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16 downtown State College properties receive façade grants

STATE COLLEGE — Sixteen downtown State College businesses and properties will receive funding for façade improvements through a state-supported grant program, the Downtown State College Improvement District announced. The projects are being supported through the district’s Main Street Matters Façade Improvement Grant Program, which received an $80,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Grants of up to $5,000 are available for eligible projects and require a 1-to-1 match from recipients. Combined public and private spending on the ...

Woman arrested on warrant; police report drugs found

Woman arrested on warrant; police report drugs found LEWISTOWN — A woman was taken into custody on an active warrant Aug. 31 during an incident in which police reported finding suspected methamphetamine and THC spray. According to a Lewistown Police Department release issued Thursday, Marylee E. Dull, 31, address unknown, was arrested on the warrant at 4:13 p.m. Police said suspected methamphetamine was found beneath the passenger seat of the vehicle. Dull denied that it belonged to her. Police also reported finding THC spray in her possession. The driver, Samuel R. Ryder, 53, of ...

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14 hospitalized in overturned tractor-trailer crash

DILLSBURG — Fourteen people were taken to five hospitals after a tractor-trailer overturned in a seven-vehicle crash Saturday in York County, according to York County emergency management officials. Reports state that two people were flown by helicopter to hospitals and were listed in critical but stable condition. One person had to be extricated from a vehicle. Two other people declined medical treatment. The ages of those injured were not immediately available, although Czech said one of the patients was a teenager. The crash occurred on U.S. Route 15 in the Dillsburg area and ...

Dried food residue and other Centre County restaurant inspections for Aug. 24-30

The state inspected the following food establishments in Centre County. To find more restaurant safety information, view full inspection reports, and sign up for real-time text or email alerts for specific restaurants or locations, visit Spotlight PA’s Restaurant Safety Tracker. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture produces retail food inspection reports for 61 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties using the FDA Model Food Code. Inspections are conducted regularly throughout the state, and results are posted as inspections are conducted. As noted by the Department of Agriculture, ...

Mifflin County measles cases rise to 57

LEWISTOWN – Mifflin County’s confirmed measles count has climbed to 57, giving it the second-highest county total in Pennsylvania as the statewide outbreak continues to spread. The county added eight cases between Sept. 2 and Sept. 4, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s measles dashboard. Its count has nearly doubled since Aug. 25, when the state reported 29 cases in Mifflin County. Only Lancaster County, with 246 cases, now has more. Mifflin County moved ahead of Chester County, which has 56. Pennsylvania had recorded 577 confirmed cases through Sept. 4, an ...