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No singing in the bathtub? A look at Pennsylvania’s weirdest laws
This article was reprinted from The Keystone While every state has some laws that residents feel are useless or just plain silly, here in Pennsylvania, we have some very random and obscure regulations that leave us wondering why they were instituted in the first place. One of these laws made the news last year, after Hanover police visited a local business billing itself as a “witchery and apothecary,” to inform...
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Pennsylvania Sunday night
On Sunday at 9:35 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 10 p.m. for Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe and Northampton counties. Preparing for impending lightning strikes: Expert safety recommendations. Each year, lightning strikes the United States approximately 25 million times, with the majority...
Brentwood hopes to compete for playoff spot in coach’s 2nd season
It was a somewhat inauspicious debut for Brentwood coach Nick Caponi. His Spartans football team didn’t win its first game last year until mid-October and finished 2-8 overall. “Our motto this year is ‘Win in the Dark.’ It’s something our defensive coordinator, Jake Thomas, brought up at a staff...
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...
Pa. manager got what he wanted, an extra game in the Little League World Series
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — ”Make sure you get me the extra game” is the message the manager of the Pennsylvania team in the Little League World Series had for his players before Sunday’s game. The kids from Council Rock Newtown did what Brad Hamilton asked by eliminating...
Pennsylvania liquor license auction underway
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — Pennsylvania is holding its 13th liquor license auction since 2016 and all bids are due in October. The auction will use a sealed bid process and all bids for the restaurant license auction will be due by noon Tuesday, Oct. 1. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board said bids will be opened […]
Flash flood, flood warnings issued in PA
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — The National Weather Service (NWS) announced Sunday multiple counties are under multiple weather warnings. The NWS announced a flood warning was issued for the Lackawanna River near Archbald Sunday evening. Gauge reports indicate the Lackawanna River is anticipated to crest between eight to nine feet, according to the NWS, and that […]
Trump continues personal attacks against Harris: ‘I’m a better looking person’
Former President Trump campaigned in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Saturday and went after Vice President Harris’s physical appearance as his Republican allies have pushed him to instead focus on the policy differences with his political opponent. “I am much better looking than her,” Trump told supporters at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. “I’m…
Pennsylvania man convicted in 1996 murder-for-hire has died, officials announced
HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Pennsylvania man who was convicted of first-degree murder was found unresponsive in his SCI Huntingdon cell Friday. Trazis Durham, 44, was pronounced dead after he was rushed from SCI Huntingdon to Penn Highlands Friday, Aug. 16 at 1:37 p.m., superintendent John Rivello announced. Rivello added that Durham has been […]
Who are the 2024 boys and girls preseason cross country players of the year
With the WPIAL cross country season quickly approaching, it is time to select the 2024 boys and girls cross country Beaver County Times preseason player of the year. Cast your vote by Thursday, Aug. 22 at 5 p.m. Results of the preseason player of the year poll will be revealed shortly after...
Greensburg Central Catholic primed to follow Samir Crosby’s lead
Reaching the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class A playoffs was a highlight for Greensburg Central Catholic coach JT Thompson in his first season. The experience his team gained from a first-round win over West Greene and a loss to South Side could yield benefits this fall. GCC had not made...
Signature problems sink Pittsburgh referendum question on doing business with Israel
A proposed ballot question by a pro-Palestinian group that sought to stop the City of Pittsburgh from doing business with companies that have ties to Israel will not move forward. The issue was scheduled for a hearing Monday morning in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. But according to an order...
New novel explores the life of Effa Manley, the first female Negro Leagues team owner
Effa Manley (1897-1981) was the first female Negro Leagues team owner, the only woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and a civil rights activist. Alderson recently talked about her latest work in an MSR phone interview. Manley posthumously became the first and still the only woman inducted into...
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