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Local titleholders shine at Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Pageant

Local News June 21, 2026

YORK, Pa. — Under the lights of the historic Apollo Theatre on Saturday night, four young women with ties to the Juniata Valley walked onto the Miss Pennsylvania stage carrying the hopes of their communities. By the end of the evening, they had done far more than represent their titles — they made their mark on one of the state’s most competitive scholarship stages. The Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Competition held its finals Saturday following preliminary rounds on Friday, and local contestants delivered one of the strongest collective showings the region has seen in ...

France restricts public drinking and outdoor sports as heat wave bakes parts of Europe

National News June 21, 2026

PARIS — France sizzled Sunday, canceling trains, concerts and sports events and cracking down on public drinking as an exceptional heat wave unfurled across parts of Europe. Multiple drownings were reported as people sought relief in whatever water they could find. About a third of France ...

National News June 21, 2026

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park are being warned about extreme temperatures that will hit the popular destination early next week after a recent increase in heat-related incidents in the inner canyon, including the deaths of three hikers. The ...

'Toy Story 5' rakes in No. 1 with franchise-best $160M

National News June 21, 2026

NEW YORK — "Toy Story" still has a friend in moviegoers. The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily setting a new franchise record and notching the biggest opening weekend of the ...

Man falls to his death during rock concert at Madison Square Garden

National News June 21, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — A 51-year-old man fell to his death from an upper deck of Madison Square Garden during a concert on Saturday night, police said. Officers responding to a 911 call around 9:51 p.m. found the man unconscious and unresponsive with injuries indicating a fall from an "elevated position," New York City Police said. Police did not say how far the man fell, but said he was in Section 300. They declined to release his name. The man was with his wife, according to police. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The rock band Goose was performing. In a ...

Open Line

Local News June 21, 2026

I just saw a young man at the intersection by Bing's Diner on a motorcycle who parked his motorcycle in the middle of the intersection to help a half-grown cat that got hit get off the road. (It) couldn't hardly walk; it was dragging itself. He then said he was (going to) try and see what he could do with the cat, take it somewhere to see if they could save it or not. (Kind of) shocks me the way the young kids are nowadays. Most of them wouldn't do that. They'd run over it themselves, but… I thought that was just… something that you don't see very often, and… not all kids are as ...