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Last year, in a move that caused protests from some long-time users, Roaring Spring Borough Council voted to restrict access to Plum Creek Mountain to borough residents only while prohibiting all activities other than hunting. Council cited the...

A ruling last week by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholding the minimum 50-year prison sentence of Deauntay Moye puts an end to the sentencing sagas of the two men who pled guilty to the January 2015 murder of 21-year-old Stephanie Waters of...

A woman’s erratic behavior at the East Freedom Taco Bell led to a struggle with police and a short foot chase. According to Freedom Township police, at approximately 5 p.m. on June 13, officers were called to the Taco Bell for a report of a woman,...

An East Freedom man is behind bars after police said he distributed drugs at his workplace. According to charges filed by Greenfield Township police, on May 20, agents from Blair County Adult Parole and Probation requested police assistance after...

A Williamsburg teen who was 15 years old when he repeatedly stabbed his grandfather’s home health nurse in 2020 will spend the next 18 to 36 years in prison after rendering guilty pleas in Blair County court in November. Michael Douglas Watson,...

North Woodbury Township will be without full-time police protection for the foreseeable future after township supervisors elected to dismiss Chief Dave Rosamilia. Rosamilia, who has nearly 20 years of service in law enforcement, was hired in March...

A Martinsburg man who already had his sentence reduced once for his role in the 2015 murder of a Roaring Spring woman was denied a chance for further reduction by the Pennsylvania State Superior Court. James Hardwick was 15 years old when he and...

A Huntingdon man fleeing state parole agents was apprehended in Williamsburg following a brief chase through town. According to charges filed by Williamsburg Borough police, on March 30, police were alerted that Michael Joseph Burd, 43, was on the...

Three Cove communities – Claysburg, Roaring Spring and East Freedom – will come together on Saturday, June 4, for the Family Freedom Festival sponsored by the Morrisons Cove Ray VFW Camp Post 7689 Auxiliary in Roaring Spring. The first of its...

Construction on the Freedom Township water project, which will provide public water hookup to homes along Everett Road, is progressing and is slated for a September completion. The nearly $3 million project will provide 86 new public water hookups...

Rising fuel costs have forced volunteer fire departments to make some changes they hope are temporary. With diesel now at over $6 a gallon, some departments have elected to not provide pool-filling services this summer. The Freedom Township...

A Claysburg man was jailed after he was found passed out in his car and resisted police. According to charges filed by Roaring Spring Borough police, on April 26, at approximately 11 p.m., an officer found Garrett N. Weyandt, 38, sleeping in his car...

A Martinsburg woman is facing charges after police said she stole more than $3,000 from her mother and had her living in squalor. According to charges filed by North Woodbury Township police, Kimberly Louise Markel, 51, used her mother’s debit...

An East Freedom man accused of leading police on a chase has waived his charges to Blair County court. Scott M. Davis Sr., 44, is facing felony fleeing to elude police and misdemeanor counts of driving under a suspended license and recklessly...

A Martinsburg man was jailed after police said he broadcast himself inside a home he allegedly broke into over Facebook Live while under the influence of drugs. Joseph L. Krouse, 33, is facing a felony charge of criminal trespass along with...

When news broke in January that Mid Penn Bankcorp., was closing its Williamsburg branch, it appeared that the borough would lose its second bank in five years, leaving residents and officials wondering where they would do their banking. However, the...

Drug-related charges filed against a Claysburg woman are headed to Blair County Court. Ashley M. Conard, 30, who is facing felony counts of possession with intent to deliver and criminal use of a communication facility, as well as misdemeanor counts...

Roaring Spring Borough Council met for its regular meeting March 14, and again addressed its decision to limit access to Plum Creek Mountain. Citizen Norman Wright addressed council and asked it to open the ground for recreation by charging a fee...

The Blair County Association of Township Officials scholarship deadline is June 30, and officials are encouraging graduating seniors to apply. The scholarship is open to all high school seniors residing in one of Blair County’s 15 townships who are...

A Williamsburg woman is facing charges after police said she made threats against a police officer who had filed drug-related charges against her grandson. According to Hollidaysburg State Police, on March 26, Celestia R. Barker, 74, called the Holli...

Two bills making their way through Harrisburg could bring whole milk back into schools. House Bill 2397, and Senate Bill 1181, passed their respective committees, paving the way for a vote that could reverse 2010s federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids...

A New Enterprise man is facing child endangerment and drug charges after leading police on a short chase with an unrestrained minor in his vehicle. According to Bedford State Police, on Oct. 17, a trooper was patrolling Sandy Run Rd., Hopewell, when...

A bag of 10 Suboxone pills were found wedged into a reflector sign on a dirt lane, approximately 100 yards away from Cove Forge Behavioral Health Facility on March 1. Hollidaysburg State police said no witnesses or evidence to determine how or when...

A Claysburg couple is facing child endangerment charges after an investigation by Greenfield Township police. According to the criminal compliant, on Feb. 22, police were called to the home Joseph M. Gillam, 54, and Rebekah E. Gillam. 38, to...

Roaring Spring Borough Council held its reorganizational meeting on Jan. 3, swearing in newly elected officials and making appointments for the upcoming year. During the reorganizational meeting, new council members Mary Claycomb and Tax Collector...

Roaring Spring Borough Council held its first two regular meetings of 2022 on Jan. 10, and Feb. 14. At its regular meeting on Jan. 10, Police Chief Greg Wyandt reported that nearly a quarter-pound of methamphetamine with a value at $9,000 was...

An East Freedom man is facing drug related charges after a traffic stop turned up suspected methamphetamine. According to charges filed by Freedom Township police, on March 11, an officer pulled over a vehicle driven by Corey R. Deffibaugh, 36....

A Martinsburg woman is facing charges of making false statements to police and child endangerment after her boyfriend was arrested and charged with multiple felony child abuse-related charges. Bedford State Police have accused Daisy M. Maust, 29, of...

A nearly 10-hour standoff with police on Saturday, March 12, has landed a Roaring Spring woman behind bars and facing multiple felony charges. According to Bedford State Police, a resident along Lafayette Rd., Roaring Spring, called police at...

A Roaring Spring man is behind bars after a call to investigate a disturbance led to a fight with police. According to charges filed by Freedom Township police, on March 1, officers were called to a home along Redmen Court, Freedom Township, for a...