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Blair County President Judge Wade A. Kagarise on Thursday morning told members of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Club that he and the other judges are working on a “vision” for the court system that will include an assessment of “how our actions affect the community.” During his hour on the Chamber’s “hot […]
A decision by a Blair County judge to restore a local man’s “right to bear arms” has been upheld by a state appeals court despite objections from the county’s Department of Social Services. Superior Court Judge Deborah A. Kunselman in an opinion Monday ruled that a decision restoring the right of an area man to […]
Blair County Judge Wade A. Kagarise enters his second 10-year term in office as the new President Judge of the Court Common Pleas with feelings of optimism and enthusiasm — despite the many challenges that lie ahead. On Friday, he outlined what he called his “strong vision of the future,” a vision that involves “a […]
An Altoona man described as a mid-level drug dealer has lost his bid to overturn his conviction and 25- to 117-year prison sentence, according to a Superior Court opinion issued late last week. Darwin Maurice Herring Sr., 41, incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution at Rockview in Centre County, argued in his appeal that he […]
Gerell Shepard, a 34-year-old Altoona man serving a minimum prison term of 10 years after being convicted as a dealer for a Philadelphia-based methamphetamine r