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Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion

AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A CHOCOLATE FACTORY EXPLOSION IN WEST READING. POLICE CHIEF WAYNE HOLBEN…

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Latest Bid By Sandusky to Get Another Trial Shot Down

Prosecutors last week, asked a judge to reject the latest request for a new trial by now 79 year old former Penn State Assistant Football Coach Jerry Sandusky… saying his latest request for a new trial carries little weight and amount to nothing more than clutter and noise. Sandusky is serving a minimum of 30 […]

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Deaths Under Investigation

An investigtion is underway into the deaths of two people over the weekend in Schuylkill County. State Police say they found the two bodies during a welfare check Saturday at a home just west of Tamaqua. They have been identified as 56-year-old Lisa Long and 52-year-old Ronald Zangari. So far, investigators say it appears to […]

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Banana Crash!

Part of one Pennsylvania highway went bananas, when a truck loaded with fruit overturned. It happened on U.S. Route 322 near the Oak Hall Exit early Thursday morning… around 1am. The crash involved a tractor-trailer hauling bananas. Nobody was hurt, and amazingly, only about 10 bananas fell from a small corner where the guardrail ripped […]

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Fettterman ” Recovering “

AN UPDATE ON A RECOVERING DEMOCRATIC SENATOR. FOX NEWS HAS DETAILS…

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Where’s Fetterman??

After he has for all intents and purposes, dropped out of sight, Pennsylvania Republicans are now demanding that John Fetterman release a video to prove that he is alive and well. They threaten that if he is unable to do so, he will face an intervention from lawmakers now expressing concern that Fetterman is unable […]

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Nominees Confirmed

On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Senate confirmed the first two of Governor Josh Shapiro’s nominees to lead state agencies. The votes were unanimous in support of Christopher Paris for State Police Commissioner and Michelle Henry as Attorney General. Both Paris and Henry were nominated to their posts by Shapiro shortly after he was sworn in as […]

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Shapiro Takes Aim at Minimum Wage

Governor Josh Shapiro called for an increase in the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour during his budget address. The state’s current minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, something Shapiro says is not a livable wage in 2023. Shapiro said that Pennsylvania’s minimum wage is lower than that of 30 other states, including all […]

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Proposed Shapiro Tax Reduction Termed ” Minimal “

Yesterday, we told you that Pennsylvania is one of the most taxed states in the nation. Today, we have some good news… sort of. Governor Josh Shapiro yesterday, called for the elimination of one tax that most Pennsylvanians have to pay. Shapiro wants to do away with Pennsylvania’s cell phone taxes, which right now, add […]

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Hunting Rules Changing

There could be a change of rules for many of Pennsylvania’s deer hunters. Legislation that would amend the Pennsylvania Game Code to remove antler restrictions for senior hunters is being introduced. To be a senior hunter in Pennsylvania, you must be 65 or older.

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