Category Archives: Local News
SHETLER HEARING CONTINUED TO JANUARY
The preliminary hearing for Ray Shetler was continued yesterday because Westmoreland County Deputy Sheriff Irvin Shipley was unable to testify due to "serious bodily injuries" suffered when he fought ...
Dec 18, 2021
POLICE PROVIDE "VISIBLE PRESENCE" AT SCHOOLS
State Police Public Information Officer Trooper Clifford Greenfield says state troopers were a visible presence at schools throughout the region yesterday in response to the nationwide threats against...
Dec 18, 2021
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS IN NOVEMBER
Unemployment in Pennsylvania fell three-tenths of a percentage point in November, to 5.7 percent. It was eight-tenths of a percentage point lower than it was a year ago. Total non-farm jobs were up 13...
Dec 18, 2021
HOUSE PUSHES BILLS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
With time running out on the current legislative session, the state House this week passed several measures that propose amendments to the Pennsylvania constitution. Representative Jim Struzzi voted f...
Dec 18, 2021
IUP NAMES INTERIM DEAN AT EBERLY
IUP has named Dr. Prashanth Bharadwaj the interim dean of the Eberly College of Business. He'll start in late January and relieve Dr. Geoffrey Mills, who has been interim dean since July of last year ...
Dec 18, 2021
TIK TOK THREATS AGAINST SCHOOLS TARGET TODAY
The Tik Tok app has proven to be a rather annoying disruption to school officials this fall, and another troublesome trend is frustrating administrations and costing a lot of time and resources for po...
Dec 17, 2021
STATE AGAIN PUBLISHING WEEKLY COUNTY-BY-COUNTY FLU DATA
The state Health Department has begun publishing county totals in the weekly flu report again, after curtailing the practice when the pandemic hit. The latest table for the week ending last Saturday s...
Dec 17, 2021
UNANIMOUS PASSAGE OF STRUZZI BILL COULD LEAD TO MORE VOLUNTEERISM
Another piece of legislation authored by Representative Jim Struzzi passed the House unanimously on Wednesday. Struzzi says it is a key to a bipartisan effort to get more civic groups involved in comm...
Dec 17, 2021
PSERS RATE INCREASE LESS THAN ONE PERCENT
The Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System is poised today to adopt an increase in the amount charged to school districts to cover their pension obligations. The new rate of $35.26 for...
Dec 17, 2021
HOMER-CENTER REAFFIRMS POLICY ON MASKS IN SCHOOLS
On Thursday night, the Homer-Center School Board had a lengthy discussion in both executive session and in public about the district's masking policy. The policy that passed has the district strongly ...
Dec 16, 2021
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