LOCK HAVEN — Competitors took to both land and water as the Biathlon helped kick off the 2026 U.S.C.A. National Championships (United States Canoe Association National Championships) in Lock Haven, bringing together runners and paddlers for an event centered on competition, camaraderie ...
HARRISBURG — Two weeks before the start of classes at his all-boys charter school near Pittsburgh, founder Darryl Canady received an email from his local public school district saying it wouldn’t provide traditional bus rides to his students this year. Instead, Woodland Hills School ...
As Pennsylvania lawmakers proposed measures to better regulate the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) and the data they gather, a major purveyor of the technology announced last Thursday it would tighten the optional controls on how police use its system. Flock Safety said it ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Monday. The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 4.2%, up from 3.6% the year before. That’s an estimated 155,000 children nationally during the 2025-2026 school year. It’s the fourth consecutive year that the national average exemption rate has reached a new record, and the vast majority are parents withholding shots for nonmedical reasons. Exemptions increased in 41 states and ...
KEVIN RAUCH/FOR THE EXPRESS With school just around the corner, the Guided Hands Project of Renovo held their annual backpack giveaway on Saturday afternoon. Over 60 kids stopped by to choose the color that they wanted as they prepared for summer vacation to come to an end. The backpacks ...
BELLEFONTE — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently highlighted more than $112,000 in Food Recovery Infrastructure Grant (FRIG) Program funding that has helped the FaithCentre Food Bank in Bellefonte expand its capacity to safely accept, transport and store ...
