USA Today Network via Reuters Connect
Latest from USA Today Network via Reuters Connect
-
Erie County considers high-tech ballot boxes as election nears
The Sentinel Secure Smart ballot drop boxes have a front-facing camera that takes a photo of the voter as they insert their envelope.
-
Linde data center rejected by Clinton supervisors as crowd cheers
Linde Corporation’s data center application, the first in Wayne County, was rejected Sept. 9 by the Clinton Township supervisors.
-
New data center complex breaks ground in Beaver County
Despite concerns expressed by some area residents, a groundbreaking was held Sept. 10 for a new data center complex in Beaver County.
-
Bucks County expands ‘on-demand’ voting locations ahead of election
At their meeting Sept. 9, board of elections officials approved the creation of four temporary satellite election offices expected to open in early October and the expansion of the number of voting locations in the county to seven.
-
More Pa. parents claim religious vaccine exemptions. Now what?
State Sen. Amanda Cappelletti contends that these exemptions are dangerous given the spread of vaccine conspiracy theories and distrust in the health experts who promote immunization.
-
How one Pennsylvania 9/11 widow learned to live after tragedy
Twenty-five years after the first news bulletins, the desperate phone calls that went unanswered, the searching and finally the acceptance that her husband Michael was gone, Tara Bane explains how she deals with that loss even today.
-
Why advanced newborn care is harder to find in rural Pennsylvania
Just one in five rural hospitals in Pennsylvania provides intensive care for newborns, a far lower share than urban health centers in the commonwealth.
-
Fire Chief Jim Clark says Somerset County stepped up on 9/11
Clark can’t praise the community enough for all the help and support the first responders and all those who worked on the crash site had for the next few weeks.
-
One of Pa.’s best fall foliage views is reopening for autumn
Kinzua Bridge State Park’s Skywalk is scheduled to be open Sept. 1 through Oct. 31.
-
Rural Pennsylvania’s 2050 population forecast is arriving early
The study found that the Keystone State’s population will remain stagnant, growing by only 200,000 people by the middle of the century. Only 21 counties will grow, the study found, while 46 will lose population.
