Fernando Mendoza won a Heisman Trophy, led Indiana to its first national championship and will be the No. 1 overall pick when ...

Penn State fired women’s head basketball coach Carolyn Kieger on Thursday, marking the end of her seven seasons at the helm. Athletic director Dr. Patrick Kraft made the decision, calling it “a change ...

The Altoona Jaycees, David Dietz president, was joining the Pennsylvania Jaycee effort to raise funds for children with intellectual and physical disabilities by selling apple butter at $1 a jar. 25 ...

PITTSBURGH — Jonnu Smith’s time in Pittsburgh is apparently over. ESPN reported late Wednesday night that the Steelers will release the veteran tight end when the new league year begins next week.

A city man on trial for his role in a Blair County drug-trafficking ring was convicted early Thursday afternoon on all 13 felony charges filed against him. The jury of seven women and five men ...

The Texas Rangers and veteran outfielder Andrew McCutchen agreed to a minor league contract on Thursday, a person with ...

DUNCANSVILLE FedEx has announced plans to close its Duncansville facility as of May 4. “As part of our previously announced ...

Bishop Guilfoyle Academy’s girls basketball team will try to make school history by winning three straight PIAA championships ...

For the most part, there wasn’t much of a problem for Penn State coach Cael Sanderson with the preliminary seeds for this ...

The Saint Francis women’s basketball team scored just 12 points combined in the second and third quarters on Thursday, falling 61-39 to Fairleigh Dickinson in a Northeast Conference matchup. The Red ...

Three of the four Altoona wrestlers have advanced to the quarterfinals of the PIAA Class 3A Championships at Hershey’s Giant Center. Dominic Picciotti (107), Braiden Weaver (133) and Gavin Ciampoli ...

Altoona police do not plan to charge the driver of the Amtran bus that struck a 13-year-old pedestrian last Friday evening, sending the teen to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh with serious ...