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HOLLIDAYSBURG — An Alexandria man told a Blair County jury on Tuesday that he didn’t rape a 14-year-old girl in April 2021 during a family holiday outing at an Antis Township motel. “Absolutely not,” Donald Lennon Hetrick, 39, told the jury while describing his recollection of that Easter weekend. It was Beck’s daughter, Hetrick said, […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG — An Alexandria man is on trial this week in Blair County court, accused of raping an unconscious 14-year-old girl at an Antis Township motel through a setup allegedly arranged by the mother of the girl’s friend. Donald Lennon Hetrick, 39, whose charges also include human trafficking, is accused of exchanging numerous text messages […]
Antis Township has received a $245,000 grant from the state to make improvements at Bellwood-Antis Community Park. The Greenways Trail and Recreational Program grant from the Department of Community and Economic Development will pay for replacement of a playground unit, renovation of the park pavilion, replacement of park benches and new pet waste stations, along […]
Nancy F. Hill, 80, Antis Township, died Jan. 4, 2024, at her home. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, at Jon C. Russin Funeral Home Inc., Bellwood. A funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. A complete obituary will appear in the […]
A decade ago, Earth Matters featured its inaugural environmental prognostications and we all enjoyed a few chuckles over the humorous speculations. I thought it would be fun to see, 10 years later, how they worked out. Perhaps we’ll even learn a few lessons in the process. The 2014 prediction: After an acre of Brush Mountain […]