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A familiar face has taken over as CEO of St. Barnabas Health System, the corporation announced Tuesday, Jan. 6. Douglas W. Day was appointed as the president and fourth ...
January 09, 2026 Local News
State police are investigating a threat toward Moniteau School District discovered around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8. All school operations went on as normal Friday. The...
January 09, 2026 Local News
FORWARD TWP — A month after supervisors voted to approve a 2026 budget, the township’s newly constituted board voted to reopen it during its first meeting on Thursday nig...
January 09, 2026 Government
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has opened the 2026 nomination cycle for the Pennsylvania Historical Marker Program, inviting residents and community gr...
January 09, 2026 Local News
Dairy industry leaders and state Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding unveiled the butter sculpture for the 2026 Pennsylvania Farm Show on Thursday, Jan. 8. This year’s ...
January 09, 2026 Local News
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Business News
Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes. The parent co...
January 09, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Jan. 26 marks the official start date of the 2026 tax filing season, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns. April 15 is the filin...
January 09, 2026 Business
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged higher this week to just above its 2025 low. The average long-term mortgage rate rose to 6.16%, mortgage buyer Freddie ...
January 08, 2026 Business
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State News
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is running for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term that put him on the Democratic Party’s radar...
January 08, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near an abandoned cemetery on Philadelphia’s outskirts led police to a basement filled with body parts, which authoriti...
January 08, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Deaths of on-duty law enforcement officers in the U.S. decreased by nearly 25% in 2025, according to an annual report. The report from the National Law Enforcement Office...
January 06, 2026 National News
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National News
MINNEAPOLIS — As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis’ streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shoo...
January 09, 2026 National News
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the North Bay early Thursday morning shortly after midnight, waking up people across the region. The quake, centered i...
January 08, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue. The space agency said Thursday ...
January 08, 2026 National News
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International News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday called on oil executives to rush back into Venezuela as the White House looks to quickly secure $100 billion in investments ...
January 09, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — U.S. forces boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, as the Trump administration targets sanctioned tankers traveli...
January 09, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four pe...
January 09, 2026 International News
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