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Tim Benz: Gov. Wolf’s latest high school sports quotes are even more absurd and dismissive than last week’s
Last week, Gov. Tom Wolf made an out-of-nowhere recommendation that scholastic sports be postponed until at least Jan. 1. The PIAA didn’t know that statement was coming. Wolf provided no context for how his office came to that decision. And he put forth no explanation for the logic behind the...
Pennsylvania posts near-1,000 covid-19 case increase, largest thus far in August
Pennsylvania reported 991 new covid-19 cases Thursday, according to the state Department of Health. The new coronavirus cases mark the largest increase thus far in August and bring the case total to 122,121 in the state. In addition, 24 deaths were reported, bringing Pennsylvania’s death toll to 7,409. Of the...
Pennsylvania reports 849 new coronavirus cases, 33 deaths
Pennsylvania remained in triple digits for new coronavirus cases on Wednesday — as it has so far in all of August. The state’s Department of Health added 849 new positive covid-19 results, bringing the state’s total to 121,130 since the outbreak began in March. For the month, daily new cases...
Sesame Place theme park worker assaulted in mask disputeVideo
LANGHORNE — A teenage employee at a children’s theme park near Philadelphia was assaulted as a result of reminding a couple about the requirement to wear a mask over the weekend, authorities said. A man and woman assaulted the 17-year-old employee of Sesame Place shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, police...
Pennsylvania mayors appeal to Congress for federal aid
HARRISBURG — Mayors in Pennsylvania are challenging the state’s members of Congress to help them get direct budget aid from the federal government, warning that cities of all sizes face steep deficits and deep service cuts as a result of the coronavirus’ impact on the economy. With Washington in a...
Pennsylvania surpasses 120K cases of covid-19
The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced 828 new covid-19 cases on Tuesday, making a solid two weeks in which daily cases were below the 1,000 mark. With its latest tally of cases, Pennsylvania’s total of covid-19 cases stands at 120,281. For the second time in the past week, the state...
Lawsuit seeks to ensure all mail-in ballots are counted
A federal lawsuit aims to ensure that legitimate ballots don’t get tossed out because of bad penmanship as record-high numbers of Pennsylvanians opt to vote by mail in the November presidential election. The suit seeks to force election officials in Allegheny County and statewide to implement changes that give voters...
Pa. leaders tell schools to be consistent but flexible in reopening plans, teaching methods
As schools prepare to resume teaching, the leaders of Pennsylvania’s health and education departments on Monday said districts should be consistent in approach but flexible in how they educate students. A spike in covid-19 cases in a county may require districts to change how they plan to teach students, said...
‘Let Our Kids Play in PA’ rally in Harrisburg to advocate for youth sports
Julie Wagner Burkart never realized how important sports were to her children until the covid-19 pandemic upended their athletic schedules. Burkart has an 11-year-old son who is involved in football, baseball, basketball and wrestling. Her 13-year-old daughter is a competitive dancer who runs for her school’s cross country and track...
Allegheny County leads Pennsylvania in animal abuse cases as 3rd anniversary of Libre’s Law approaches
Aug. 28 will mark the third anniversary of Libre’s Law, an anti-cruelty measure that strengthened the protection of animals in Pennsylvania. The 2017 law, also known as Act 10, was inspired by Libre, a Boston terrier puppy found badly neglected and abused in Lancaster County. Its passage increased penalties for...
Senior Trump campaign legal adviser intentionally misgenders Rachel Levine in tweet
In the latest attack on Dr. Rachel Levine’s gender identity, a senior legal adviser to President Trump’s reelection campaign intentionally misgendered Pennsylvania’s secretary of health. “This guy is making decisions about your health,” Jenna Ellis, an attorney for Trump 2020, tweeted Monday. Ellis shared a May 13 PennLive news article...
Pennsylvania reports 601 new cases of coronavirus, 3 deaths
The Pennsylvania Department of Health added 601 more cases of coronavirus and three deaths to their totals on Monday. The new cases bring the state’s total to 119,453 coronavirus cases and 7,317 deaths since the first cases were reported in March. In Southwestern Pennsylvania, Allegheny’s 75 new cases raised its...
Pennsylvania reports 760 more cases of coronavirus
The Pennsylvania Department of Health added 760 more cases of coronavirus and one death to their totals on Sunday. The new cases bring the state’s total to 118,852 coronavirus cases and 7,314 deaths since the first cases were reported in March. Of those cases, 115,505 are confirmed and 3,347 are...
7 people wounded by gunfire in Philadelphia, including 11-year-old boy
PHILADELPHIA — Gunfire in Philadelphia wounded six people in one neighborhood, struck an 11-year-old child in another neighborhood and also hit a police vehicle elsewhere after which another officer was assaulted trying to arrest a suspect, police said. Officers called to a west Philadelphia neighborhood shortly before 9:30 p.m. Saturday...
Students’ college plans change as virus drives changes on campus
When Ethan Wyman graduated from Fox Chapel Area High School a semester early last winter, his plans were pretty much set. The O’Hara Township teen would keep working at Giant Eagle and then head to the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg campus this fall. He and his family liked the...
Pennsylvania reports 813 new coronavirus cases, 16 deaths
Pennsylvania on Saturday reported an additional 813 cases of coronavirus. The state’s total cases is 118,092 since the pandemic began. Of the new cases, 114,755 are confirmed with 3,337 considered probable, according to the state Department of Health. The 16 new reported deaths bring the total attributed to covid-19 to...
Wolf to distribute $10.5 million in grants to career and technology centers
Gov. Tom Wolf announced Thursday that $10.5 million in CTC Equity grants will be dedicated to the state’s Career and Technical Education Centers. The money is to help the centers implement health and safety plans and resume operations. “Our communities depend on having these highly skilled students complete their education...
Pennsylvania adds 758 new covid-19 cases
Pennsylvania added 758 new covid-19 cases Friday, according to the state Department of Health. The new coronavirus cases, which bring the state’s total to 117,279, show a trend where new reported cases have ranged between 700 and 850 each day the past four days. The state reported 15 new deaths...
Gov. Wolf says other states with coronavirus surges are causing Pa. test result delays
Long lags in getting covid-19 test results to patients have Pennsylvania health officials concerned, even as the state’s capacity to perform tests has grown. The delays — some of up to 14 days or more — come in part from what’s happening in other states, Gov. Tom Wolf said during...
Pennsylvania’s covid-19 death toll rises by 38
On Thursday, while the Pennsylvania Department of Health continued to report new covid-19 cases below the 1,000 mark, its death count increased the most since June 25. The department reported 807 new cases of covid-19 across the state. It’s the ninth straight day the state saw triple-digit increases in its...
Pa. lawmakers propose 1st dog license fee increase in 24 years
State lawmakers on Wednesday called for an increase in the cost of a dog license — the first in more than two decades in Pennsylvania — in an effort to keep the state’s Bureau of Dog Law from going into the red. The bureau, part of the state Department of...
Pitt to launch study of medical marijuana use to ease pain in sickle cell patients
Finding a way to use medical marijuana to treat sickle cell anemia will be the focus of a $3 million research program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. It is part of a 10-year agreement with Goodblend Pennsylvania LLC, Pitt’s new affiliate in medical marijuana research. State officials...
2 tornadoes confirmed in eastern Pennsylvania during storm
PHILADELPHIA — The National Weather Service has confirmed that tornadoes touched down in Bucks and Montgomery counties during Tuesday’s storm. The weather service office in Mount Holly, New Jersey said more details would be provided later such as the strength and exact location of the storms, which were among six...
Continuing recent trend, Pennsylvania reports under 1,000 new covid-19 cases
Pennsylvania added 705 new covid-19 cases and 12 deaths on Wednesday. Wednesday marks the eighth straight day the state has posted new cases below 1,000. In that eight-day span, they have averaged 791 new cases a day, which is 17.3% less than the previous eight days (956 between July 21-28)....
USDA: ‘Mystery seeds’ include common plants, herbs but still should not be opened
Scientists have found that the “mystery seeds” being sent to addresses across the country represent at least 14 varieties of plants and herbs, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said. And while many of them are common — mint, rosemary, sage — federal officials said not to plant them, though...
