CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy's for the highest in the world Saturday, surpassing 20,000, as Chicago and other cities across the Midwest braced for a potential surge in victims and moved to snuff out smoldering hot spots of contagion before they erupt.
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Health care administrators and front-line workers at Valley nursing facilities are using technology to connect residents with their loved ones.
Valley mental health experts warn that isolation, particularly during what is normally a joyous Easter and Passover holiday season, combined with the stress of coping with a global pandemic and the disruption caused by the virus, could create a difficult environment for people already grappl…
There will still be an Easter egg hunt at Lauren Raelene Rhoads' house today. As with everything in the current climate, it comes with a twist.
Shamokin Police seek information on those responsible for spray-painting graffiti on walkways and a mausoleum throughout the Shamokin Cemetery.
SHAMOKIN DAM — Charges are pending against a 39-year-old Middleburg man for violating Gov. Tom Wolf's stay-at-home order.
A felony drug case is pending against a New Berlin man accused of selling methamphetamine and pharmaceuticals to a state trooper.
WATSONTOWN — Eight people, including young triplets, are homeless after more than 40 firefighters from three counties knocked down a two-alarm duplex house fire along Main Street in Watsontown in under 30 minutes Friday morning.
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Penn State football’s plan to dominate the state might have extended to Michigan as the Nittany Lions secured their second and third verbal commitments in the two days from Michigan prospects in the class of 2021.
I thought choosing the all-decade football team would provide some of the hardest decisions I would have to make during the coronavirus pandemic, but once I started picking players for today’s all-decade boys basketball team, I figured out I was wrong.
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The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
ROME (AP) — Under a bright Roman sun, Arianna Sacripante holds her arms out wide, tilts her head back and points her eyes toward the clear blue sky.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis and Catholics around the world marked a solitary Easter Sunday, forced to celebrate the most joyful day in the Christian calendar amid the sorrowful reminders of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.
On April 9, 1942, during World War II, some 75,000 Philippine and American defenders on Bataan surrendered to Japanese troops, who forced the prisoners into what became known as the Bataan Death March; thousands died or were killed en route. CLICK HERE to read more and see today's birthdays.
STEELTON, Pa. (AP) — Police say a fire that destroyed a Pennsylvania church on Good Friday was no accident.
SEMINOLE, Pa. (AP) — A 93-year-old Pittsburgh-area woman is using the powers of the internet to keep a stock of beer while doing her part to “flatten the curve" on the coronavirus pandemic.
POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors are investigating a shooting death that occurred after police responded to a report of neighbors fighting in a southeastern Pennsylvania city.
So maybe you missed the first episode, or maybe the premise didn't seem interesting when you saw the commercial, but sometimes the shows we least expect become the talk of every office, entertainment website and magazine.
LEWISBURG — Perhaps nothing brings home the fact of a government shutdown as starkly as a dark, downtown movie theater. But there is light, in the form of new, independent films available through a “virtual screening room.”
Many local community theaters are facing the hard reality that their shows may not go on. With the mandatory shutdown of all nonessential programs and businesses, they have been forced to cancel and postpone scheduled performances, while scrambling to find creative ways to keep critical fund…
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