News Staff Pennsylvania continued its rebound from the coronavirus pandemic, as the state reported Tuesday that tax collections through May were almost $3 billion ahead of expectations. Collections for the state’s main operating account were $36.6 billion through May, the 11th month of the fiscal year, the Department of Revenue said. That is $2.9 billion, or 8.5%, … Read more
County officials are reprising their call for fixes to Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law to help them run a smoother election in November, as Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration told counties that they must not count mailed-in ballots without the voter’s handwritten date on the envelope. The counties’ call for action Tuesday comes amid a partisan stalemate … Read more
In Arizona the count continues, and now a Pennsylvania senator will a receive tour of the ongoing ballot-counting operation in Maricopa County. State Senator Doug Mastriano has talked of possibly running for governor of Pennsylvania in 2022. He said last month that President Trump asked him to run and promised to campaign for him. Mastriano … Read more
A police chief here in Pennsylvania has been arrested after threatening a citizen over some Facebook posts. According to federal prosecutors, 45 year old Brian Buglio “threatened to pursue felony criminal charges” against the man even though he admitted they lacked merit. Buglio… who was the police chief for the city of West Hazelton in … Read more
Altoona-based Sheetz now says it will enable digital currency payments via Flexa, the pure-digital payments network, which will allow customers to pay for items or fill up their gas tanks using digital currency. Sheetz will begin accepting digital currencies at select Sheetz Café Stores later this summer, with a planned rollout to Sheetz’s fuel pumps … Read more
Those who need to file unemployment for weekly benefits must do so before 9:00 p.m. Wednesday. This is to ensure your claim is processed prior to the system being taken offline on Thursday. The state is transitioned from a 40-year old system to a new, modern system on May 30. The system will be offline … Read more
Five people are behind bars after allegedly breaking into a Tyrone apartment and assaulting a man and woman. On Saturday morning, Robin and Charles Shultz, Kodi Little, Justice Myers, and Juan Muniz broke into a relative’s home on the 500 block of West 16th Street. The man was able to get away, but the woman … Read more
Delgrosso’s Amusement Park in Tipton has been shut down since the whole coronavirus thing started more than a year ago. But that all changed on Monday, when the park opened its rides for the first time since 2019. Delgrosso’s is following the current CDC and the Pennsylvania Department of Health guidelines for now, and come … Read more
Jury selection is scheduled for today for a trial over the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s federal lawsuit against a Cleveland firm over allegations that an actuarial employee vastly understated the pension liability being assumed by UPMC when it acquired Altoona Hospital in 2013. UPMC says in the lawsuit against CBIZ Inc. that it wouldn’t … Read more
Hundreds attended the Altoona Symphony Orchestra’s free concert Memorial Day Evening at Lakemont Park. It turns out it was the last concert with Maestra (MYS-trah) Teresa Cheung (Chung) as the Music Director and Conductor of the Symphony. Cheung announced after 13 years, she felt it was time for the Symphony to explore other opportunities. Symphony … Read more