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08/27/2023

August 26th is Women's Equality Day. The holiday serves to celebrate the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in the 1920s. 💁‍♀️

04/11/2023

It was caught by someone who took it home, thinking it was injured or sick, and Bietsch was called to assess it in his roe with the Pennsylvania Game Commission. “Somehow it had gotten into some type of oil. It wasn’t like a car oil,” he said ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/pennsylvania-game-warden-finds-rare-colored-raptor-covered-in-oil

04/10/2023

The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office has reported a tractor rollover that has left one man dead. Police said that the male victim, Andrew Lawrence, 65, of Fredonia, New York, was crushed by a tractor in the town of Pomfret. Investigators said that Lawrence was trying to pull a different tractor th... https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-local/rollover-tractor-accident-leaves-chautauqua-county-man-dead

$The first openly gay person to lead the American Medical Association takes the reins at a fractious time for U.S. health...$

04/10/2023

The first openly gay person to lead the American Medical Association takes the reins at a fractious time for U.S. health care. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/amas-first-gay-president-to-take-over-at-tumultuous-time

04/09/2023

Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for President Biden to ignore a federal judge's temporary hold on the abortion pill, raising alarm about the rule of law taking a back seat to the rule of man. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/wyden-aoc-urge-biden-to-ignore-judges-order-blocking-abortion-pill

04/09/2023

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - On Friday, the University of Pittsburgh Athletic Director Heather Lyke named Tory Verdi the new women's basketball head coach. Verdi will be the 10th head coach in team history. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/pitt-names-tory-verdi-as-womens-basketball-head-coach

04/08/2023

Erie man charged with supplying pills that caused Millcreek man's death as Erie County DA warns public about counterfeit pills circulating. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/erie-county-da-warns-of-dangers-of-blue-pills-as-erie-man-charged-in-drug-death-probe

04/08/2023

California's Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year despite Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom declaring last month the state was done doing business with the pharmacy giant after it indicated it would not sell abortion pills by mail in some states. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/california-to-keep-paying-walgreens-despite-gavin-newsoms-order

04/08/2023

A new study has found which Hogwarts House Pennsylvania belongs to. TheToyZone magicked up this study by first using the University of California grimoire “ The Science Behind Magic? The Relation of the Harry Potter ‘Sorting Hat Quiz’ to Personality and Human Values ” as a reference point. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/pennsylvania-belongs-to-this-hogwarts-house-study-finds

04/07/2023

Roughly 200 Russian journalists and activists have signed a letter calling for the release of a Wall Street Journal detained in Russia on unsubstantiated charges of espionage. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/russian-journalists-demand-the-release-of-evan-gershkovich-in-open-letter

04/05/2023

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who has indicted former President Donald Trump, is following a well-trod Democratic playbook. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/trump-indictment-follows-democratic-playbook-says-former-house-gop-majority-leader-tom-delay

04/04/2023

Specifically, they say she was wanted in Erie, Millcreek Township and Warren County on accusations of retail theft. When she was taken in by police, Johnson was charged with three counts of being a fugitive from justice in addition to her local warrants. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/woman-wanted-in-ny-and-pa-found-in-jamestown

04/04/2023

Disney CEO Bob Iger on Monday said any retaliatory actions by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature against the company that threaten jobs or expansion at its Florida resort is not only "anti-business but anti-Florida." https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/disney-desantis-war-of-words-heats-up-at-annual-meeting

04/03/2023

Klever Ortega and Cristina Lema had a good life until COVID-19 crippled Ecuador's economy. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/more-ecuadorians-move-to-u-s-spared-many-others-hurdles

04/01/2023

LAST NIGHT I WAS ON SPRING STREET. WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. STATE POLICE DO SAY THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE BRIEFING THE MEDIA ON THI Pennsylvania State Police and the Berks County District Attorney’s Office are investigating a ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/pennsylvania-state-police-investigating-shooting-that-involved-an-officer-in-berks-county

03/31/2023

HOW IT WILL BE USED. THE $4.8 MILLION GRANT WILL BE USED TO GIVE EVERY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA 3 HOURS OF SAFETY AND SECURITY TRAINING EVERY YEAR. THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO TRAIN TEACHERS, CUSTODIAL AIDES AND OTHER SCHOOL STAFF ON ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/pennsylvania-commission-approves-grant-to-provide-safety-training-to-all-school-employees

03/30/2023

Mike Rhoades has agreed to become the next men's basketball coach at Penn State and leave VCU, which is close to hiring Utah State's Ryan Odom as his replacement, sources told ESPN. https://ourcommunitynow.com/sports/sources-rhoades-to-psu-as-vcu-eyes-odom

03/30/2023

Trout season in Pennsylvania is beginning - with a little help from their friends. Chuck Swanderski is one of those friends, working with the Doc Fritchey Chapter of Trout Unlimited, "one of the hidden gems of Dauphin and Lebanon counties," he said. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/as-trout-season-arrives-in-pennsylvania-heres-whos-helping-to-make-that-happen

03/29/2023

The cryptocurrency entrepreneur's latest indictment alleges conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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03/27/2023

Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister, who had called for a halt on sweeping judicial reforms. Netanyahu's proposal has sparked months of protests in Israel and abroad.
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03/27/2023

Five people remained missing and 2 were dead Saturday after Friday night's deadly blast at the R.M. Palmer Co. chocolate plant in West Reading, Pa. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/its-pretty-leveled-pennsylvania-chocolate-plant-explosion-kills-at-least-2-and-5-still-missing

03/26/2023

There is a purity to the tournament, the idea that anything is possible playing out before our eyes. So long as Alabama remained, that was tainted.
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03/26/2023

WEST READING, Pa. (AP) — Firefighters battled a blaze in Pennsylvania Friday after an explosion at a chocolate factory injured at least six people and sent a plume of black smoke into the air above West Reading. Berks County fire crews remained on the ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/six-injured-in-blast-at-pennsylvania-chocolate-factory

03/25/2023

It’s traditional for talented high school students to put on musicals this time of year. In central Pa., they’ve been going on for a few weekends now and will continue into April. You might think a bunch of teenagers couldn’t put on a professional ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/rental-properties-gun-control-smoothie-shop-good-morning-pennsylvania

03/24/2023

(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) -- A strong low pressure system will spread rain into the region tonight into tomorrow. This storm has a lot of good dynamics with it, and expect wind gusts to get to 45-55 mph by tomorrow afternoon into early evening. Some storms as well. May want to take in anything that c... https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-local/gusty-winds-saturday

03/24/2023

A Boston sports radio talk show host is under fire for using an ethnic slur to describe ESPN personality Mina Kimes.
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03/24/2023

Yet for many families in Pennsylvania—and throughout the US—wait times to even see a licensed clinician for a diagnosis can range anywhere from 6-18 months. And that delay in diagnosis means that potentially thousands of children with autism in our ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/children-with-autism-have-to-wait-too-long-for-a-diagnosis-and-help-in-pennsylvania-opinion

03/23/2023

After nine years, the sixth generation Camaros will come off the assembly line at the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in January 2024.
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03/23/2023

The FMLA’s qualification for eligible workers excludes about 66 percent of workers in Pennsylvania, most of whom are low-income and/or part-time workers who cannot afford to miss a shift. If you are among the eligible workers, the time spent away from ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/in-pennsylvania-we-put-families-first-opinion

03/21/2023

Amazon will be eliminating roles in its cloud computing unit, human resources division, advertising and Twitch, CEO Andy Jassy said Monday.
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