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Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board awards $3.3 million in alcohol education grants
In an effort to reduce underage and dangerous alcohol consumption, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) has awarded more than $3.3 million to schools and organizations for youth alcohol education programs. This year, of 102 grant applications received, 86 organizations from 41 counties across Pennsylvania were awarded a total of $3,312,205 in grants. The maximum award for each two-year grant is $50,000. Of the grants awarded: ...
2024 Ag Progress Days Hay Show Competition Heats Up
ROCK SPRINGS, Pa. — Karey Vough and her husband, Jake, have worked for years to improve the quality of the hay at their Somerset County farm. This year, they decided to see how it stacks up against hay produced throughout the state. The Voughs entered a later cutting sample...
RKMF announces 2024 Social-Impact Pitch Competition recipients
The Pittsburgh-based Richard King Mellon Foundation (RKMF) has announced awards totaling $1.4 million to social-mission for-profit companies positively benefiting communities in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny and/or Westmoreland counties. Through the foundation’s third Social-Impact Pitch Competition—which helps recently established companies develop and launch products or services that advance one or more of...
Shapiro-ordered study of Pa. Capitol’s accessibility for visitors with disabilities gets underway
Gov. Josh Shapiro last week took the next step to assess the state Capitol building’s accessibility to visitors with disabilities – answering years-long calls for change from disability advocacy groups and following up on an executive order he issued in May. The governor’s office announced the hiring of...
What Farmers and Consumers Need to Know About PFAS, or 'Forever Chemicals'
MANHEIM, Pa. — A class of substances known as “forever chemicals” are increasingly coming into the spotlight, and farms can be within reach of their potential impacts. Faith Kibuye gave an overview of the topic and Penn State’s involvement with it during the Farming for Success field day Aug. 1 at the Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
‘A class act’: PIAA football official Jeff White has earned his stripes
It’s been said the best referees or officials are the ones who go unnoticed during the duration of the game. If that’s true, Jeff White has been invisible to football coaches, players and fans for quite some time. Call it a passion or love of competition, but being...
PennDOT Job Fair to Include Interviews, Job Offers
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will host a job fair in Allentown on Wednesday, Aug. 28, and anyone with an interest in a career with PennDOT is encouraged to attend. Est. Read Time: < 1 min. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will host a job fair in Allentown...
Illegal Bets On Little League World Series Sent to Police by PGCB
Pennsylvania is among the states that currently allow wagers on both professional and collegiate sports events. While such wagers are permitted, the gambling regulations in the state prohibit betting activity involving high-school athletes and amateur athletic events, with the exception of tournaments that have secured specific approval from the gambling regulator, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB).
Gov. Shapiro accuses Donald Trump of promoting "antisemitic tropes"
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro accused Donald Trump of promoting "antisemitic tropes" after the former president called him a "highly overrated Jewish governor."The former president made the comment on his social media site, Truth Social, just after midnight Thursday. Shapiro addressed the Democratic National Convention a few hours earlier."I think it's clear over the last few weeks, Donald Trump is obsessed with me and obsessed with continuing to spew hate and division in our politics," Shapiro said. "He's someone who's routinely peddled antisemitic tropes like this."Rabbi Beth Janus is co-president of the Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia,...
Penn State’s Dani Dennis-Sutton Will Be the Best Defensive End in College Football. Just Ask Him
Dani Dennis-Sutton is one confident 6-foot-5, 272-pound physical specimen of a defensive end. Correction: Not “a” defensive end…The Best Defensive End in College Football. “I’ll say right now I’m in the best shape I’ve been in physically and mentally,” the third-year Nittany Lion said after practice on Tuesday, 11 days before Penn State’s 2024 season-opener at West Virginia. “I mean, I’ve always spoken that into existence as far as confidence. I might not have been confident internally, but I was speaking that and making that come true. But now, I really am truly confident that I’m going to be the best in...
Pa. cops and corrections officers want access to more opioid overdose treatments
Corrections officers and police officers are calling on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration to expand the list of medications they are provided to treat and reverse opioid overdoses. They are part of a coalition of 18 organizations and individuals asking the administration to update the state directive to allow access...
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