MIFFLINTOWN — Every small town has its local legends, the names spoken with a kind of reverence that comes from decades of pride, memory and shared identity. In Juniata County, that name is Keith Kauffman. For more than 50 years, Kauffman didn’t just race — he carried Mifflintown ...
MIFFLINTOWN — For the first time in more than a decade, Juniata County residents are logging onto a website that finally looks and feels like the community it serves. After years of operating on a platform built in 2011, the county has officially launched its redesigned and ADA-compliant website — a modern, cleaner, more accessible digital front door for residents, businesses and visitors. The overhaul has been months in the making, driven by a simple reality: expectations have changed. Phones are different, screens are different, and the way people search for information has ...
Today • Job Club — 10 a.m. to noon, Mifflin County CareerLink, MCIDC Plaza Building 58. Attendees can search for jobs, tailor resumes, apply for jobs and learn how to get jobs. • Together With Veterans – HMJ meeting — 10 a.m. via Zoom. Together With Veterans is a community-based program that provides support and resources for rural veterans across Huntingdon, Mifflin and Juniata counties. For more information, contact Karen Rush at (814) 643-6300, karenr.firstcenter@gmail.com or togetherwithveterans.hmj@gmail.com. • Free senior lunch – noon, Lost Creek Presbyterian ...
Dirt bike driver jailed, charged with fleeing LEWISTOWN — Lewistown Police Department officers on patrol along South Main Street in Lewistown at 11:44 p.m. Aug. 6 tried stopping a black electric dirt bike carrying two people, according to a release issued on Thursday. The bike had no pedals, wasn’t registered and the driver lacked eye protection. After making eye contact with an officer, the driver fled north, attempted to cut through a parking lot and travel up a set of stairs toward Mill Street, then got stuck. Police identified the driver as Alijah J. Pawally, 21, of Granville ...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Flock Safety, the surveillance technology company increasingly under scrutiny from lawmakers from both parties, civil liberties advocates and citizens across the U.S., announced Thursday that it is making changes to its platform intended to quell privacy concerns and address documented abuses of its system by some members of law enforcement. The company operates a vast nationwide network of automated cameras that record the license plate numbers and other characteristics of all passing vehicles every day. Thousands of law enforcement agencies in 49 states can ...
Despite watchdog groups warning that few regulatory guardrails exist to meet the threats posed by the rapid development and deployment of AI technology, the 119th Congress has been slow to respond. Though the White House in March proposed a blueprint for lawmakers to craft federal AI-related legislation, no federal framework has advanced out of committee in either chamber. A bipartisan proposal six lawmakers introduced in June as a starting point received chilly responses from leadership in both parties, who indicated they’re looking for a more robust solution, rather than ...
