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A member of the cultlike Zizians group is charged

PA News June 25, 2026

A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians has been charged with murder in the shooting of her parents at their Pennsylvania home on her 30th birthday, and a prosecutor said Wednesday she wasn’t acting alone. Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse said evidence from a neighbor’s doorbell camera, ballistics and analysis of cellphone records have left investigators certain Michelle Zajko is at least partly responsible for the deaths of her parents, Rita and Richard. They were shot in her childhood playroom on New Year’s Eve 2022, surrounded by her old dolls and ...

Outdoors calendar

Local News June 25, 2026

Atkinson Mills Sportsmen’s Club • Meetings — held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The club is located at 55 Sportsmen Club Lane, McVeytown; email atkinsonmillssportsmensclub@gmail.com; online at http://atkinsonmills-sportsmensclub.weebly.com. Blue Rock Sportsman’s Club • Club meetings — 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month on the gun range, and at 7 p.m. January and February in the barn. To east end Blue Rock: From Milroy, follow signs to Reeds Gap State Park. Free camping available and kitchen is open during all events except trap shoots. Decatur ...

A dangerous place: Know the dangers of boating

Local News June 25, 2026

A weekend tragedy at a York County State Park highlights the dangers of boating, bad weather and failing to respect that conditions can change at a moment’s notice. Hopefully, by reviewing some of the factors, someone else can escape the same fate. According to available reports, a lone boater launched an unpowered vessel late in the day on Saturday, June 6 at Lake Marburg. Family notified authorities when the boater did not return home and a search commenced. The search ended June 9 with a call to the York County coroner’s office, which confirmed they had responded to the scene. ...

Lawmakers may need to tap Pennsylvania rainy day reserves

PA News June 25, 2026

HARRISBURG — A rainy day is looming over the state Capitol. As Pennsylvania lawmakers approach the June 30 deadline to pass a budget, they’re facing mounting costs for obligations like healthcare and education. There’s also a multibillion-dollar gap between how much the state expects to spend and what it expects to bring in, even with new revenue options, like taxing soon-to-be-illegal skill games, on the table. That means lawmakers are likely to target the state’s last-ditch reserve fund, commonly called the rainy day fund, to balance the 2026-27 budget. The fund is ...

Judiciary Committee advances legislation

PA News June 25, 2026

HARRISBURG — Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20) and Sen. Wayne Langerholc (R-35) announced Senate Judiciary Committee passage of legislation they introduced to update Pennsylvania’s sentencing laws for second-degree murder in response to a recent court decision declaring the mandatory life-without-parole sentence for that crime unconstitutional. “Senate Bill 1400 ensures Pennsylvania has a clear and workable sentencing structure for second-degree murder that complies with the court’s decision while continuing to recognize the severity of these offenses,” the lawmakers said. “The bill ...

Police reports

Local News June 25, 2026

One charged after two-vehicle crash in McVeytown McVEYTOWN — One man was charged as a result of a two-vehicle accident in Bratton Township on Saturday, June 13 just before 9:30 a.m. The State Police report states that David Lucci, 65, of Lewistown, was operating a 2018 Toyota Tacoma on River Road near the intersection with East John Street in McVeytown. Lucci did not stop his vehicle at the stop sign and proceeded to strike a 2019 Chevrolet Colorado driven by Terry Sunderland, 59, of McVeytown. Sunderland’s vehicle traveled onto the shoulder of the left lane and struck the concrete ...