Rural issues take center stage at Democratic roundtable
PINE GROVE MILLS — Democratic candidates seeking state House seats in rural Pennsylvania joined party leaders Wednesday in Centre County for a roundtable discussion focused on affordability, health care, agriculture, data centers and other issues affecting rural communities. U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Eugene DePasquale participated in the event at Ferguson Township Lions Club Park in Pine Grove Mills. State House candidates Kimberly Kohlhepp, who is running in a district covering Clearfield and Elk counties; Caleb McCoy, ...
Police reports
Police: Man assaulted wife as she drove MILROY — A 28-year-old Milroy man was taken into custody after Pennsylvania State Police at Lewistown said he assaulted his wife while she was driving a vehicle. Police said the incident occurred at 11:46 a.m. Aug. 7 on North Main Street in Armagh Township. According to the report, the 32-year-old woman suffered severe injuries to her eye and lip as well as bruising. The man was arraigned and held in the Mifflin County Correctional Facility. State police investigate eBay theft MOUNT PLEASANT MILLS — Pennsylvania State Police at ...
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Stacy Garrity is ambitious, Trump-endorsed, experienced
HARRISBURG — In Stacy Garrity’s first run for statewide office, she quickly learned that nobody really expected her to win — including her own party. “I was a sacrificial lamb,” she told the audience of a live podcast taping earlier this year. “Of course, I didn’t know that, because I was a rookie.” That 2020 campaign for state treasurer, in which Garrity took on a better-known, better-funded incumbent Democrat and won, is an essential part of the pitch she’s making to voters as she seeks to win a second, even more improbable upset. As she has said in interviews ...
Fire engulfs two poultry barns
DERRY TOWNSHIP — Firefighters from across Mifflin County and surrounding counties battled a fire that engulfed two poultry barns late Wednesday night in Derry Township. The fire was reported at 11:17 p.m. Wednesday in the area of 136 Winding Lane, according to Mifflin County ...