A labor dispute is brewing in the Richland School District. The Cambria County teachers have been without a contract since June, and have now planned to strike beginning September 19th. The main sticking points are salaries, contract length, and health care plans. Both sides plan to sit down three more times before the strike deadline. A rash of break-ins have happened in the east end of Altoona recently.
Police say the suspects are taking money, purses, and other items in plain sight.
Police say a burglar broke into an adjoining business late Saturday night in Patton Township. The burglar didn't take any of the guns or drugs that were in the room. This is the fourth time an Attorney General's office in the state has been broken into over the last three years. The number of layoffs at a Bedford County plant will be far less than first anticipated. Earlier this summer, the Seton Company in Saxton announced it was laying off 400 people.