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Police investigate motorcycle crash during Mount Union parade

Local News October 31, 2026

MOUNT UNION — Police are investigating a motorcycle crash during Mount Union’s annual Halloween parade after witnesses reported a rider speeding along the parade route and nearly striking pedestrians and participants. Mount Union police said officers assisting with traffic control Thursday night were alerted at approximately 7:56 p.m. to a motorcycle weaving in and out of the parade route at a high rate of speed. While officers were speaking with witnesses to obtain a description and direction of travel, Huntingdon County dispatch reported a motorcycle crash near East Market and ...

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Local News October 30, 2026

The Sentinel offers nonprofit and other community organizations an opportunity to promote upcoming events for free in the community calendar for three days before the event. Events requiring reservations may be promoted for up to two weeks before the reservation deadline. Events that require a purchase from a for-profit business, even if a donation is made to the organization, are not eligible for the calendar. Please be brief and include only basic details. If possible, provide a phone number or email address to be published with contact information. Submit items at least one week ...

Snyder County to conduct cover crop survey

Local News October 30, 2026

MIDDLEBURG — The Snyder County Conservation District will assist with a survey of agricultural conservation practices during the week of Nov. 16. Survey crews will travel county roads in vehicles with flashing lights, stopping periodically to examine crop fields and document cover crop use, tillage practices and crop residue. The survey, coordinated by Capital Resource Conservation and Development with support from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, is part of an ongoing effort to track agricultural conservation practices in the Chesapeake Bay ...

Democrats’ caucus committees outspend GOP counterparts 2 to 1

PA News October 30, 2026

HARRISBURG — Spending by campaign committees for all four legislative caucuses in Harrisburg hit a 10-year high in the homestretch of this election, with bullish Democrats shelling out more as that party looks to capture the state Senate and, possibly, a government trifecta. The campaign committees collectively spent $51 million from June 8 to Oct. 19 — the most in that period in the last decade. During the same reporting cycle in 2024, the committees spent $36.5 million; in 2020, they spent $24.2 million; in 2016, just $10.2 million. House and Senate Democrats’ campaign ...

Pennsylvania 'advanced age' population balloons as number of kids shrinks

PA News October 30, 2026

(The Center Square) - When a new Legislature gets to work in Harrisburg next year it will grapple with a state financial picture in which where the ink is mostly red - but the bigger picture is that Pennsylvania continues to turn gray. The school-age population in the state shrank by more than 3% in the five years ended in 2025 and will shrink at even greater rates between now and 2035, according to a new report from the state Independent Fiscal Office. Meanwhile, the "advanced age" category increased by nearly 10% in the same stretch and will continue growing at a rate of 18% or ...

Data center question at the center of one of Pa.’s critical legislative races

PA News October 30, 2026

HARRISBURG — A critical swing seat in Pennsylvania’s state Senate could come down to which candidate can convince voters they’re more firmly opposed to data centers. Incumbent Republican Tracy Pennycuick and Democratic challenger Chris Thomas are spending millions of dollars blanketing the 24th state Senate District in ads that accuse the other of being in the pockets of data center developers, as several local proposals draw community opposition. Spanning parts of Berks and Montgomery Counties, the district is among the upper chamber’s most competitive this cycle. Republicans ...