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Altoona, Pennsylvania · AltoonaOne of my favorite Nieman Lab predictions in recent years came from Nik Usher, associate professor of communication studies at the University of San Diego. The prediction, “The future-of-journalism crowd stops ignoring local TV news,” used the film Mean Girls as an analogy to describe local news types. Usher describes how the “freaks and geeks” of the local news system — reporters from local newspapers and local news nonprofits (present company …Read Article
Can nonprofit news work on local TV? A Pennsylvania partnership aims to find out
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Hollidaysburg · HollidaysburgA former inmate at the Blair County Prison has filed a federal lawsuit against another inmate, and the prison, claiming prison staff failed to protect him when he was attacked by an Altoona murder suspect in October of 2023. In the lawsuit, the former inmate says the prison was fully staffed, and was aware of Raymond Oechsle’s “violent” criminal history when Oechsle attacked him, stabbing him multiple times with a makeshift weapon. The attack …See the Story
Former Inmate Sues Murder Suspect And Blair County Prison
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Altoona, Pennsylvania · AltoonaAn Altoona man arrested last April in Louisiana on child sex-crime charges is reportedly taking a plea deal in Blair County court.Officials say Albert Kuklo IIISee the Story
DA: Altoona man gets decades in prison, probation following plea deal in sex crimes case
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