What you need to know: Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021
Today’s weather
High: 56; Low: 41. Partly sunny with showers
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Top stories
Hospitalizations: At least one health system is scaling back non-emergency care because of the surge in COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, the state recorded the most cases of COVID in a single day since January.
‘You coward!’: Margaret Rucker faced the man who killed her 23-year-old grandson in 2015, who plead guilty to the crime Wednesday. Rucker told Jabri Brown she hoped he “rot in Hell.”
Evolving race: The race for Pa.’s open Senate seat next year is suddenly dominated by millionaires, TV personalities and more. And that’s with months still to go before the primary field is set.
Coming and going
Game Table Cafe: One of the area’s first game cafes is closing on Christmas Eve after a 6-year run.
Tanger Outlets: New stores have debuted in the Hershey outlets, including a “do-it-yourself” wood sign shop and a clothing store that specializes in leggings.
Retirement: A year after selling his family’s nearly 7-decade-old Harrisburg tavern, Alfred Quigley misses the 12-hour days where he mingled with customers, but acknowledged that chapter of his life is long behind him.
Sports
Bishop McCort: A PIAA appeals board upheld the sweeping penalties against the Johnstown Catholic school’s wrestling program, which includes a 2-year postseason ban and a 2-year suspension for its coach.
Penn State: Jahan Dotson made the All-Big Ten first-team offense; 5 other Nittany Lions, including Sean Clifford, earned honors as well.
In brief
- Today in Pa. podcast: Pa.’s roundabout way to make roads safer
- Old Bethesda Mission shelter torn down after new one opens
- Coroner IDs woman killed in vehicle, train crash
- Pa. donut chain named one of America’s favorites
- Michigan school shooting was planned: prosecutor
- Woman beaten up on Philadelphia train
- Pa. parents charged following death of infant son
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