An engineering firm has identified a preferred site in Allegheny Township where a new Blair County Prison could be built, on ...

Authorities say five inmates at the Blair County Prison were hospitalized earlier this week after they reportedly overdosed inside the jail. Blair County commissioners confirmed that the inmates ...

A Brooklyn, N.Y., man arrested in Altoona about nine months ago on drug-trafficking charges was ordered Friday to return to ...

Blair County Commissioner and Chairman of the Prison Board Dave Kessling said that ... Overcrowding has also impacted the conditions inside as well. The inmate WTAJ spoke with on the phone last ...

Online court records show that Laird is charged with a felony for aggravated indecent assault and a misdemeanor for indecent assault. He is being housed in the Blair County Prison on $50,000 bail.

According to the Blair County coroner's office, a 25-year-old man was found dead of a suspected overdose in Snyder Township ...

Authorities say Francois-Moon is jailed at the Blair County Prison and his bail was denied ... leading to the discovery of various drugs inside the backpack. Police say those drugs included ...