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Tussey Mountain Moonshiners to headline South Hills Music Picnic

STATE COLLEGE — The Tussey Mountain Moonshiners will perform as part of the South Hills School of Business & Technology’s Music Picnic Series on June 21 at the school’s main campus, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. The free outdoor concert will begin at 6 p.m. on the north lawn and continue until approximately 7:30 p.m. Grounds will open at 4 p.m. The Central Pennsylvania-based band performs a mix of bluegrass, Americana, old-time music and original songs. As part of the event’s Community of Caring Series, representatives from Centre Helps will also be on hand to share ...

Celebration of the Arts returns June 13 with music, exhibits

From staff reports HUNTINGDON — The Huntingdon County Arts Council will host its annual Celebration of the Arts open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the Huntingdon County Arts Center. The free event will feature live music, hands-on art activities, demonstrations, exhibits and food throughout the day. “The Celebration of the Arts is our annual open house to proudly showcase the Huntingdon County Arts Center to the community and offers a number of free activities and music for the whole family to enjoy,” Executive Director John Kearns said. Entertainment ...

Services for crime victims face funding cuts

Editor’s note: Learn more about the resources available to crime victims at the Pennsylvania Office of Victims’ Services website. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233. PCAR’s rape crisis hotline is 1-888-772-7227. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. HARRISBURG — Across Pennsylvania, organizations that provide resources for crime victims are scaling back services, cutting positions, and leaving key roles vacant after the federal fund supporting them has received record-low deposits during President Donald Trump’s second administration. These ...

Constables hope to find many missing children in immigration search effort

After months of Congress stalling on funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and administrative changes, Pennsylvania state constables who’ve signed agreements to support federal law enforcement and potentially thousands of missing noncitizen children are ready to get to work. On Friday, the U.S. Senate passed a $70 billion funding bill to support ICE and others border security operations, which includes funding to find hundreds of thousands of missing children. “Pennsylvania State Constables are the best asset in the commonwealth to assist Immigration and Customs ...

Multiple chatbots pose as doctors

HARRISBURG — Chatbots on five different websites claimed to be licensed to practice medicine in the commonwealth when prompted by Spotlight PA — the same kind of output that led the Shapiro administration to file a lawsuit last month. A task force under Pennsylvania’s Department of State has been working since February to identify AI chatbots posing as licensed professionals and misleading users. Based on that work, the administration filed suit against the role-playing site Character.AI. Mirroring the investigation detailed in the Department of State’s lawsuit, Spotlight PA ...

Bystanders shot during Trump assassination attempt to file lawsuit

Two Pennsylvania men shot during the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in 2024 are suing the federal government for allegedly failing to protect the crowd at a rally in Butler. James Copenhaver and David Dutch filed separate lawsuits last week in federal court, naming the United States of America as defendant. They were among those struck by bullets fired by Thomas Crooks, and the Secret Service is blamed for failing to stop him. Congressional investigations showed Crooks had been acting erratically before the rally and, despite being the subject of an intensive ...