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Pitt HC Pat Narduzzi Among Betting Favorites for First Coach Fired in 2024
Pat Narduzzi is coming off the worst season of his nine years in Pittsburgh, which is also the worst season in Pittsburgh over the last quarter century, and his national perception isn’t great. According to BetOnline, Narduzzi is one of the top candidates to be fired first in the...
6 anglers found guilty of netting 74 steelhead, public easement approved for Crooked Creek
Three anglers have lost their fishing privileges for five years and three others may lose theirs as well for an October incident involving 74 steelhead and more than $5,500 in fines in Erie County. The revocations were discussed Monday during the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s Law Enforcement Committee meeting. It was held just before the agency's full board meeting where the revocations were approved, pending final appeals. ...
Jefferson Health earns Stroke GoldPlus award for care
Jefferson Health, a top health system with hospitals in South Jersey and Pennsylvania, has received the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines Stroke GoldPlus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines. Jefferson Cherry Hill...
CAWTILE continues fight against wind turbines in Great Lakes with public event
Are wind turbines in Lake Erie an environmental disaster waiting to happen? More people in Erie and Chautauqua counties are beginning to ask this question after a wind turbine failure in Nantucket littered surrounding beaches. More from WBEN:
Community members raise concerns at Penn Highlands Board of Directors meeting
ELK COUNTY (WTAJ) – The annual board of directors meeting for Penn Highlands Elk was met with concerns by the public. The meeting, which was held on July 24, was open to the public. One of the communities main corners was the decision to stop offering maternity services in the St. Marys location. “On February […]
Victim in fatal Greene Township fire identified
Erie, Pa. (WJET/WFXP) — Pennsylvania State Police have identified the man who was found dead in a residence after a fire in Greene Township. The victim has been identified as 40-year-old Kevin Rouse. The structure fire was reported just before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, in the 4200 block of Steger Road. Responding firefighters […]
Nearly 36 years to the day, a jury finds Jeremy Brock guilty of the murder of his grandmother
On July 23, 1988, Helen Vogt was found beaten and stabbed 50 times inside her home on Zimmerman Road. After spending decades as a cold case, DNA evidence led to the arrest of Vogt’s grandson, Jeremy Brock, two years ago in Austin, TX. On Wednesday, a jury found Brock...
PennDOT Alerts Motorists to Traffic Shift Planned for Eastbound Lane of Bayfront Parkway in City of Erie
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is alerting drivers to a changing traffic pattern for eastbound traffic on the Bayfront Parkway in the City of Erie. The shift will begin on Tuesday, July 30. Barriers will be placed between the two directions of traffic from State Street and Holland Street...
Three PA natives set to make 2024 Olympic debut in rowing on Saturday
PARIS, IDF — With rowing competitions set to begin this Saturday morning at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, three members of the team are Pennsylvania natives. The list includes Justin Best, Michael Grady and Nick Mead. Best is an American rower from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. He competed in the...
'It's just going to keep going up': Spikes in voter registration being seen locally, across the country
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - It may only be July, but the folks at the Lehigh County Elections office are busy. "Three months in advance of the November election we are at 28,000 requests," said Chief Clerk Tim Benyo. "It's just going to keep going up." Benyo says he anticipates around 100,000...
Changes to vehicle window tinting in Pennsylvania could be coming
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — Changes could be coming for vehicle window tinting in Pennsylvania, including making it part of your yearly state inspection. Senator Jimmy Dillon (D-Philadelphia) plans to introduce legislation to combat vehicle window tint that is too dark and blocks too much light. Currently, in Pennsylvania, Visible Light Transmission (VLT) needs to be […]
Open Road Tolls Coming to Pennsylvania Turnpike in January
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Construction Engineer Alan Williamson, left, explains how the new toll gantries will work along the turnpike. Those familiar toll booths on the Pennsylvania Turnpike are going away and that means drivers will be able to pay tolls without slowing down or hitting backed up traffic at toll plazas, writes Evan Jones for The Morning Call.
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