Altoona Mirror

The Altoona Mirror is a daily publication based in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA. It acts as the local newspaper for the Altoona community and provides coverage for all of Blair County, along with portions of nearby counties.

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‘Beach House Rules’ a delicious high end Southern chick lit

1 week ago | altoonamirror.com | Anita Snow

By Anita Snow The Associated PressCharlotte Sitterly and her 14-year-old daughter, Iris, are suddenly shut out of their comfortable life in an upscale coastal community in North Carolina. They’ve lost access to their money, car and even home after husband and father Bill was arrested on suspicion of financial fraud.
Faith leaders counsel nonviolent resistance | News, Sports, Jobs - Altoona Mirror

2 weeks ago | altoonamirror.com

When the Rev. Edward Anderson rallied in Los Angeles this week against the Trump administration’s intensifying immigration crackdown, he positioned himself between law enforcement and his fellow protesters, serving as a human buffer. Anderson, who leads McCarty Memorial Christian Church in the city’s West Adams Terrace neighborhood, believes he was upholding his moral duty to […]
Regional business leaders weigh in on Amazon data centers | News, Sports, Jobs - Altoona Mirror

2 weeks ago | altoonamirror.com

Questions remain amid the excitement surrounding Gov. Josh Shapiro’s recent announcement of $20 billion in new investment from Amazon to build two artificial intelligence centers in the commonwealth. Statements released by both the governor’s office and Amazon explicitly say that Amazon is currently weighing whether to make similar investments in other local municipalities. Another round […]
Trump’s goals higher than GOP

1 month ago | altoonamirror.com | Byron York

May 20, 2025 Byron YorkAndrews McMeel SyndicateIndiana Republican Sen. Jim Banks has long been an advocate for Vice President JD Vance. Before the 2024 GOP convention, Banks urged President Donald Trump to pick Vance as his running mate.
Penn slammed for caving over DEI

1 month ago | altoonamirror.com | John Finnerty

State leaders blast university for ‘capitulating’ to Trump May 13, 2025 By John Finnerty CapitolWire State and local officials criticized the University of Pennsylvania for “capitulating” to the administration of President Donald Trump by renaming and eliminating references to diversity, equity and inclusion. Penn President J. Larry Jameson was invited to the hearing but did not attend, forcing lawmakers to quiz an empty chair behind a poster of the Penn motto: “Leges Sines Moribus Vanae...
Bill would aid first-time homebuyers

1 month ago | altoonamirror.com | John Finnerty

House measure would establish savings program May 13, 2025 By John Finnerty CapitolWire The state House overwhelmingly approved legislation to create a tax-deductible savings program for first-time homebuyers. Money deposited into these accounts can be used for the down payment and closing costs for a single-family home in Pennsylvania. The program would allow individuals to save as much as $50,000 toward the cost of a home. Couples could save as much as $100,000. Would-be homebuyers could...
Green Bay draft experience most unique

1 month ago | altoonamirror.com | Ira Kaufman

May 3, 2025 By Ira Kaufman [email protected] I had a simply unbelievable experience at the NFL Draft in Green Bay. From 1992-2015, I went to almost every single NFL draft at Radio City Music Hall, but in 2015 the draft began going to cities around the country. Last year in Detroit was my first non-New York draft. I flew to Green Bay from West Palm through Chicago into the Appleton, Wisconsin Airport. Small town hospitality cannot begin to describe landing in Appleton as the “host...
Supplies in demand: Baby products to become pricier, scarcer | News, Sports, Jobs - Altoona Mirror

2 months ago | altoonamirror.com

Sam Rutledge and his wife have a baby due in mid-July, so they thought they had a few more months to research and buy the gear they’ll need. But President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement in early April turned the couple’s slow walk into a sprint. In the past few weeks, they’ve bought two strollers, a […]
Pro basketball in Pittsburgh fell short

2 months ago | altoonamirror.com | Wayne Stewart

March Madness actually trickles over into April when a new NCAA champion is crowned. So, with basketball insanity still in the air, a look at some interesting facets of the sport is in order. Pittsburgh doesn’t really have strong basketball roots even though the city was the home of the American Basketball Association’s Pipers/Condors. In the Pipers’ inaugural season, 1967-68, they won the first-ever ABA title behind legendary forward/center Connie Hawkins.
Tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Texas | News, Sports, Jobs - Altoona Mirror

2 months ago | altoonamirror.com

A slow-moving, active storm system brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left three people dead as severe weather warnings Sunday continue to threaten parts of the south-central and Midwest U.S. On Easter Sunday, communities in Texas and Oklahoma were beginning to assess the damage wreaked by tornadoes. […]