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Three West Virginia men facing drug-related charges
ALLEGHANY COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — The Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office of Virginia reports three men from West Virginia were arrested as a part of a drug bust on Saturday, July 13. According to the sheriff, during an investigation, the Alleghany Highlands Drug Task Force allegedly witnessed a hand-to-hand drug purchase. Members of the task force […]
Drivers to get huge $6,700 one-time payment from $50 million settlement if they had cars repaired – see who qualifies
CHEVY and GM diesel owners equipped with a large displacement V8 and a specific fuel pump could be seeing a substantial payday. The settlement covers drivers in seven states, with some being paid up to $12,700. Chevrolet and GMC, both brands under General Motors, have reached a preliminary settlement for...
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....
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