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Flames wreck Columbia antique warehouse
COLUMBIA, Pa. (WHTM) — An antique shop in Lancaster County is in ruins after a massive fire there Thursday evening. Flames broke out at Tollbooth Antiques in the 200 block of Chestnut Street around 8:00 p.m. The large warehouse structure was engulfed in flames, sending a plume of smoke...
Penn State All-Sports Museum unveiling LEGO Beaver Stadium sculpture
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (WHTM) – The Penn State All-Sports Museum will be unveiling a LEGO Beaver Stadium structure later this month. The model consists of 7,647 individual LEGOs and was built by artist Garrett Gourley – founder of Back 2 Brick and a 2015 Penn State Industrial Engineering graduate. It took almost 100 hours to […]
Penn State Football Roaring Into 2024 at Defensive End
Penn State Football defensive coordinator Tom Allen is excited. Most teams would be rebuilding after losing two two top Ends, but Penn State Football is in a very good place after losing Chop Robinson and Adisa Isaac to the NFL. Allen seems to believe the Nittany Lions’ defensive line could...
Neal Brown Views West Virginia Opening with Penn State as Opportunity for Big 12
WVU head coach Neal Brown knows West Virginia hosting Penn State for the first time in over 30 years is a big deal. He knows it’s a big deal for both historic programs, but he also knows it’s a big deal for the Big 12. “It’s not just...
PIAA Moves Step Closer to Six Classes in Girls’ Volleyball; Proposal Still Needs to Pass Two More Votes
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Girls Volleyball could be expanding from four classifications to six while track and field will remain at two following votes taken at the PIAA Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday, July 17, in State College. On a first reading (what the PIAA calls votes) basis,...
Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson's childhood home in Montgomery County to be demolished
The abandoned Wyncote property where baseball legend Reggie Jackson grew up will be torn down to make way for a proposed parking lot, the Cheltenham Board of Commissioners decided Wednesday. The two-story property at 149 Greenwood Ave. doubled as a family home and a tailor shop that Jackson's father, Martinez,...
SPCA: 7 Horses Need Adoption or Rescue Home
DANVILLE, MONTOUR CO. (WOLF) — “It has just been so slow for adoptions this whole year has been a downward trajectory,” says Kristen Szwast. The Pennsylvania SPCA Danville Center takes in and rehabilitates numerous animals – including larger farm animals. “We have a beautiful property where...
Phillies Ball Girl Farrell Everett Is a Penn State Brandywine Alum
Penn State Brandywine alumna Farrell Everett poses with the Littany Lion statue on the Penn State Brandywine campus. Penn State Brandywine alumna Farrell Everett, class of 2023, is having a ball as a Philadelphia Phillies ball girl. Everett began her Penn State journey at Brandywine in 2019, majoring in communications....
Sisters of St. Francis who formerly served Elkins Park honored as Diamond Jubilarians by Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Sisters Damian Marie Jackson (above left) and Virginia Spiegel (above right), a former retreat director at the Dominican Retreat House in Elkins Park and a former Director of Finance for the Dominican Sisters in Elkins Park, respectively, were honored as Diamond Jubilarians by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for their 70th years of religious life, Catholic Philly reported.
Quest closing Pennsylvania lab, laying off 121 people
Quest Diagnostics is closing a lab in Pennsylvania and laying off 121 employees at the site, the company said in a recent Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter filed with the state. The Norristown lab performs workforce drug testing on urine specimens. Quest is consolidating its capabilities at a facility...
Manufactured homeowners still protesting rent gouging
(The Center Square) – Manufactured home communities offer affordable housing options for people on fixed incomes, but in Pennsylvania, homeowners say “predatory” lot rent increases threaten their way of life. Two bills that could resolve the issue have lawmakers at odds and expressing skepticism about their prospects. Manufactured homes are constructed in factories and assembled on-site. Residents typically own the home, but not always the land on which it sits....
Countdown to Penn State Kickoff: 43 days until Nittany Lions football
Penn State has high expectations for the 2024 college football season following another 10-win regular season campaign last fall. The Nittany Lions are projected as a fringe top-10 team in early national preseason rankings, with Big Ten championship aspirations and a debut College Football Playoff appearance in focus. PSU opens...
No, a tornado did not touch down in York County. Here's what caused the damage Tuesday.
A series of downbursts caused damage during the storms on Tuesday evening in York County, and some residents and businesses remain without power on Thursday morning. The York County Emergency Management Agency posted a statement that the National Weather Service issued about the storms, which toppled trees and power lines and even spun a Central York High School football goal post 45- to 90 degrees. ...
PODCAST: Inside the Penn State football summer experience, from recruiting visits to players' preseason prep
As evidenced by recent developments, summer months don't exactly represent a span of rest and relaxation for the Penn State football program. From evolving recruiting efforts to preparation for preseason camp, we peel back the curtain a bit on PSU's summer experience throughout this episode of the Lions247 Podcast. Joined...
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