NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Former New Wilmington mayor and Lawrence County commissioner Wendell Wagner passed away on Nov. 24.   He was 87.

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Titan Radio, the Westminster College radio station, continues its 40-year tradition of playing all Christmas music, commercial-free, from Thanksgiving through Christmas Day.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek has died after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly two years. “Jeopardy!” studio Sony says Trebek died at his Los Angeles home early Sunday with family and friends surrounding him. He was 80.

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Saturday will mark the final day for the Tavern on the Square in New Wilmington as the owner has announced they are closing.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some Pennsylvania school districts are permitting more fans in the stands in the wake of a federal judge’s ruling that tossed statewide pandemic limits on crowd size, while legislative Republicans prepared Wednesday to renew their push to enshrine local control of scho…

NEW CASTLE, Pa.-- The New Castle City Police Department is investigating a possible suspicious letter opened at New Castle City Council on September 22.  

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. (WC)-- A group of Westminster College students interning with Pleasant Hill Historians and volunteers from the Lawrence County Historical Society visited the remains of a Quaker settlement in Edinburg, Pa., over the summer months.

(AP)-- Authorities say some 10,000 state prison inmates in Pennsylvania fraudulently applied for unemployment compensation benefits meant for people who are jobless because of the pandemic.

(AP)-- The governing body for Pennsylvania interscholastic sports decided Friday to move forward with the fall season, rejecting the governor’s recommendation that all youth sports be postponed until 2021 to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Amid questions over mask-wearing requirements in schools, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is trying to make it clear that masks are to be worn practically at all times by students in school, drawing complaints that school leaders must again change their preparations.

The governing body for Pennsylvania interscholastic sports signaled again Monday that it’s seriously considering moving ahead with the fall season despite the governor’s recommendation that all youth athletics be canceled until 2021.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)-- Reports of suicidal or self-harming thoughts made to Pennsylvania’s mandatory harm reporting system for schools increased after classrooms were shut down in March because of the coronavirus pandemic.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's governor is recommending that youth sports, including high school sports, be put on hold until January to help prevent COVID-19 infection.

INDIANA, Pa.-- Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) President Michael says the institution is moving to a hybrid model for fall semester classes, but only allow freshmen and other small groups of students back on campus.  The decision comes as cases of COVID-19 increase in western Pennsylvania.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state elections agency is asking lawmakers to require counties to distribute mail-in ballots earlier for the 2020 General Election and beyond, based on its review of how the greatly expanded mail-in system performed during the June 2 primary.

CALIFORNIA, Pa. — California University of Pennsylvania (Cal U) will not open it's campus to students this fall but instead operate remotely because of concerns about the state's recent rise in coronavirus infections.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will pay the cost of postage for voters to mail in ballots in November’s general election.

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say seven people were arrested and about 150 people were asked to leave a western Pennsylvania amusement park after a number of fights broke out.

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Sharpsville Area Schools have canceled all activities after a student tested Positive for COVID-19.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf is denouncing a Republican state lawmaker and self-styled opponent of mask-wearing for mimicking the words of the state’s health secretary, who is transgender, by appealing for tolerance of the “unmasked community.”

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP)--Vowing to bring “peace and security to cities across America,” Vice President Mike Pence carried the Trump campaign’s message of law and order to exurban Pennsylvania.

ALLEN TOWN, Pa. (AP) Another Pennsylvania college has changed its mind about bringing students back to campus.

HARRISBURG, Pa.-- The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) says high school sports can resume this fall under COVID-19 safety protocols that include barring spectators from the competitions.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania reported more than 800 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, as continuing concern about the virus prompted a new grace period for drivers with expiring licenses.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s health secretary hit back Tuesday against the “perpetuators and the perpetrators” of transphobic attacks against her, saying they hurt the state’s LGBTQ residents and must come to an end.

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is asking for driver’s input on traffic safety and driving behaviors through its annual online Highway Safety Survey found at www.PennDOT.gov/Safety.

HARRISBURG, Pa.– State Representatives Chris Sainato, D-Lawrence, and Mark Longietti, D-Mercer, have written to Gov. Tom Wolf urging him to lift his recent restriction imposing a 25% indoor capacity on restaurants and bars.  They call it unnecessarily restrictive and damaging to the local economy.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s school superintendents are calling for more concrete recommendations from the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf as they make decisions on how, and whether, to welcome students back to the classroom this fall.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania has reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus infections for the third time in less than a week and the sixth time this month as some regions of the state continue to see rising case numbers.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania reported more than 800 new confirmed coronavirus cases Monday, as fresh concerns about it spreading prompted the cancellation of Monday night’s Major League Baseball game in Philadelphia.

Dr. B sits down with Todd Cole, Westminster alum and longtime award winning elementary teacher, to discuss strategies, books and other resources for raising a child who is not racist.

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Research reveals cats kill 1.3 to 4-billion birds in the United States each year. The American Bird Conservancy identifies cats as the number one threat to the bird population in North America.  The organization says it’s the combination of tens of millions of outdoor c…

PITTSBURGH-- Kennywood Park has announced it will open five days a week for the remainder of the season because of a spike in coronavirus cases in Allegheny County. Kennywood will close on Mondays and Tuesdays.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania as of Thursday is offering driver licenses and identification cards with a gender-neutral designation for people who do not want to be identified as either male or female.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A 36-year-old man is accused of raping four Penn State students over a seven-year period, and DNA from the victims led police to him.  

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Turnpike officials have announced yet another toll increase — 6-percent beginning early next year — as well as a new 45 percent surcharge for non-EZ-Pass users whose tolls are assessed by mail based on their license plates.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than a thousand additional coronavirus infections are being reported in Pennsylvania as health officials work to stifle a recent spike in cases.

SHARON, Pa.-- "WaterFire Sharon" has canceled its July 25 event in Mercer County for this summer, due to uncertainty caused by COVID-19.

HARRISBURG, Pa.-- Pennsylvania has announced the availability of grants to help employers provide hazard pay to employees engaged in life-sustaining operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

HARRISBURG, Pa.-- State education officials with help from the state health department have issued new protocols to guide fo Pennsylvania schools for reopening for in-person classes for the new school year.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has followed through on his threat to yank COVID-19 funding from a county that defied his shutdown orders.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — High school football and other fall sports will start as scheduled, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association said Wednesday.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is imposing broad new statewide restrictions on bars and restaurants and larger indoor gatherings. Gov. Tom Wolf cites an “alarming escalation” in new coronavirus infections in making the announcement Wednesday.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The first bills passed by Pennsylvania’s Legislature in response to widespread protests over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd are now law with Gov. Tom Wolf’s signature.

HARRISBURG, Pa.-- Governor Tom Wolf announced on Tuesday the approval of a $102,456 grant to New Castle Real Estate, LLC, to developa long-term senior housing facility, New Castle Wellness Center. 

NEW CASTLE, Pa.-- Lawrence County is currently taking applications for the COVID-19 Business Interruption Grant Program.  This week, County Commissioner Morgan Boyd announced that businesses can submit applications.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — State health officials in Pennsylvania have neighboring Delaware and three other states to the travel quarantine recommendation aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19 in the commonwealth.

HARRISBURG, Pa.-- Lawrence County will receive than $7 million in federal money is coming to Lawrence County in the form of COVID-19 relief. 

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania schools are working on how they will safely transport students this fall, but one idea that won't be part of the plan is to install plastic barriers around school bus drivers.