MILL HALL — Stormwater problems, the future of the Mill Hall pool and concerns about development were among the issues discussed during Mill Hall Borough Council’s Aug. 25 meeting. Mill Hall resident Christina Stitzer addressed council about significant water runoff she said began after ...
LOCK HAVEN — The Clinton County Board of Commissioners approved a number of personnel items during its voting session this week, including hiring an assistant district attorney and reestablishing a position in its probation department under a new title. The first item approved was the promotion of Justin Davy from deputy sheriff to level I deputy sheriff following his graduation from the sheriff’s academy. This promotion is effective Aug. 24 with Davy receiving a salary of $40,335 annually. Also in the sheriff’s department, the commissioners approved hiring Nathan Powley as a ...
HARRISBURG — Some Pennsylvania mothers who lost a child to a drug overdose opted out of a recent listening session hosted by Pennsylvania’s powerful opioid trust, citing concerns about how the group engages with the public. “Our decision to boycott today is not about refusing to ...
LOCK HAVEN — Another couple in Clinton County is hoping to secure the title “America’s Favorite Couple” through an online contest. Jolean “JoJo” Lucas and James “Jimmy” Evanock are among thousands of couples across the country competing in the quarter finals of the ...
BELLEFONTE — One driver was pronounced dead at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident along Interstate 80 in a portion of ongoing construction. According to state police at Rockview, at about 3:32 p.m. on Aug. 25, a vehicle was traveling east on the roadway near the merge point of long-term construction in the area of mile marker 164 when it struck another vehicle which had slowed due to an impending backlog at the construction zone. The first vehicle then struck another, causing it to catch fire and strike a fourth vehicle, police said. The first vehicle continued east and struck ...
A report found rivers and streams across Pennsylvania are testing positive for harmful levels of the bacteria E. coli, which spreads through fecal matter. The nonprofit PennEnvironment found that at 55% of 653 monitoring sites, levels of E. coli reached potentially unsafe levels for swimmers in 2024 and 2025. Nearly 40% of testing sites tested positive for unsafe levels of the bacteria on at least one-quarter of the days they were tested. E. coli is especially harmful for swimmers. It can cause gastrointestinal illness, respiratory disease and infections of the skin, ears and eyes. ...
