriScience bronze w...