December 21, 2020
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Black vultures circled beneath a leaden sky, swooping down close to the tombstones in a Marietta cemetery in search of something dead to eat. Classic horror imagery aside, a big bird in the air is better than …
May 13, 2020
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The administration of Gov. Tom Wolf issued a warning Monday to businesses that choose to open in defiance of the pandemic shutdown, saying they could be jeopardizing their insurance coverage. With several counties in open rebellion against …
February 3, 2020
Students at three Pennsylvania schools were told to stay home Thursday amid ongoing concerns over lead and asbestos contamination, as state police investigate what former district officials did to address problems with tainted water. One day after Gov. Tom Wolf …
December 9, 2014
San Diego, CA, December 9, 2014 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, welcomes Clark Lawrence as the new vice president of marketing for the eastern region. In his new role, Lawrence will be responsible for …
August 25, 2014
People who told police they were not that drunk while driving may have been right in one Pennsylvania county. Somerset County District Attorney Lisa Lazzari-Strasiser tells the Daily American that a hospital has been testing drivers’ blood serum, not whole …
August 15, 2014
The accidental drowning death of a Leacock Township teen Saturday was tragic, but unfortunately, not unique. Fifteen-year-old Jonas King was operating a skid loader when it overturned into a manure pit, trapping the boy under the heavy machinery. Three years …
August 11, 2014
Driver’s license suspensions in hundreds of criminal cases since 2008 are being carried out now as because of what York County officials say was an oversight. The York Dispatch reported Wednesday that defendants in about 2,000 cases who were convicted …
May 8, 2014
State and federal fire investigators say an explosion and fire at a northwestern Pennsylvania wax plant was accidental, though they haven’t described the specific cause. A state police fire marshal says investigators from that agency and the federal Bureau of …
May 5, 2014
State police are tentatively blaming an improperly vented propane heater as the cause of death for five people who likely succumbed to carbon monoxide fumes while asleep in a small Pennsylvania cabin. Trooper Angela Bieber at the state police barracks …
April 1, 2014
The Pennsylvania Departments of Insurance and Labor & Industry announced a 5.15 percent workers’ compensation rate reduction, effective April 1. “As a result of this action, we estimate that Pennsylvania employers will experience annual savings in workers’ compensation insurance costs …