NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say a food-poisoning outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts and involving multiple germs has sickened people in 15 states. State officials announced the outbreak earlier this week, saying they documented more than three dozen cases in Minnesota and ...
HARRISBURG — Up and down the ballot, Pennsylvania politicians preparing for the November election are making data center criticism central to their campaigns. There are more than 120 proposed data centers across the commonwealth — among the most in the country, according to Pew Research Center. That rapid, ambitious development has led to overwhelming backlash from many of the communities where these projects are planned. In the state’s marquee midterm race, for governor, incumbent Democrat Josh Shapiro made a conspicuous about-face on the issue this week. Shapiro, who once ...
CENTRE HALL — Sarah Mellott, of Warriors Mark, has been selected as the Centre County Grange Fair Queen for 2026. Sarah accepted her new crown during a ceremony Wednesday evening at the Grange Fair’s Southside Stage, an event well attended by family and friends. An incoming senior at ...
LOCK HAVEN — Lock Haven City Council approved a number of use requests for various events and beautification leading from late summer into the fall. First for approval was a request from the Lock Haven Regatta Foundation to close Water Street from Jay Street to Washington Street from Sept. 3 to 8 for the annual Labor Day Regatta. This was the second reading and final approval of the closure. In a letter from DuWayne Kunes, chair of the foundation, the request is for the closure from 6 a.m. Sept. 3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 8 and to block Henderson Street from Water Street to Jordan’s ...
BELLEFONTE — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Vector Management has reported to the Centre County Planning and Community Development Office that one mosquito sample collected recently in Ferguson Township, has tested positive for the West Nile Virus. Additional mosquito surveillance, sampling and larval control are being performed as necessary by the Centre County Mosquito Disease Control Program staff, according to a release from the Centre County Board of Commissioners. “We recommend residents take preemptive measures by inspecting their yards, take a few ...
Pennsylvania is projected to be short 2,500 physicians by the year 2038, but Jose Serrano is already seeing the impact in his Hanover emergency department. He reported that it took 62 days to get a primary care appointment in Adams or York counties, even as his patient volume grew by nearly ...
