Category Archives: Local News
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
RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD HOLDS HEARING ON POTENTIAL SALTSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL
The River Valley School Board yesterday held a special meeting for discussion of the proposed charter school for the Saltsburg region. The Saltsburg Charter Academy School would be located within the ...
Dec 16, 2021
STRUZZI LEADS FLOOR DEBATE ON RGGI DISAPPROVAL
State Representative Jim Struzzi yesterday joined a bipartisan effort to support a concurrent resolution disapproving of DEP's Environmental Quality Board approval of Governor Wolf's executive order t...
Dec 16, 2021
RIVER VALLEY ADJUSTS QUARANTINE PROCEDURE
The River Valley School District says it has reviewed covid-19 data since the start of the school year, and it has led to a loosening of quarantine requirements. Superintendent Philip Martell says the...
Dec 16, 2021
WHITE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS APPROVE 2022 BUDGET
On Wednesday night, the White Township Supervisors approved the 2022 budget. The budget contains no property taxes for township residents and no changes to any fees. The budget came to $10,247,349 in ...
Dec 15, 2021
MISSING AVONMORE MAN FOUND
Update WPXI in Pittsburgh is reporting that Damian Day of Avonmore has been found safe, according to Kiskiminetas Township police. Previously reported Police in Kiski Township are looking for a man wh...
Dec 15, 2021
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