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Rite Aid closes more stores following bankruptcy
Rite Aid, the Philadelphia-based pharmacy, has closed 40 more stores. These closures bring the total number of Rite Aid stores closed to nearly 700 since filing for bankruptcy in October. The company has now closed 20% of its Pennsylvania locations.
Seven Patriot League Student-Athletes Named to 2024 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-Americans
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Seven Patriot League football student-athletes were selected as 2024 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-Americans. Lafayette junior running back Jamar Curtis, the only returning 2023 Stats Perform FCS All-America honoree (Second Team), was named to the Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America First Team. Crusaders senior running back...
Federal dollars driving energy policy in Pennsylvania toward solar, hydrogen
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. Harrisburg, Pa. — A flurry of recent bipartisan agreements by state lawmakers on energy projects and policies is sending a clear message: Pennsylvania is slowly moving toward clean energy but fossil fuels aren’t going anywhere. The grab bag of...
Harrisburg sees about 30 days of 90+ degrees now–3 times more than in the 1990s. By 2090 that number can be up-to 90 days
The Harrisburg area has seen 23 days with a high of 90 plus degrees already this summer – that’s three above the average for a year. And we’re about to enter another heat wave with highs in the 90s from July 31 until Aug. 8. The National...
Pa. fire kills pets, displaces 25 people, chief says
More than two dozen people are homeless after a swift-moving blaze ignited and spread to neighboring row homes in Allentown, a fire official said. City Fire Chief Efrain Agosto Jr. said the fire started just before 11:20 a.m. Sunday in the 400 block of North 16th Street. A large column of smoke could be seen from several blocks away as the city’s battalion chief called in a second alarm for additional equipment, Agosto said.
Blackhawk High School student named Distinguished Young Woman of Pennsylvania
Fox Chapel, PA – Blackhawk High School senior Aubrey Bowman was named the DistinguishedYoung Woman of Pennsylvania for 2025. She will receive $3,600 in cash scholarships after her triumph in the statewide program for high school senior girls held at The Hillman Center for the Performing Arts at Shadyside Academy. ...
Musikfest weather looking hot and rainy as festival starts
Rain and higher temperatures are expected this week in the Lehigh Valley leading into the start of Musikfest. The National Weather Service said showers and storms are possible late Tuesday into early Wednesday, and then again Friday into Saturday. Temperatures are also expected to reach the 90s again starting Wednesday. The weather service said the region is under a marginal risk for severe ...
Elderly woman dies nearly 3 weeks after crashing vehicle into tree in Berks
GREENWICH TWP., Pa. - An elderly woman has died from injuries sustained in a crash earlier this month. The Lehigh County Coroner's Office says Marilyn Barlip, 80, of Greenwich Twp. was pronounced dead Monday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest. Barlip was the driver of a vehicle that veered off...
When do Lehigh Valley students return to school? Here is the schedule
The start of the 2024-25 school year is less than one month away for all students in the Lehigh Valley, and The Morning Call has compiled a list of the first day of school for all 17 districts. The list below also includes each district’s Labor Day break. Some districts, such as Easton and Salisbury, have orientation days for various grade levels the day before the first day of school. ...
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