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Why Philadelphia’s ‘Rocky’ statue is moving, and where it’s going
On March 25, the famous “Rocky” statue that has stood proudly at the base of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps since 2006 will be moved indoors to become part of an upcoming exhibit “Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments.”
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Gettysburg names small business owner Alison Lintal as new mayor
Gettysburg has named a new mayor following the sudden departure, and subsequent arrest, of former Mayor Chad-Alan Carr on child sex crime allegations.
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Who should pay when state police are the local force in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania State Police cover two-thirds of the state’s municipalities that do not have their own police department, putting a statewide agency in charge of local patrols for more than 1,300 localities across the state.
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No, the Adams County, Pa., sheriff did not raid Afroman’s home
In a statement on the sheriff’s official page, Adams County, Pa., sheriff Joshua Fitting shared that his department has received calls in recent days after Joseph Foreman, known as the rapper Afroman, won a trial against a different Adams County sheriff’s office – located not in Pennsylvania, but in Ohio.
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This volunteer firefighter comes from generations of service
Jeff Hawryliw from Harborcreek is a fourth-generation volunteer firefighter at Fairfield Hose Company. He follows in the family business of firefighting and is now the assistant chief.
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What is the Sharia Free America Caucus, and who from Pa. joined?
Since its formation late last year, more than 50 House Republicans have joined the Sharia-Free America Caucus, which its founders say was created to “save Western Civilization and fight back against the threat of Sharia.”
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Central Pa. school board policy bans books that offend ‘good taste or propriety’
The language of the policy, adopted unanimously by members of the all-conservative board, is nearly identical to policies adopted by several other far-right school boards, including Pequea Valley in Lancaster County.
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Pa. joins lawsuit against Trump’s greenhouse gas restriction rollbacks
Under President Donald Trump, officials in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have ended the endangerment finding, a longstanding rule that deemed six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, a risk to “both the public health and the public welfare of current and future generations.”
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Giant troll sculptures will lurk in Pa. national forest
A world-class public art experience by a Danish artist is coming to a Pennsylvania national forest in September of 2027, and he’s bringing his giant troll sculptures with him.
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See births of thoroughbred horses via Bucks County’s live ‘foal cams’
Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association members are set to switch on cameras at stables on the campus of Delaware Vally University in Doylestown this month. People can tune in to see expectant mama horses give birth to maybe the next Smarty Jones.
