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Kickoff central: All the 2024 high school football preseason content in one spot
High school football season has arrived in Pennsylvania. Before the games start, gorge on gridiron information from across the entire region via the links below. Allen | Allentown Central Catholic | Bethlehem Catholic | Dieruff | Easton | East Stroudsburg North | East Stroudsburg South | Emmaus | Freedom | Liberty | Nazareth | Northampton | Parkland | Pleasant Valley | Pocono Mountain East | Pocono Mountain West | Stroudsburg | Whitehall.
DUI checkpoints set in Pennsylvania
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — State police announced DUI checkpoints will be placed across various roadways in Pennsylvania. According to Pennsylvania State Police, sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols aim to deter drinking and driving. Police say they are operating with a “zero-tolerance enforcement policy.” Police say checkpoints and roving patrols will be placed starting at the end of […]
Team USA selects its flag bearers for Paralympic Games in Paris
Two former gold medalists will carry the United States flag at the Paralympics opening ceremony next week.Steve Serio, who helped the U.S.'s wheelchair basketball team to gold medals in the last two Paralympic Games, and Nicky Nieves, who helped Team USA win its first gold in sitting volleyball in 2016, were selected. The American Olympic and Paralympic Committee made the announcement Friday."I'm overwhelmed and honored," Serio said. "I never thought this would be something that I'd get to experience in my career. I want to say thank you to all the Team USA athletes."A five-time world champion, Serio is co-captain of the 2024 basketball team team along with Trevon Jenifer."Being the flagbearer for Team USA means that all of my hard work was not in vain," Nieves said. "I get to represent the country that made me who I am, with the best-of-the-best U.S. athletes by my side."The opening ceremony for the Paris Paralympics will be held across Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elyssés on Wednesday.The flagbearers were chosen by votes from fellow American Paralympic athletes. The American contingent is made up of 225 athletes and guides.
Longtime Judge Rambo To Retire
Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, a longstanding federal judge who has served Central Pennsylvania for 45 years, has announced her retirement effective August 30th. Rambo, who was nominated by then-President Jimmy Carter in 1979, has had a distinguished career in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Her tenure in the Midstate extends decades prior to her federal appointment.
‘Endangered’ bird successfully nests in Pennsylvania for the first time in 60 years
PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — The common tern is an endangered and protected species in Pennsylvania after human interference chased the birds off, but now there is some exciting news when it comes to those birds and the Commonwealth. Though they were never seen across the state the birds used to nest at Presque Isle State Park […]
Florida Little Leaguer has ties to Northeastern Pennsylvania
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — "I just came to watch him play; it's been an incredible run. We started in January with Lake Mary Little League, and this is the culmination of all that hard work from the summer," Michael Bolsar, Luis' Grandfather. Michael Bolsar grew up in the Peckville...
Fight involving a gun erupts in church parking lot after funeral of 13-year-old cheerleader
Police arrested two male juveniles Friday amid a melee that broke out in a church parking lot after the funeral of a 13-year-old girl who was killed in a homicide. The fight occurred around 1 p.m. as hundreds of people were exiting the Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church at 212 N Progress Ave. in Susquehanna Township. Pallbearers had just finished loading Na’Ryah Wright’s casket inside a horse-drawn carriage when people started screaming and yelling across the parking lot.
Playground Perfection: Hoberman Park Officially Open for Play After Rainy Setbacks
LOCK HAVEN— The City of Lock Haven is thrilled to announce that the eagerly anticipated Hoberman Park Playground on Prospect Street is now officially open for play. Following a weekend of final surfacing and soil work completed by the city’s Department of Public Works, the playground is officially open and ready for families and children to enjoy.
Fidelity's move to Courthouse Square stalled by rising project costs
SCRANTON — More than two years after Fidelity Bank officials announced plans to relocate the company's headquarters to Courthouse Square, the project remains paused. The Dunmore-based bank purchased the eight-story Scranton Electric Building on Linden Street for $2.6 million and started demolition work; however, the cost of the project nearly doubled from $13 million, pre-COVID, to $25.8 million, bringing work to a halt, said Dan Santaniello, Fidelity's president and CEO.
Library grant funds set to boost Barbours Link Library
Williamsport, Pa. — Thanks to new grant funding, the James V. Brown Library's link library is getting some upgrades. The library recently earned $4,500 in grant funding from the Plunketts Creek Township Foundation Fund at the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania. The funds will be used to enhance the Barbours Link Library and purchase new computers for staff and public use. Funding also will support the purchase of new...
Banks, Warriors Capitalize Off Turnovers And Strong Run Game To Beat Wellsboro, 47-7
For the second year in a row Montoursville and running back Christian Banks ran all over Wellsboro. Last year the Warriors shut out the Hornets 49-0. This year they won 47-7, thanks to five Wellsboro turnovers in the first half and 126 yards on the ground from Banks. After an...
PA Cyber Charter advisors, counselors authorize strike
(WTAJ) — Advisors and counselors employed by PA Cyber Charter have authorized a strike after contract negotiations between them and the school have failed for over two years. Following 750 days of bargaining, with a state mediator present for some sessions, members of the PA Cyber Academic Advisors and School Counselors Education Association (PACAASCEA), representing […]
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