McALISTERVILLE — A scholarship created by a local family in memory of their infant son has awarded its first tuition assistance to a Juniata Christian School family. Joseph and Holly Tusing of McAlisterville established the Cullen Tusing Scholarship Fund in memory of their son, Cullen, who ...
LEWISTOWN — On most mornings, the Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology in Lewistown hums with the steady rhythm of career and technical education. Welding sparks crackle in one wing, health students practice clinical skills in another and culinary students move through their ...
LEWISTOWN – Mifflin and Juniata County residents will have to endure another round of heat and thunderstorms before cooler, drier weather arrives in time for the Labor Day weekend. John Bowen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in State College, said the unsettled pattern that has produced regular afternoon storms will continue through Friday. “We’re kind of in this unsettled pattern where we’ve been getting regular afternoon showers and thunderstorms across much of our area, and that trend is going to continue for Thursday into Friday,” Bowen said. Another ...
LEWISTOWN — Granville Township Supervisor Joseph Fiore has resigned from the board, citing personal reasons and a desire to spend more time with his family. Fiore’s resignation was effective Wednesday, Aug. 26. The departure comes amid months of heated public discussion over a proposed data center in the township. Meetings related to the proposal have drawn hundreds of residents, many of whom have spoken in opposition to the development. Township solicitor Fred Lighty said the board of supervisors must accept a tendered resignation within 45 days unless the resignation is ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American journalist has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for acting as an agent of a foreign government within the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said. Thomas Weir Pauken II, 51, pleaded guilty earlier this year and is not planning to appeal, according to his defense lawyer, Charles Burnham. Pauken also was sentenced to 36 months of supervised release with no overseas travel, the department said in a news release on Tuesday. He was arrested in February. The case is the latest in a series of federal prosecutions involving people accused ...
(The Center Square) – At least one issue unites both candidates for governor: regulating Flock cameras and other automated license plate reading systems, or ALPRs. “Flock cameras are an intrusive invasion of privacy and they should be banned,” said State Treasurer Stacy Garrity in a statement on Tuesday. The GOP gubernatorial candidate’s announcement, first reported by the Washington Examiner on Monday, comes a few days after Gov. Josh Shapiro made his position on the technology clear. “I would welcome bipartisan legislation to ban these across the state,” Shapiro said ...
