School crossing guards and traffic officers are among the least acknowledged, yet most important public safety workers in any school district, especially for the community’s youngest students.

With…

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, a time for teachers to be recognized for their hard work and dedication.

Whether helping them with their homework, showing compassion, supporting goals, believing…

Tyrone High School junior Chris Escala first realized he was becoming Tik Tok famous last December while waiting in line with his friends at the movie theater.

As he was scrolling through his stop-animation…

Blair County officials announced enhanced security measures in response to the shooting death of Prison Corrections Officer Rhonda Russell in November 2021, but friends and family of Russell are not satisfied…

Three months after Tyrone resident and Blair County Corrections Officer Rhonda Russell was killed in the line of duty, her family continues to search for answers and demand accountability from local officials.
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Tyrone officially owns the record books in women’s basketball at Penn State Altoona.

This season TAHS Class of 2017 graduate Alexis Cannistraci became the all-time leading scorer in Penn State Altoona…

For nearly fifty years, Thomas Lynn Miller was a pillar of the Tyrone community. Born and raised in Tyrone, Miller graduated from Tyrone High School in 1962 and served the district as a teacher for 37…

For the past six years Tyrone alum Courtland Pannebaker has taught preschool to three to five year old native Yupik children in Gambell, Alaska; a place so remote that it is closer to Russia than it is…

Aden McCracken spent most of his childhood in Tyrone, and likely would have been the 2021 Tyrone Area High School valedictorian if he had remained at TAHS for his senior year. But in the fall of 2020 McCracken…

Visitors to downtown Tyrone have probably noticed the dapper new banners hanging from the light posts that line both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue and West 10th Street.

The banners honor local veterans…

While COVID-19 has been a huge challenge for public education, a longer-lasting and potentially bigger problem is brewing in the form of a worsening national teacher shortage.

Teachers are vital to…

Tyrone has produced many great writers over the course of English teacher Steve Everhart’s 35-year career. So many that it’s too difficult for him to name one as the “best” writer he’s ever taught.

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Scoring 1,000 points in a high school basketball career is a very rare accomplishment. In Tyrone basketball history only 10 boys and 14 girls have reached this celebrated milestone.

The fact that three…

Most people in central Pennsylvania probably think of homelessness as an inner-city issue, something that happens somewhere else.

But anyone can struggle with being homeless, no matter where they are…

There are over a million households in the US with pet rabbits, making them one of the country’s most popular domesticated pets after dogs and cats. For the past ten years, Tyrone Class of 2012 Alumna…

For years the Tyrone High School courtyard has been one of the least used spaces in the school, but since the new mini-golf course opened two weeks ago, it has been buzzing with activity.

“The courtyard…

A flagpole memorial was dedicated on March 22 at the TAHS baseball field by senior members of the Golden Eagle’s baseball team in honor of a teammate and friend they lost to childhood cancer nine years…

Tyrone alum Shawn Givler found a love of nature and hiking as a young Boy Scout in Bald Eagle Troop 103. When he was 15 he and his friends would joke about hiking the trails full time when they retired,…

Tyrone alumni and members of the community are coming together to support Tyrone Area High School’s senior class through an “Adopt a Senior” page on Facebook.

The goal of the 2021 Adopt a Senior…

Cheating has been a problem as long as there have been students and tests, but the issue has only been compounded by virtual learning environments where teachers are not able to physically monitor students…

Tyrone Class of 1994 alum Adam McKinney drives between 210-260 miles a day delivering packages to homes and businesses across central Pennsylvania for FedEx. In his 22 year career, the Warriors Mark native…

Only 4.2 million Americans received their first dose of the COVID-10 vaccine by the first week of January.  That is about 15 million doses short of what federal officials had hoped for by December.

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Students at Tyrone High School headed to the polls last Tuesday to cast a ballot for the next President of the United States.

Many of these students were not old enough to vote, but none of them were…

Altoona resident Michael Fanella was just 21 years old in May of 1944. Hunched down in a foxhole, Fanella and his fellow artillerymen were taking cover under intense German fire during the Battle of Anzio…

The 2020-21 school year is filled with uncertainty, but one thing is not up for debate: face coverings.

All TASD staff and students are required to wear a face-covering to prevent the spread of Covid…

Balancing work and school is a challenge for any teen, but some Tyrone High School students are more stressed than usual because a handful of local employers are taking advantage of the pandemic and the…

The debate over the current hybrid model of instruction being used at Tyrone Area Middle and High School and a proposal to return students to full-time instruction has been a hot topic among students at…

As summer looms with no end to the coronavirus pandemic in sight, the big question on every student’s mind is: “What will happen next school year?”

Unfortunately, public health officials, politicians,…

Due to the coronavirus, athletes across the country have been forced to be creative in order to prepare for what will hopefully be the fall sports season. Makeshift at-home gyms, team zoom meetings, and…

Seventy five years ago today, guns across the European continent fell silent for the first time in over five years. VE (Victory in Europe) Day brought a partial end to one of the most devastating wars…

The abrupt cancellation of high school sports isn’t just affecting the players. High school coaches are also experiencing the pain of cancelled games and seasons.

Like their college and professional…

Most TAHS students have been at home since Pennsylvania’s school shutdown on March 13. But for a select few, what was once just a common part time job has taken on new meaning, and new risk.

Teens with…

During this time of global worry and panic, a tiny movement started by one mom from Galesburg, Illinois is spreading a little bit of happiness and hope to people around the world.

What started as a…

This story was originally published on Tyrone Eagle Eye News on April 11, 2020.

The advance of the Coronavirus into central Pennsylvania is having a significant impact on the community’s economy. While local schools and many businesses have remained closed, other essential businesses…

When a ninth-grade English teaching position opened up at Tyrone Area High School last summer, the number of applicants was shockingly low.
“We only had three other teachers interview for Ms. Budny’s…

Everyone has been affected by this national crisis, and while teachers have not experienced mass layoffs like retail workers, or increased workplace danger like healthcare workers, they are facing one…

With the COVID-19 crisis closing schools as well as many businesses, local parents may find themselves without a paycheck for at least the short term, maybe longer. This will cause many hardships for families,…

As the statewide Coronavirus school shutdown enters its second week, Tyrone Area School District students and parents are wondering when, or even if, this school year will return to normal. 

Any hope…

As the coronavirus has sparked growing fears among students and the community, the Tyrone Area School District officially addressed its response to the pandemic in an email to staff this morning.

Acting…

A law passed by the Pennsylvania state legislature and signed by Governor Tom Wolf in June 2018 requires that by the 2020-2021 school year all school districts in Pennsylvania must test students in topics…

Penn State junior Haley Hamschin has struggled to overcome an eating disorder since middle school.

For Hamschin, a multi-sport athlete, playing basketball and running cross-country, her eating disorder…

The Tyrone Area School District can make a strong argument that it gets more for its money than just about any school district in Pennsylvania.

Over the years, Tyrone has been able to accomplish more…

Music has always been a cherished part of Tyrone High School’s culture. Tyrone students have excelled in many successful musical endeavors like marching band, concert band, jazz band, chorus, and POPS….

Monday began normally for Tyrone first-grader Taryn Confer, but a big surprise at the end of the day had Taryn, her teachers, and nearly everyone waiting outside of the Tyrone Area Elementary School shedding…

Yesterday will be a day forever remembered in the sports world. The NBA, along with the rest of the sporting world, lost an icon. They lost a hero, a teammate, but most importantly, they lost a friend…

The Talon-T Talk show hosts junior Brandon Lucas to discuss the Boys Basketball 2019-2020 season.

This story was originally published on Tyrone Eagle Eye News on January 23, 2020.

To recycle or not to recycle? In 2020 this shouldn’t really be a question, but surprisingly at Tyrone Area High School and many other rural schools across the state, it still is.

While TAHS currently…

Like many small towns across America, Tyrone’s downtown business district had been in a steady decline since the 1970s. Where there were once movie theatres, department stores, and specialty shops, there…

Nearly four years ago, in a high school varsity game against Bellefonte, current Penn State Altoona senior Finnley Christine was driving for a layup when her knee gave out. Lying on the Tyrone gym floor…