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FOX43.com
April 27, 2018
MANHEIM, Lancaster County — The winner of the $456.7 million jackpot-winning Powerball ticket sold at a Lancaster County gas station has stepped forward, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. The claimant, Emerald Legacy Trust, opted to take the cash prize of $273,959,698, less the 24 percentÃâà...
Lebanon Daily News
April 27, 2018
The county will combine its voting power in one Congressional district this fall after years of being split by the Congressional map recently struck down as unconstitutional by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. And it was in Lebanon County that actions by Lieutenant Governor Mike Stack left others smellingÃâà...
Bucks County Courier Times
April 27, 2018
The amendment would require health care workers report Pennsylvania children under age 1 identified as being affected by prenatal substance use or withdrawal symptoms and specify that the notification is “not deemed child abuse.” The proposed change removes county child welfare agencies as theÃâà...
Lancaster Farming
April 27, 2018
About 20 percent of Pennsylvania's spring tillage had been completed by Monday, compared with 60 percent at that time last year, according to USDA. Gordon England, a dairy farmer from Williamsburg, Blair County, would normally be done with alfalfa and planting corn by now. Instead, he just startedÃâà...
Business Facilities Magazine
April 27, 2018
IRIS USA will invest at least $83.6 million to expand its operations into Pennsylvania and establish a manufacturing and distribution facility in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, creating 95 new jobs over the next three years. In response to strong growth in customer demand, especially in the area ofÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 27, 2018
Bill Cosby must remain in his suburban Philadelphia home until the comedian is sentenced on sexual assault charges, a judge ordered on Friday. Cosby must also wear a GPS monitoring device under the order, issued by Judge Steven O'Neill of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas.
WTAJ
April 27, 2018
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - A Centre County teacher is nominated for one of the highest honors in Pennsylvania. “Energetic”, “personable” and “smiling” were all words student used to describe Myken Poorman, and they say that's what makes them look forward to going to class every day. "All of her classes are soÃâà...
Area Development Online
April 26, 2018
“IRIS USA, Inc. is very excited to be partnering with CAN DO, Inc. and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as we embark on our company's East Coast expansion plans,” said Doc Takahashi, president of IRIS. “Everyone in Luzerne County and on the Governor's Action Team has gone out of their way to beÃâà...
LancasterOnline
April 26, 2018
Two people from Lancaster County face welfare fraud charges from the Pennsylvania state inspector in the first quarter of 2018. The Office of State Inspector General filed charges against 183 people betwen Jan. 1 and March 31, according to a news release. Restitution owed in the cases totals $626,645.90Ãâà...
The Daily Pennsylvanian
April 2, 2018
Philadelphia is the least healthy county in Pennsylvania, according to a recent ranking compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The rankings analyze lifespan and quality of life, reported CBS Philly, and take poverty, crime, access toÃâà...
Virginian-Pilot
April 1, 2018
During the 2016 presidential election, Russian hackers targeted election systems in Pennsylvania and 20 other states, according to U.S. intelligence officials. Those officials fear that, during the 2018 midterms, hackers may target state voter registration databases, county websites and official social mediaÃâà...
Montgomery Newspapers
April 1, 2018
4 agent in Pennsylvania overall and the No. 1 agent in the suburbs, which includes Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware counties. Herling is a member of the Home Builders Association of Chester and Delaware Counties, as well as the Home Builders Association of Bucks and Montgomery Counties.
Bucks County Courier Times
April 1, 2018
After a 19-month-old girl died last year in the care of a Bucks County babysitter who strapped her in a car seat for a nap, local child abuse professionals dug into what went wrong and how similar tragedies could be prevented. Their recommendation -- better car seat education for parents. Pennsylvania'sÃâà...
LancasterOnline
March 31, 2018
Young girls have been sold by their father to visiting hunters for sex in exchange for money to buy Christmas presents in Bradford County. ... Pennsylvania has staggered on the list of cases of human trafficking each year, being named the 11th highest state for trafficking in 2013, 16th highest in 2015, andÃâà...
witf.org
March 30, 2018
Transource has proposed erecting 13-story-tall monopoles for a 29-mile line through Franklin County and a 16-mile line in southern York County. Residents in both counties have organized to oppose the project, known as the Independent Energy Connection. About 60 have refused to allow TransourceÃâà...
Allentown Morning Call
March 30, 2018
Charlie Dent in the district, which now includes all of Lehigh and Northampton counties and part of southern Monroe County under new congressional boundaries drawn by the state Supreme Court. Pennsylvania AFL-CIO president Rick Bloomingdale said areas of the state where the union has a denseÃâà...
New York Times
March 30, 2018
One thing has become clear about the midterm elections, which will determine the political script for the rest of President Trump's term: Pennsylvania is .... A fifth seat in the Philadelphia suburbs, based in Bucks County, is held by Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican whose new district votedÃâà...
PennLive.com
March 30, 2018
Pennsylvania's 2018 Trail of the Year, as designated by the Pennsylvania Trails Advisory Committee, is Forbidden Drive in Wissahickon Valley Park. A National ... Cumberland County's Mount Holly Marsh Preserve, at Mount Holly Springs, is 913 acres along the rocky slopes of South Mountain. It offers trailsÃâà...
PennLive.com
March 30, 2018
According to new data from the Pennsylvania State Data Center, despite there being slower population growth overall between 2010 and 2017, the counties in this area of the state have seen considerable growth. At the top? Cumberland County with a 6.2 percent population growth in the past seven years.
The Pew Charitable Trusts (blog)
March 29, 2018
It's only “a drop in the bucket of what is really needed,” said Jeff Greenburg, the director of elections in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is one of 41 states where some counties and cities use election equipment that is more than a decade old, according to the New York University School ofÃâà...
Herald-Mail Media
March 29, 2018
The 2018 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Transportation Outreach meeting for Fulton County will be held on Wednesday, April 4, at 1:30 ... an overview of PennDOT's highway and bridge projects planned for the county in 2018 as well as a chance to discuss county maintenance operations.
U.S. News & World Report
March 29, 2018
Commissioners of a western Pennsylvania county are asking state lawmakers to oust a sheriff accused of directing on-duty officers to seek and collect political ... The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Westmoreland County commissioners asked a dozen lawmakers Wednesday to begin impeachmentÃâà...
6abc.com
March 29, 2018
... Lehigh County coroner was on the scene. But police have not released details on if there was a fatality. State police are expected to hold a press conference on the incident later Thursday. ------ Send a News Tip to Action News Ãâ÷ Learn More About 6abc Apps Ãâ÷ Report a Typo. Related Topics: pennsylvaniaÃâà...
FOX43.com
March 29, 2018
CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. - One County in Central Pennsylvania is named the fastest growing county in the state. According to the Pennsylvania State Data Center, Cumberland County saw an increase of 14,659 people since the 2010 census, a 6.2 percent increase in population.
Government Technology
March 15, 2018
(TNS) — Allegheny County elections officials countered reports Wednesday of alleged irregularities in the 18th Congressional District special election held the day before — including the claim that voting machines at several polling places had technical glitches that supposedly switched some voters'Ãâà...
