Pennsylvania category, Page 97
Pa. Department of Agriculture confirms state’s 1st case of avian flu in domestic poultry in Lancaster County
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture on Saturday confirmed the state’s first case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in domestic poultry, saying it was found in a flock of commercial layer chickens on a Lancaster County poultry farm. The state said there is no risk to the human population —...
Pennsylvania confirms 1st case of avian influenza
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture confirmed on Saturday the state’s first positive case of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in domestic poultry. Positive samples were detected in a flock of commercial layer chickens at an East Donegal Township, Lancaster County poultry farm, the department said. The farm and commercial poultry...
Pa. trooper hit, 2 troopers fire after 2 SUVs flee traffic stop
State troopers opened fire and gave chase to two fleeing vehicles after one trooper was struck during a traffic stop on an interstate in Pennsylvania, police said. Troopers tried to stop two sport utility vehicles, one black and one white, in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 76 in Elizabeth Township...
Pa. unemployment rate falls in March, 23rd straight month without an increase
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate has fallen again. The state Department of Labor and Industry’s monthly report for March, released Friday, shows the unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percentage point, declining to 3.6%. In addition, the commonwealth’s unemployment rate for March 2022 was 2.2 percentage points below its March 2021 level....
Philly’s gun violence surges, with at least 24 people shot in 24 hours, police say
PHILADELPHIA — At least 24 people were shot, five fatally, during a brutal 24-hour stretch in Philadelphia on Thursday and Friday, according to police, a grim continuation of the city’s sustained surge in gunfire. The shootings happened in neighborhoods across the city and at all hours of the day, police...
Pa. House passes bill to bring back whole milk to school lunches
On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania state House nearly unanimously passed a bill that would return whole milk to schools in the state. If enacted into law, the Whole Milk in Pennsylvania Schools Act would permit schools to serve whole milk and reduced-fat milk, aka 2% milk, to students. Currently, schools are...
State Agriculture Department orders temporary ban on poultry, egg exhibitions at local fairs
A recent nationwide outbreak of avian influenza has led the state Department of Agriculture to temporarily ban the presence and display of poultry and eggs at county and local fairs in Pennsylvania. The ban takes effect April 16 and will last for 60 days or until the department lifts the...
Pa. primary election 2022: See how much money the GOP candidates for governor have raised
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — With just over a month to go until the May primary election of 2022, the nine candidates vying for...
Pa. board passes 4th year of state universities’ tuition freeze
HARRISBURG — Students at Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities won’t see tuition increase next year under a unanimous vote Thursday by the the system’s board. The State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors passed what will be the fourth year of flat tuition, as the struggling system hopes the Legislature will...
Pennsylvania Senate votes to end drop boxes, outside money for elections
HARRISBURG — Drop boxes for depositing mail-in and absentee ballots would be banned and donations to run elections would no longer be permitted from groups outside government under bills approved Wednesday by the Pennsylvania Senate. Senators voted 37-12, a potentially veto-proof margin, to prohibit the types of grants issued during...
Pa. Supreme Court to consider jurisdiction question in second-degree murder lawsuit
Attorneys representing people convicted of second-degree murder in Pennsylvania believe that the mandatory penalty of life in prison without the possibility of parole is unconstitutional. But before the attorneys can begin arguing why they think that penalty is cruel and unusual punishment, given that their clients did not actually kill...
Jake Corman is staying in the Republican race for Pennsylvania governor after moving to drop out
Pennsylvania state Senate leader Jake Corman was dropping out of the Republican primary for governor. Then he changed his mind. Shortly after filing a petition in state court Tuesday to remove his name from the ballot for the primary election on May 17, Corman released a statement saying he wasn’t...
More deer in Pa. with deadly chronic wasting disease lead to expanded state reaction
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has created a seventh Chronic Wasting Disease Management Area expanded two existing DMAs in response to recent discoveries of CWD-positive deer in new parts of the state. The new DMA 7 is a response to a CWD-positive deer in a captive facility in Lycoming County. At...
Police: 5 children killed, 2 adults injured in Pennsylvania fire
GENESEE — An early morning fire that ripped through a northern Pennsylvania home killed five children and severely injured two adults, authorities said. Fire crews responding to the 3:30 a.m. Monday alarm on Slingerland Road in Genesee Township found the residence engulfed in flames, state police in Potter County said....
Trump weighs in on Pa. governor’s race, naming candidate he’s not endorsing
Former President Donald Trump weighed in on Pennsylvania’s governor’s race Tuesday indicating which of the nine Republican candidates he will not be endorsing. “One person in Pennsylvania who I will not be endorsing is Bill McSwain for governor,” Trump said in a statement. “He was the U.S. attorney who did...
Bill proposal would allow medical marijuana edibles in Pa. dispensaries
Pennsylvania medical cannabis patients currently have access to tinctures, pills, oils, topicals, and dry leaf to vaporize. A new bill will soon be introduced by state Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, to possibly expand those options and allow patients to purchase medical cannabis edibles. Launglin said that 25 other states already...
‘American Pickers’ returning to Pennsylvania for new episodes
The popular television reality series “American Pickers” wants you. And your antiques. The History Channel’s hit series is returning to Pennsylvania in June to record new episodes and its staff is putting out the word that it’s in search of unique collections of relics. “American Pickers” is a documentary series...
Pennsylvania toddler swept over North Carolina waterfall
SYLVA, N.C. — A 3-year-old Pennsylvania girl was killed after she was swept over Whitewater Falls in North Carolina, a sheriff’s office said. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Nevaeh Jade Newswanger of Denver, Lancaster County, had been visiting the waterfall with family, who are...
Philadelphia to restore indoor mask mandate amid case surge
Philadelphia became the first major U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate on Monday after reporting a sharp increase in coronavirus infections, with the city’s top health official saying she wanted to forestall a potential new wave driven by an omicron subvariant. Confirmed covid-19 cases have risen more than...
Kenyatta criticizes Fetterman over 2013 Black jogger incident in virtual Senate forum
State representative and U.S. Senate candidate Malcolm Kenyatta called out challenger Lt. Gov. John Fetterman this past weekend over a 2013 incident in which Fetterman, shotgun in hand, confronted a Black jogger he suspected of being involved in nearby gunfire. Kenyatta’s criticism occurred during a virtual forum held by statewide...
Goose flies into motorcyclist’s head, killing rider in Pa. crash, police say
Police in Bucks County said a deadly crash was caused by a goose flying into the head of a motorcyclist on Friday morning. According to a report by police, a motorcyclist was riding a 2013 Harley-Davidson in the Southeastern Pennsylvania county about 9:55 a.m. Friday when a goose flew out...
Metal detectors planned after Erie school shooting hurt 1
ERIE — Metal detectors will be installed at schools in the northwestern Pennsylvania district in which a student was injured in a shooting, school authorities said. Erie’s Public Schools announced last week that planned changes to safety and security protocols will include “the installation of fully functioning metal detectors.” The...
DA confirms suspect fatally shot Pa. officer before being killed
LEBANON — A man who broke into his stepfather’s house opened fire on responding police officers, killing a lieutenant one month away from retirement and wounding two other officers, a prosecutor said Thursday, releasing details of last week’s gunfight that also killed the suspect. Lebanon City Police Lt. William Lebo,...
Juvenile suspect sought in Erie school shooting turns self in
ERIE — A juvenile suspect being sought in a shooting that injured another student inside a northwestern Pennsylvania high school has turned himself in to police, authorities said. “Earlier today, the suspect in yesterday’s school shooting turned himself in to the Erie police department,” Erie city officials said in a...
Pennsylvania State Police settle profiling, immigration suit
Pennsylvania State Police settled a federal lawsuit alleging troopers routinely and improperly tried to enforce federal immigration law by pulling over Hispanic motorists on the basis of how they looked and detaining those suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, officials announced Wednesday. The settlement pays a total of $865,000...
