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2024 HSSN football position-by-position breakdown: Scouting the tight ends
Aug. 16—TribLive HSSN will break down the top players at one position per day until Week Zero. Here is a look at the top tight ends for the 2024 season. 1. Brady O'Hara North Catholic Senior, 6-6, 250 O'Hara took a pass 75 yards for a touchdown in North Catholic's season opener a year ago. Three weeks later, he did it again, scoring another 75-yard touchdown. The Penn State commit is built ...
7 Delco School Districts to Receive Extra Funds from State Due to High Tax Burdens
Seven Delaware County school districts, including Upper Darby School District, are among the fifty across the state that will receive extra money from the state to lower the tax burden for local residents. Fifty school districts across Pennsylvania, including seven in Delaware County, with serious property tax burdens will get...
Pa. moved toward student cellphone bans this year. Here's what to know as classes resume
Clarification: Council Rock School Board Vice President Ed Tate III's explanation of the district's phone use guidance has been updated at his request. At Somerset Area School District, students are told to keep their cellphones out of their hands, at least during class instruction. ...
Scott named associate director of Institute of Energy and the Environment
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Christopher Scott has been named an associate director of the Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE) at Penn State. Scott is a professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management and the Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation with more than three decades’ experience in international and domestic water, food and energy policy.
Government Aid for Expensive Losses Far Off in Flood Torn Communities
A woman in Knoxville, Pennsylvania pointed at the side of the house where she lived. “It bent my foundation in; the force of the water was that strong." In her basement, a furnace was flooded. While August days are warm, cold nights come quick in the northern tier. Across the...
$7.1M investment made in Pennsylvania for EV stations to include a Pizza Hut along the Turnpike
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — Another round of investments is being made by the Shapiro administration to bring more EV stations to businesses including a Pizza Hut right off the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The $7.1 million comes is part of Round 1B of federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funding. The Shapiro administration said it represents their […]
WHYY News wins national Edward R. Murrow Award for 2023 election coverage
WHYY News was awarded a national Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) for its coverage of the 2023 elections in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The RTDNA awarded the news organization the “Excellence in Innovation” award in its Large Market Radio category Thursday for its...
Harris, Trump campaigns ramp up ground game in Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA – The push for Pennsylvania is in full swing and won't be coming to an end anytime soon. With just 82 days until Election Day, surrogates for the Harris-Walz campaign were in Brewerytown Thursday trying to keep the momentum going."We've got work to do. We've got to knock on doors. We've got to bring people out," State Sen. Sharif Street said.Democrats in the state are trying to capitalize on energy they say they've seen since Vice President Kamala Harris took over the top of the party's ticket. The Harris campaign said in a media release on Thursday it's seen...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court taking up case which could help free prisoners convicted of murder
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will soon consider whether to ban the sentence of life without parole for criminals who were convicted of murder but did not directly take a life. Under Pennsylvania law, a person involved in a deadly crime can be charged with murder if someone is killed, even if […]
NEW LIST: Which NJ & PA Big Lots Stores Are Closing Permanently?
I filled you in a few weeks ago that a beloved retailer was in financial trouble. Big Lots, a discount chain, with over 1,000 locations across America has fallen on tough times because of what the company is calling, "elevated inflation." Not as many Americans are shopping because paychecks aren't...
Workplace bullying isn’t illegal in PA, lawmakers aim to change that
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) – Workplace bullying and psychological abuse are not illegal in Pennsylvania, but lawmakers raised the issue during a policy committee hearing Wednesday. House Majority Policy Committee members heard from advocates, survivors and attorneys about concerns of a public health threat and the need to protect Pennsylvania’s workers from what researchers call a […]
Warning issued about state rules and broadband costs
(The Center Square) — As plans for an infusion of federal money to expand broadband in Pennsylvania continue, a telecom trade group warns of state rules that could handicap that very expansion. As the Broadband Communications Association of Pennsylvania sees it, the state’s insistence on classifying workers as linemen, which drives up the price of the required wage, will hold the state back when federal funding rolls out over the next few years. ...
Seco/Warwick Group to expand Pennsylvania facilities
The Seco/Warwick Group, parent company of Seco/Vacuum and Seco/Warwick USA, has committed to expanding its manufacturing capacity in Pennsylvania by relocating a portion of its manufacturing and a metallurgical lab for vacuum furnaces from its headquarters site in Poland to Meadville. The 120,000-sq.-ft. facility expansion will provide the company with...
Pennsylvania’s budget invested millions in public safety. Here’s how it will help the Lehigh Valley, advocates say
Pennsylvania has invested millions in public safety, and some of it will come to the Lehigh Valley, advocates said at a roundtable Thursday. Sen. Nick Miller, D-Lehigh, who hosted the roundtable at the Boys and Girls Club in Allentown to discuss public safety investments, said the event would gather “feedback” on the state of public safety in the Lehigh Valley. Panelists, which included police chiefs and local nonprofit leaders, identified several key major public safety issues they see in the area, including violence, hate crimes, and public nuisance issues like litter and excess noise. Advocates stressed that police work and community work go hand in hand — police can respond to the crime and assist the community, but help from local nonprofits is key, too.
Pennsylvania Attorney General joins multistate effort to support gun sale regulations
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in support of state and federal regulations that govern gun sales, arguing that these laws are critical for public safety. The coalition, led by New York, filed an amicus brief Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
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