08.12.13 |
Authorities were warning residents to stay inside and lock their doors in Bovina, about 55 miles southwest of Albany, as police negotiated with a man with a gun. Bovina is a small farming town of 600 people. A New York alert notification was ...
08.12.13 |
Life may get hungrier for 1.3 million people in Pennsylvania on November 1st, when food-stamp benefits will be cut overnight for the first time in U.S. history. That's 21 lost meals per month for a family of four. The program is called SNAP, ...
08.09.13 |
The firearms maker will move its corporate offices because of the state's new gun law, the SAFE Act, enacted last January. Kahr Firearms in White Plains says it's looking for a friendlier place for business, and will be setting up shop on a 620 ...
08.09.13 |
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection says shale oil or gas wells will no longer be exempt. The DEP said Thursday that oil and gas well sites in Pennsylvania had been granted blanket exemptions from obtaining approvals since 1996. ...
08.09.13 |
Governor Tom Corbett has ordered Pennsylvania state flags at the Capitol and at commonwealth facilities in Monroe County to fly at half-staff for three days, beginning Sunday, in honor of the shooting victims in Monroe County. Three men, ...
08.09.13 |
Dogs are helping to sniff out ovarian cancer. Using tissue samples donated by patients, the University of Pennsylvania's Working Dog Center has started training 3 canines to sniff out the signature compound that indicates the presence of the ...
08.06.13 |
One of the premier Christian horse camps in the country, Miracle Mountain Ranch in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania, was set afire over the weekend, allegedly by a 16 year boy from Johnstown. That teen is expected to face charges later today. The camp ...
07.26.13 |
Governor Tom Corbett’s failed attempt to get the federal courts to overturn the NCAA sanctions has cost taxpayers nearly $383,000. And that’s not the final tally. All the bills from Philadelphia law firm Cozen O'Connor have not yet ...
07.26.13 |
Penn state's former president, Graham Spanier, goes before a judge over the Jerry Sandusky scandal on Monday. Spanier lost a request yesterday to take a peek at various prosecution materials, including a transcript of his grand jury testimony. He, ...
07.26.13 |
Colleges will now have to notify students whether or not a sprinkler system is present when they move into school-owned housing, according to a new law signed Thursday by New York governor Andrew Cuomo. The bill, named after Kerry Rose Fitzsommons, ...
