Altoona has been accorded deserved praise but also has been inflicted with an undeserved black eye over the Luigi Mangione case — Mangione being the suspect in the high-profile murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Dec. 4 outside a New York City hotel. The latter is totally without ...

Disagreement persists inside and outside of the political arena over what books school children should be permitted to read, tied to classroom work, and over what books should be banned from their eyesight. Censorship always will be a volatile discussion issue in what is touted as a free ...

Most people maintain a special place in their heart for memories related to the community where they were born and/or grew up — even decades after leaving to pursue their life’s dreams and ambitions. However, it is much rarer for that fond remembrance and loyalty to be demonstrated years ...

Eighty-three years ago this weekend, Americans spent most of the day contemplating with uneasy hearts what the future would bring. Dec. 7, 1941, was the day Japan opted for the gamble that Americans would be caught off-guard and that this country would succumb to the imperialistic intentions ...

For Altoona, 2025 could prove to be pivotal to the point of being reminiscent of the “new” Mountain City that evolved during the course of two decades, the 1960s and 1970s. The 1960s and ’70s — the major redevelopment decades — established a positive foundation upon which the city ...

Jerry Seinfeld educed laughter from his television audiences when he called his dermatologist girlfriend “pimple popper M.D.” But people who pooh-pooh dermatologists’ place in medicine are missing an important part of the overall medical picture. The examinations dermatologists ...