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Sealed bids for expired PA restaurant licenses now being accepted: PLCB
(WJET/WFXP) – Bids to award 20 expired restaurant licenses throughout Pennsylvania are now being accepted. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) announced in a Tuesday release welcoming bids to the licenses in the 13th license auction since Act 39 became effective in August 2016. The bids for this restaurant license auction are due by noon […]
Ag Progress Days Hot Air Balloon Rides Highlight Climate-Smart Farming
ROCK SPRINGS, Pa. — “We stand for what we stand on.”. That’s the message Invest in Our Land wants to get across to visitors at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days. But in order to get the message, people have to take to the air. From 70...
Family speaking out after woman, 18, shot to death in Monroeville
MONROEVILLE, Pa. — It’s been almost a week since Allegheny County investigators found Joselyn Thomas shot dead in Monroeville. >> Woman, 18, reported missing 2 hours before being found shot to death in Monroeville, police say. Her family tells Channel 11 the last few days have been indescribable.
Johnstown man gets life without parole for killing wife, burying her on trail
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A Johnstown man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his wife in 2018. Brian Giles was convicted by a jury in June for killing wife Nancy and burying her body in a shallow grave on a Johnstown trail. Giles was...
Salvation Army's Back-to-School Bash doles out supplies, confidence
From Bluey to Dora to Transformers, nearly 350 colorful bookbags — and all the supplies that could fit into them — went home with school-aged children at the Paul Field Memorial Back-to-School Bash at the Salvation Army in Brackenridge. In its 15th year, the event doubled as a...
Woman Strapped to Wheelchair, Forced to Watch Ex Dig Grave Before Killing Her: Police
Police say Tony Charboneau punched and stomped on ex-girlfriend Amy Hogue after an argument on the day she went missing before he and his new girlfriend allegedly drove her to a wooded area and executed her.
JD Vance to campaign in New Kensington
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) -- Vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance will make a campaign stop in New Kensington on Thursday.Vance will deliver remarks at the VFW Post 92 on Wildlife Lodge Road at 10 a.m. An email from the campaign says he'll be speaking about how a Trump-Vance administration would support veterans.The Ohio senator will be joined by fellow veterans Reps. Jim Banks of Indiana, Brian Mast of Florida and Michael Waltz of Florida. Doors open at 7 a.m. Pennsylvania is a battleground state and will likely be visited several more times by the presidential candidates and their running mates leading up to the November election. Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Wilkes-Barre this weekend, and while commissioners say they have no details yet, he's vowed to return to Butler County in October after he was shot during an attempted assassination that injured two others and killed a firefighter.Philadelphia was also chosen as the spot for the Harris-Walz campaign's first rally after Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate last week.
How is drought hurting Maryland's farmers and food supply?
While temperatures in the Baltimore metropolitan area have been a little lower this week, farmers across the state have been contending with a drought that has extended over the last three years. We begin today with Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Atticks, to discuss Maryland farmers and food systems that...
NASA Wallops rocket launch to be visible in Maryland on Tuesday
BALTIMORE, MD—A rocket launch at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility will be visible in Maryland on Tuesday morning. The RockSat-X mission launch from Wallops on August 13, 2024. The launch window opens at 6:00 a.m. EDT. The Terrier-Improved Malemute rocket will carry student-designed experiments to suborbital space. The experiments...
MSDE presents draft literacy policy
BALTIMORE — Addressing the need for literacy proficiency in the state, Review and updates of the draft literacy policy were presented to the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) July 23. The MSDE passed a resolution at the beginning of the year to task State Superintendent of Schools Carey Wright and her team with drafting a comprehensive literacy policy aligned with the science of reading. Considerations of the working policy include aspects such as curriculum adoption, assessment data, analysis, early warning systems, intervention, and accountability. ...
1.8 Million People Flock Downtown in July, Signaling 100% Recovery in Visitor Foot Traffic
July’s robust tourism numbers were buoyed by another record-breaking weekend at Picklesburgh (July 18-21, 2024). The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) released data showing a 100 percent recovery of pre-pandemic visitor traffic in Downtown in July 2024. Over 1.76 million visitors came through the Golden Triangle last month. On average, Downtown’s daily foot traffic increased to 100,270 people(visitors, employees, and residents), the highest since the pandemic.
Powerball winning ticket worth $213 million sold in Western Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH — A lucky lottery player in Allegheny County hit the jackpot in the Powerball drawing on Monday. Pennsylvania Lottery officials said a winning Powerball ticket worth $213.8 million was sold at AJ's Pizza, which is located on Harts Run Road in Indiana Township. The ticket matched all five...
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