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Toxic chemicals from Ohio train derailment lingered in buildings for months
On Feb. 3, 2023, a train carrying chemicals jumped the tracks in East Palestine, Ohio, rupturing railcars filled with hazardous materials and fueling chemical fires at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The disaster drew global attention as the governors of Ohio and Pennsylvania urged evacuations for a mile around the site. Flames and smoke […]
Crime, economy major concerns for Pennsylvania small-business owner | NewsNation Live
(NewsNation) — Polling averages from The Hill and Decision Desk HQ show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in a dead heat in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. Rich Cupka, owner of Cupka’s Cafe 2, says he is concerned about what the economy would look like under a Harris administration.
Walz traveling to Pennsylvania for first campaign events after VP debate
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is traveling to Pennsylvania for a series of bus tour campaign events Wednesday, fresh off his first and only scheduled vice presidential debate with JD Vance.Walz is slated to land in Harrisburg in the afternoon before traveling to York for a Harris-Walz rally with Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman. After joining another campaign event in York County, he'll continue on to Reading to meet with Latino leaders, according to the Harris campaign.The governor most recently visited Pennsylvania in September, where he spoke at a campaign rally in Allentown. Since formally being named Vice...
Emergency number for the Pennsylvania Turnpike back online
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (WHTM) — The emergency number for motorists traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is back online following a temporary shutdown Tuesday night. Turnpike officials said that the *11 emergency phone number was down across Pennsylvania. Drivers can once again call the *11 emergency phone number. Currently, it is unclear what caused the number to […]
All-Sports Museum Director Feels ‘Responsibility’ Toward Student-Athletes
This story originally appeared in the September 2024 issue of Town&Gown magazine As a Blue Band alum, Lew Lazarow describes his time at Penn State as “athlete-adjacent.” “I joined the Blue Band my very first semester [in 1989] and, obviously, that's a pretty good introduction to the Penn State way of life and football and what it means to be here,” says Lazarow, who played the mellophone with the band. After more than two decades as an educator in New Jersey, Lazarow marvels at the thought that he’s now in charge of the place that honors the university’s athletic heritage, the Penn State...
Penn State Freshman Tracker: Luke Reynolds logs another start, Cooper Cousins steps up late
Following a non-conference finale in which 11 freshmen made their college debut, Penn State went back to the basics for its Big Ten opener. Only three first-year Nittany Lions experienced action last Saturday during a 21-7 win over Illinois, and it was each of the 2024 recruits who'd already warranted "green light" designation.
Pennsylvania college students still awaiting long-delayed financial aid; PHEAA gives new projection
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — September has come and gone — and thus, too, has the timeframe when the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, or PHEAA, hoped Pennsylvania college and other postsecondary students would find out how much government grant money they’re getting for the current school year. “It is not here yet, unfortunately,” said Anthony […]
Nuclear growing, but power demand still a problem
(The Center Square) — The growth of data centers has been good news for nuclear power in Pennsylvania. But meeting growing demand in the future could be a struggle for the electric grid. Local political support stood behind reviving Three Mile Island in the commonwealth and Constellation Energy announced a deal in late September to bring it out of retirement and supply power for a Microsoft data center, keeping the plant running through 2054. ...
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