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bkibler@altoonamirror.com Altoona Police Chief Janice Freehling, the first woman to head the city department, is retiring, effective March 1, the 20th anniversary of her appointment as chief. “I selected that date some time ago,” said Freehling, 67, who joined the force 44 years ago. “If anybody has earned her retirement, it’s her,” City Manager Ken Decker said. Freehling was “proactive at keeping people safe” and “cared very much for her officers,” Councilman Dave Butterbaugh said. She put those officers “in position to succeed,” Butterbaugh said. He added that she work...

State Roundup: 24,100 new jobs added in November pushing Maryland unemployment rate down The statue of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to its place in Lawyer's Mall outside the State House Dec. 17. Governor's Office photo MD JOBLESS RATE DROPS: Maryland added 24,100 jobs in November and the state’s unemployment rate decreased from 7.8% to 6.8%, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday morning, Bryan Renbaum of MarylandReporter.com reports. HENRIETTA LACKS ACT HEADS TO TRUMP FOR SIGNATURE: A bill inspired by the l...

mr. ayers to reject his past in bomb making and terrorism. did he realize and does he realize even now that innocent people who had nothing to do with his target organizations could be hurt by such tactics, 1k3 ken decker the e-mails in, why does bill ayers think that bombing the u.s. capitol and police stations was a good idea? .. americans opposed the war. what happened? well, antiwar activists were part of the story. probably the least important except important to me because i was one. more important than that was the black freedom movement came out in large numbers to oppose the...