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Erie Times News

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Thinking about bass fishing in Pennsylvania? Here's what you need to know to find them

While many anglers are anticipating the opening of trout season, others are out on the waters enjoying bass fishing . With Pennsylvania having a variety of seasons throughout the year, anglers are only limited by their own schedules. “The anglers are the only ones who stop here in Pennsylvania,” said Amidea Daniel, northcentral region outreach education coordinator with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC). Daniel, along with Don Kelly, owner of Wellsboro Tackle Shack and a PFBC fishing skills instructor, held a virtual introduction to bass fishing on March 12. There are opportunities to fish every day of...

Pennsylvania · 2025-03-18

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Merck plots 163 layoffs as it prepares to shutter Pennsylvania manufacturing site

Merck is planning layoffs in Pennsylvania as part of a multi-year plan to wind down operations at a manufacturing plant in the state. The pharma giant will cut 163 jobs at its Cherokee manufacturing plant in Riverside, Pennsylvania, through three rounds of cuts, according to a state notice that cites a site closure as the reason for the workforce reduction.

Riverside, PA · 2025-03-17

NorthcentralPA.com

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Trooper found with weapons in woods behind witness' home

Harrisburg, Pa. — A state trooper is facing charges after he allegedly attempted to persuade a witness from cooperating in a police investigation, said Attorney General Dave Sunday. Christopher S. Young, 34, was spotted with a gun and knife hiding in the woods behind the witness' home, police say. He was charged this month with felony intimidation of a witness and misdemeanor counts of stalking and loitering or prowling at night. He was arraigned and denied bail because a district judge deemed him a danger to himself and others. Young is currently suspended without pay, according to Pennsylvania State...

Schuylkill County, PA · 2025-03-16

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Mercer County Man Accused of Strangling Woman During Domestic Dispute

MERCER CO., Pa. (EYT) – A Mercer County man is behind bars following a domestic assault that allegedly occurred in Lackawannock Township, Mercer County. According to court documents, 40-year-old Daniel Bryan Tomko, of Hermitage, was arraigned on Monday, March 17, in front of Magisterial District Judge Mary Ann Odem on the following charges:

Mercer County, PA · 2025-03-18

KYW News Radio

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Bills advancing in Pa. House could bring cost-of-living increase to some teachers, state employees

The cost-of-living adjustments would apply to state employees and teachers who retired before Act 9 of 2001, which changed the state pension benefits packages to the benefit of current employees but didn’t address current retirees.

Pennsylvania · 2025-03-18

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Extra funding for 100s of Pa. school districts in question. See if yours could be affected.

HARRISBURG — Top Republican lawmakers who can make or break a budget deal appear skeptical about sending half a billion dollars to some Pennsylvania school districts this year as part of an effort to close the “adequacy gap.”. In his latest budget proposal, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed...

Pennsylvania · 2025-03-17

Pennsylvania Capital-Star

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Trump’s cuts to federal workers have taken their toll on Pa. More are coming

While he was preparing for work at the National Energy Technology Laboratory on Feb. 14, Kyle Buchheit opened an email he’d received around midnight. “Per OPM instructions, DOE [the Department of Energy] finds that your further employment would not be in the public interest. For this reason, you are being removed from your position.” It […]

Pennsylvania · 2025-03-17

KDKA News Radio

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Match 6 Lotto ticket worth $3.2 million sold at local market

The Match 6 Lotto ticket was sold at the Penncraft Market in East Millsboro, Fayette County and matched all six numbers 14, 36, 38, 41, 43, 44.

Fayette County, PA · 2025-03-17

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Bus carrying bagpipers from St. Patrick's Day parade crashes into truck in Pennsylvania

MOUNT COBB, Pa. - Bagpipers returning from a St. Patrick's Day parade were taken to hospitals after their charter bus crashed into a tractor-trailer, officials said. The bus was exiting westbound Interstate 84 in northeastern Pennsylvania shortly before 6:30 p.m. Sunday when it ran into the tractor-trailer, which had no one inside it, Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mike Shaffer said, according to WBRE-TV/WYOU-TV.

Pennsylvania · 2025-03-17

New York Post

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Luigi Mangione claims cops illegally collected his DNA by giving him snacks after McDonald’s arrest

Pennsylvania cops illegally collected Luigi Mangione’s DNA when they gave him food and a soda at a police station the day of his arrest, the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer’s lawyers claim in court papers. Mangione’s lawyers claim he was illegally arrested at McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa. on Dec. 9 since cops lacked probable cause during the encounter and allegedly failed to read him his rights and inform him he was a suspect for at least 20 minutes when he was swarmed by over ten officers. Since the arrest was illegal to begin with, any further statements and evidence the...

Altoona, PA · 2025-03-17

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Pennsylvania toddler allegedly killed by dad’s girlfriend who fed her acetone, batteries, screws

PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania woman is accused of fatally poisoning her boyfriend’s 18-month-old daughter by feeding her batteries, screws and nail polish remover after she researched the harmful effects the items could have on a child before the killing. Aleisia Owens, 20, was arrested Thursday for the suspected...

New Castle, PA · 2025-03-16

The Center Square

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Legislators move to expand substance use treatment in county jails

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers are hoping to expand and improve upon a 2015 law that offers grants to county jails treating inmates experiencing substance use disorders. Act 80 provides funding for the use of naltrexone, or Vivitrol, an injectable extended-release drug that blocks the effects of opioids. Since the passage of the act, several other medications for opioid use disorder, or MOUD, have proven to be better options for many patients. “A substance use disorder is a chronic medical condition. It is a disease, a family disease which we need to normalize and integrate care for," said Secretary...

Pennsylvania · 2025-03-17

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Shapiro urges Pennsylvanians to prepare now for May 7 REAL ID deadline

With just two months remaining until the May 7 federal REAL ID enforcement deadline, officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the Philadelphia International Airport, American Automobile Association (AAA), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are encouraging Pennsylvanians to prepare now to ensure they can fly domestically without disruptions.

Pennsylvania · 2025-03-16

WPXI Pittsburgh

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Lawmaker proposes ending charging children as adults in PA

The average number of youth charged as adults per year in Pennsylvania between 2017 and 2021 was 450.

Pennsylvania · 2025-03-17