Pennsylvania category, Page 156

Pennsylvania reported 587 new covid-19 cases Thursday, according to the state Department of Health. In addition, 15 new coronavirus-related deaths were reported. Of the state’s newly reported deaths, one is from April, five are from August and nine are from September. The state’s case count rises to 141,877 and death...

Pennsylvania is one of seven states that don’t allow mail-in ballots to be processed and counted until Election Day. County and state officials say that could be disastrous in a year when the commonwealth is grappling with a pandemic and millions of people are expected to vote by mail. Former...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 931 new positive coronavirus cases on Wednesday, with a large number stemming from Centre County, the home of Penn State’s main campus. Centre County added 184 new cases on Wednesday, with that one-day total accounting for more than 21 percent of the county’s total...

A Harrisburg woman is facing assault charges after police said she forced her girlfriend’s 5-year-old son to sit on a water heater because “she was mad at him,” according to an affidavit of probable cause. According to the affidavit, the 5-year-old said his mother’s girlfriend Veronica Feight, 45, has kicked,...

Pennsylvania on Tuesday reported 496 new coronavirus cases and 11 additional deaths — deaths that occurred in April but were only reported now. That brings the total cases to 140,359 and the total number of covid-19 deaths in Pennsylvania to 7,791. The state Department of Health said 147,207 tests were...

Pennsylvania restaurants can increase their indoor dining capacity to 50% later this month, Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday. The increase — double the 25% limit that has been in place since July — can begin Sept. 21, according to Wolf’s announcement. He said restaurants must complete a self-certification process showing...

Pennsylvania will start distributing $1,500 in federal unemployment compensation to those without a job since the beginning of August because of the covid-19 pandemic. “Everybody who is currently receiving unemployment (compensation), with very few exceptions, will qualify for that benefit,” state Labor & Industry Secretary Jerry Oleksiak said Tuesday. Unemployed...

BERWYN — A two-vehicle crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike killed three people, including a teenager, during the weekend, authorities said. State police said the crash occurred at about 11 a.m. Saturday in the eastbound lanes of the turnpike in Tredyffrin Township between Route 29 and the Downingtown exit. The Chester...

A few hundred boaters doubling as Donald Trump voters crossed the channel between Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay, honking horns, flying their blue “Keep America Great” flags and waving to the dozens of land-based MAGA backers who took in the spectacle from the South Pier. Vessels of all sizes,...

Pennsylvania reported 547 new coronavirus cases and 20 new deaths on Monday. The new data brings the total cases to 139,863 and the total number of covid-19 deaths in Pennsylvania to 7,780. The state Department of Health said that 161,316 tests were administered the last 7 days between Aug. 31...

Pennsylvania reported 691 new coronavirus cases, but no new deaths on Sunday. The new data brings the total number of cases to 139,316. The state Department of Health said that 158,994 tests were administered the last 7 days between Aug. 30 and Saturday with 5,791 positive cases. There were 19,065...

Three people were killed in a two-vehicle accident which shut down part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Saturday in Chester County’s Tredyffrin Township, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Police told The Inquirer the crash occurred just before 11 a.m. in the eastbound lanes and involved two passenger vehicles. According to The Inquirer,...

Pennsylvania on Saturday reported 963 new coronavirus cases — a 72-case jump from yesterday’s 891. The state Department of Health reported 18 new deaths attributed to the coronavirus after posting 10 on Friday. Thursday’s total of 20 deaths was the highest of the week. No new deaths were reported Monday....

Knowing that good weather is in store for the holiday weekend, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission at the last minute is offering $1 fishing licenses for Labor Day, Sept. 7, only. However, there is one caveat: the Fish and Boat Commission are reminding anglers and boaters to practice safe...

The state said it will start next week to distribute the $300 weekly checks the Trump administration approved as the replacement for the $600-a-week benefits the jobless received before that funding expired at the end of July. The money from the federal Lost Wages Assistance program will be distributed to...

Pennsylvania continued to see elevated new instances of coronavirus Friday, with 891 cases added by the state’s Department of Health. In the past week, the state has posted 5,671 new cases, a 30% jump in cases from the previous week (Aug. 21-28). This week, Pennsylvania has averaged 810 new cases...

Pittsburghers accustomed to attaching their bikes to the front of Port Authority buses or bringing them onto the T can now take them onto more Amtrak trains. Amtrak worked with PennDOT to expand its Carry-On bike program for most Keystone service departures, beginning Sept. 15. Carry-on and walk-on bike service...

President Trump glided into a Trump Country crowd in Westmoreland County on Thursday evening to rave reviews. The crowd of several thousand at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe erupted into screams of U-S-A!, U-S-A!, U-S-A! as Trump exited Air Force One into the twilight evening, vowing that “61 days...

Pennsylvania’s hemp farmers will be able to get this year’s crop tested at six medical marijuana testing labs, including one in Trafford, the state announced Thursday. The move is a partnership between the state Department of Agriculture and Department of Health to give farmers more testing options. The law requires...

Gov. Tom Wolf Thursday renewed his call for legal recreational marijuana, accusing legislators of dragging their feet on the issue. “In the past year, the Legislature has failed to find time to debate, let alone pass, adult-use cannabis, even though this is an issue that affects thousands of Pennsylvanians through...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Thursday reported 1,160 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the commonwealth’s total to 136,711. That’s the largest batch of cases reported in a single day since July 28. Allegheny County reported 105 of those cases, Philadelphia added 257 and York had 128 new cases. The...

PHILADELPHIA — Police on Thursday were seeking suspects after two teenagers were killed and two were wounded in a shooting that left the city’s police commissioner “at a loss for words.” Three gunman approached the victims and opened fire on Moore Street on Wednesday night, Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said. Jaheim...

HARRISBURG — In the shadow of an increasingly strident presidential campaign, Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives approved changes to the state’s fledgling mail-in voting law Wednesday, but in highly partisan fashion. The Republican-penned bill passed, 112-90, on a near party-line vote in the battleground state where President Trump’s campaign and the...