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Jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 ticket worth more than $2.6 million sold
(WHTM) — A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket worth more than $2.6 million was sold in Westmoreland County. According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, the big-winning ticket- worth a total of $2,628,337 — correctly matched all five balls drawn, 14-22-33-35-38 in the Thursday, May 9 drawing.
Pa. Attorney General announces $352M payment from tobacco companies
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that Pennsylvania received its annual payment from tobacco manufacturers, totaling $352 million. Since 1999, Pa. has received annual payments from manufacturers as a result of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). MSA payments are made based on the amount of cigarettes sold in the previous […]
Man charged with commercial bribery in fraud, kickback investigation
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials have charged seven people for allegedly committing bribery fraud worth thousands of dollars in Pennsylvania. The Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania says charges have been filed against Jose L. Ortiz, 48, of Drums, for conspiring to commit honest services fraud. According to U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam, during […]
Former Malvern Chick-Fil-A Employee is First Black Woman to Open Own Franchise Location in PA
Sereena Quick, a former federal probation officer and employee at Malvern Chick-fil-A, has opened her own franchise location in North Philadelphia, writes Brian A. Saunders for Philly Voice. This makes Quick the first Black woman to own a Chick-fil-A in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Quick started her career as...
Okie State Shocks the Wrestling World
It’s the offseason. Spring games are over and the transfer portal is closed. It’s time for the news that you all have been clamoring for....Wrestling Drama!!!!!. Cael Sanderson’s stranglehold on the NCAA wrestling championships started in 2011. That team featured two oustanding freshman that would be multiple time champions in the chronically underrated Ed Ruth and the future Olympic Gold Medalist David Taylor.
‘Kangaroo care’ miracle: Dying Pennsylvania premie recovers during ‘last hold’ by parents preparing to grieve
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Not too many years ago, just surviving as a one-pound, five-ounce baby born at 26 weeks gestation would have been a miracle. Not anymore. Tiny Luke Antosh — delivered Feb. 17 by emergency c-section at UPMC Magee Womens in Harrisburg after his mother, Lynn Antosh, developed preeclampsia — had a decent […]
State High senior named US Presidential Scholar
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WTAJ) — A State College Area High School senior is celebrating after receiving one of the nation’s most prestigious student accolades while also taking a moment to acknowledge all of the individuals who helped him achieve it. Prithvi Narayanan was chosen as a 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholar. He is one of only […]
Bill would make it easier for undocumented residents get state ID or driver's license
HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) -- There is a bill making its way through the Pennsylvania state House right now that is meant to help undocumented residents of the commonwealth get either a state ID or a state driver's license.House Bill 769 was authored by Democratic Rep. Danilo Burgos, who represents District 197, which is a portion of Philadelphia County.He says that here in Pennsylvania, pre-Sept. 11, 2001, if you were undocumented but had an I-10 form, you were able to obtain a state ID or driver's license. Post 9/11, the federal laws changed and now it is up for the states...
‘We’re a family’: Celebrating Nurses Week in Centre County
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WTAJ) — May 6-12 is National Nurses Week across the country, acting as a time to appreciate the hardships and victories that healthcare professionals find every day. Mt. Nittany Medical Center has been celebrating the occasion by having small events, raffling off items and reflecting on their time in the nursing field. […]
Penn State offers to pay Commonwealth Campus employees to resign amid budget cuts
This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for our north-central Pa. newsletter, Talk of the Town, at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/talkofthetown. State College, Pa. — Penn State is offering buyouts to Commonwealth Campus employees to reduce its multimillion-dollar budget deficit, a dramatic step for Pennsylvania’s flagship university. Tenured faculty, tenure-line faculty, academic administrators,...
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