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Kenneth J. Piner, an Altoona man serving a lengthy prison sentence for his part in a cocaine ring that operated in the Altoona area more than a decade ago, has lost his attempt to have a new hearing in his case based on a recent report issued by the Blair County branch of the NAACP […]
The Bellwood-Antis School District has authorized a $1 million payment to resolve the civil court lawsuit filed by a student who was sexually abused by a former middle school wrestling coach. The district, which initially refused to disclose the settlement requested by the Altoona Mirror in a Right-to-Know request, forwarded the document Tuesday with the […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County Judge Ilissa Zimmerman of Duncansville is completing her judicial appointment on Dec. 31 and returning to her former role as the county’s divorce and custody master. Zimmerman, 67, was appointed to the post in July 2022 to fill a vacancy created by the early retirement of Judge Daniel J. Milliron. Mirror […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Bellwood-Antis School District has declined to release settlement details that its school board approved Nov. 7 to resolve a Blair County civil court case filed by a student who was sexually abused by former wrestling coach Ryan Blazier. The Mirror, which filed a Right-to-Know request on Nov. 8 to get a copy […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG — An Altoona man who has been fighting to prove his innocence in a 2017 drug sale has lost his latest quest for a new trial. President Judge Elizabeth Doyle, after reviewing Nickolas B. Stitt’s post-sentence motion, issued a Nov. 28 opinion concluding that Stitt’s evidence in pursuit of a new trial amounts to […]