SELINSGROVE — Children with an interest in agriculture are invited to “Agriculture Adventures Activity Camp.” Join Penn State Extension for a two-day adventure exploring fiber animals, cattle, poultry, plants, canines, drones and careers. Open to youth ages 8-12, this day camp will ...
From staff reports HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania voters heading to the polls today are being reminded about voting procedures, deadlines and voter rights for the primary election. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt encouraged voters to review election information available through vote.pa.gov before casting their ballots. “As always, the Department of State wants to ensure that voters can make their voices heard and cast their ballots safely and securely,” Schmidt said in a statement. “We want every voter to be informed about how to exercise their right to vote in ...
By Mark Stricherz | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Eight retired Pittsburgh public-safety workers received more than $60,000 last year in taxpayer-funded payouts for unused leave, according to an investigation by The Center Square. In all, 17 municipal retirees in the Steel City cashed out more than $40,000 from unused leave for sickness, vacation, or personal reasons. All worked in either the police or fire bureaus. Lawrence Mercurio, a police commander, received the most—$84,308. Christopher Ragland, an assistant police chief and acting chief of police, earned ...
By Orphe Divounguy | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) – This week brings three important reads on the economy: the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index, new home sales and the Personal Consumption Expenditures report. The housing data will matter. But they will mostly confirm what the more timely Zillow data already show. The national housing market is moving sideways. Home price growth has slowed. Sales are roughly flat from a year ago. Newly built homes remain one of the few parts of the market where buyers have more choices. Builders have been more ...
by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — Gaming and gambling interests whose industries were eyed for new or higher taxes in 2025 have spent $8.1 million and counting in the lead-up to Pennsylvania’s May primary. The spending was done by three groups, and much of it has been concentrated on independent ads that either praise or savage the records of Republican incumbents and their primary challengers in three key state Senate races. The incumbents — Lisa Baker of Luzerne County, Camera Bartolotta of Washington County, and Chris Gebhard of Lebanon County — are either ...
Penn State Health struggled to maintain a usable supply of sterile instruments for the thousands of surgeries it performed at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center throughout 2025 and into this year, a Spotlight PA investigation found. Unsterile instruments increase a patient’s risk of infection and death. Internal documents obtained by the newsroom found Penn State Health’s sterilization issues led to harrowing situations. Persistent, mysterious black specks dotting trays of surgical instruments. A lengthy, sometimes dayslong backlog for cleaning and sterilizing medical ...
