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Masontown council reverses police layoffs

Five days after voting 6-1 to lay off the staff of the boroughĢƵ police department, the Masontown Borough Council rehired the officers at a special meeting Saturday night. The 6-0 vote restored funding for the department throughout fiscal year 2026, while carrying over any surplus into ...

Celebrating agriculture

ItĢƵ showtime! The 110th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show opened this weekend in Harrisburg with a full complement of events, exhibits, demonstrations, competitions and food selections. And to be sure, there will be more than a full complement of animals (an estimated 6,000). The 2026 ...

State police responded to 1,098 crashes across Pennsylvania during its New YearĢƵ enforcement period. Between Dec. 31 and Jan. 4, there were also 378 drivers arrested for driving under the influence. State police did not provide statistics for individual troops or counties. According to ...

Naloxone helped reverse nearly 9,500 overdoses in Pennsylvania last year, according to an annual report on the stateĢƵ overdose prevention program. The numbers were collected between January and September 2025. According to a press release, the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP), ...

A Donora man is accused of pulling out a gun when police attempted to arrest him for assaulting his wife. Donora police charged William Russell, 81, on Monday with a felony of aggravated assault, and misdemeanors of reckless endangerment, simple assault and resisting arrest. According to the ...

How sweet it is!

For the first time since 2020, Acrisure Stadium (formerly Heinz Field), will host a playoff game when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Houston Texans on Monday night to cap off the NFLĢƵ Wild Card weekend. And Pittsburgh Steelers fans are excited. “It was amazing to see them win,” ...