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Central Mountain Clay Target team celebrates successful spring season

MILL HALL — The Central Mountain Clay Target Team concluded another successful spring season with strong performances in conference competition and at the state championships. The team consisted of 23 student-athletes who competed in Trap, Skeet and 5-Stand shooting disciplines. ...

Court seeks to fill open Loganton Boro council seat

LOGANTON — The Clinton County Court of Common Pleas is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on Loganton Borough Council. According to a release from the court of common pleas, a petition to fill the vacancy, which is due to a retirement in January, was filed by the borough’s solicitor, Justin K. Houser. This is the only opening on the seven-member board. Clinton County President Judge Craig P. Miller issued an order on June 30 requesting all interested and qualified individuals who may wish to be appointed to the opening to submit a letter of interest and resume to the ...

The accounting tricks that balanced Pa.’s budget — but only on paper

HARRISBURG — When Pennsylvania lawmakers passed a state budget on Sunday, leaders praised it for being a fiscally responsible $50.8 billion product that doesn’t dip into the state’s rainy day fund. That’s a misleading picture. To reach that number, they had to employ some accounting ...

ICE should keep making traffic stops despite recent shootings, Trump says

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to keep pulling over vehicles, signaling his opposition Wednesday to plans announced just a day earlier to suspend most traffic stops following another string of fatal shootings. It’s not clear whether ICE will quickly reverse course and resume most stops, which have been a key tool in Trump’s immigration crackdown. Ending those stops, Trump wrote, would be “playing right into the criminal’s hands.” “We CANNOT give up one of ICE’s most important and effective Crime Fighting ...