by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – After completing an analysis of Gov. Shapiro’s 2025-26 budget plan, PA Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman, Sen. Scott Martin of Lancaster & Berks Counties raised serious concerns about shortfalls in future years that would burden taxpayers...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – The PA House Health Committee unanimously approved legislation which would balance a patient’s right to access their health information with the important role that medical professionals provide in helping patients. House Bill 409 would require...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – PA Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced that the state’s dairy industry has been granted avian influenza-free status in the USDA’s National Milk Testing Strategy. The designation indicates that PA’s milk supply has been tested to rule out the...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
EPHRATA – A Lancaster County man has been charged with invasion of privacy, intercept of communications, and other counts after he was caught photographing women without their knowledge at an Ephrata store. An investigation by Ephrata Police found that 19-year-old...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER – The Lancaster Stormers and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health announced a new, multi-year partnership which rebrands the team’s home from Clipper Magazine to Penn Medicine Park, as well as partnering to deliver health-focused events, wellness...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER – Police in Lancaster report that misdemeanor assault took place on the 500 block of W. Orange Street around 3:30 p.m. yesterday. The suspects involved fled the scene, which resulted in a vehicle crash that occurred at Chestnut and Charlotte Streets. The...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG (AP) – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a proposal from the operator of the congested mid-Atlantic grid to head off the potential for power shortages. However, critics of the Tuesday night decision say it will effectively...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvanians are being warned to be on the lookout for a cyber scam that involves a scammer sending “invoices” through PayPal. As part of the ruse, the scammers use PayPal to send requests for payment to a target’s email inbox, sometimes repeatedly,...
by Greg Barton | Feb 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER –Some sleet and freezing precipitation is in the forecast for this evening around the region. As a result, icy conditions could form on area roads, so if you must drive this evening, slow down, be alert, and allow for extra travel time. Temperatures will...
by Greg Barton | Feb 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – A bill to provide financial incentives to recruit rural health care providers has unanimously passed the PA House Health Committee. House Bill 157 would create the Rural Health Care Grant Program, which would allow specified facilities, including...