By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – A new report says farming has an important role to play in fighting climate change. The Climate Change and Land Use report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says rising temperatures and severe weather are putting pressure on land, and methods of land use – including agriculture – can help […]
Parkesburg Borough Police Department announced that it will be participating in the “National Night Out”. National Night Out is a community-police awareness-raising event in the United States. The event has been held annually since 1984, and is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch in the United States and Canada. National Night Out began […]
The following images are of surveyed storm damage this afternoon / early evening along a route starting at PA 896 at Belmont Road, north to PA 741, west to Kenegy Hill Road, south to PA 896. Some additional photos from Bart and Eden Townships are also included. PA741 EB SIDE FURNACE RD, BART TWP 1.25 […]
BY: STAFF According to Parkesburg Borough Police Department, “Police were called to a dog attack incident Wednesday afternoon, July 24th, along the 300 block of Strasburg Avenue. Two family members (an 82 year old female and a 26 year old male) sustained serious injuries that include bites, cuts and a compound fractured arm. The family […]
Members of our community are encouraged to participate in helping us to clean up roads across Lancaster County and Chester County, PA. Our fist clean up is in Gap, PA along the Lincoln Highway. WLRI will start at the Gap Bypass (U.S. 30 @ PA 41) and work east to the Chester County line (Swan […]
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING… The National Weather Service in State College has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. * AFFECTED AREA… Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin- Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Tioga-Northern Lycoming- Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour- Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon- Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- Fire Weather Zones 004, 005, 006, […]
By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – A settlement between the U.S. Justice Department and Pennsylvania’s Department of Education will mean significant changes in the state’s disciplinary education programs. The Education Law Center filed a complaint in 2013 about what it alleged were discriminatory practices at more than 700 Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth, or AEDY, programs in the state. […]
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced that there had been new developments along Sunoco’s Mariner East pipelines in Chester County, Pennsylvania over the weekend. On Sunday, January 20, a new sinkhole opened up in a neighborhood along the pipelines. In addition, the District Attorney’s Office discovered that constables from outside of Chester County apparently […]