radioNOVO News for Altoona: September 2, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 09/02/26          BLAIR COUNTY SENIOR JUDGE TIMOTHY SULLIVAN HAS DISMISSED A MOTION TO THROW OUT THE GUILTY PLEA OF A MAN WHO RECORDED PEOPLE INSIDE A LOCAL BUSINESS RESTROOM.......... RULING THAT 55-YEAR-OLD JAMES PAUL HUFF'S REQUEST TO VACATE HIS 2021 CONVICTION WAS TIME-BARRED. THOUGH THE COURT ACKNOWLEDGED AN OVERSIGHT REGARDING HUFF'S SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, HIS APPEAL CAME YEARS PAST THE LEGAL DEADLINE.          THE DECERTIFIED PINECROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY IS MERGING WITH LOGAN TOWNSHIP'S NEWBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHILE THE MERGER ALLOWS FORMER PINECROFT MEMBERS TO JOIN NEWBURG, ANTIS TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS PLAN TO LEGALLY CONTEST PINECROFT'S CONTINUED USE OF ITS STATION, TRUCKS, AND EQUIPMENT, ARGUING THOSE TAXPAYER-FUNDED ASSETS MUST REMAIN DEDICATED TO FIRE PROTECTION WITHIN ANTIS TOWNSHIP.          A NORTH WOODBURY TOWNSHIP FARM IS JOINING PENNSYLVANIA'S BOOMING POULTRY SECTOR TO KEEP ITS FAMILY BUSINESS GOING. CURRYVIEW FARMS OWNERS MELISSA AND KEITH BRUMBAUGH RECEIVED 82-THOUSAND YOUNG CHICKENS ON MONDAY AFTER COMPLETING A TWO- MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION THAT INCLUDES TWO NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART POULTRY BARNS. THE MOVE ALLOWS THE FORMER DAIRY FARM TO DIVERSIFY ITS OPERATIONS AND HELP SECURE ITS LONG-TERM FUTURE.