HOLLIDAYSBURG — A city man accused of participating in an altercation that ended with an individual being shot in the torso is seeking to have his case severed from that of the man who allegedly pulled the trigger. Jaice Vernon Lindsey, 41, appeared Tuesday morning alongside defense ...
Lawmakers have less than three months to take some sort of action concerning the estimated 70,000 “skill games” in the state before a stayed Supreme Court decision stirs up a potential political hornet’s nest. The Legislature and Gov. Josh Shapiro enacted a new state budget on July 12 without including a deal concerning the games, which are unregulated, untaxed, and — under the court decision issued a few weeks earlier — illegal. State leaders have struggled for years to come up with a solution to the multi-sided issue presented by the games, but until the June 15 court ruling ...
The Penn State Board of Trustees has approved tuition increases and millions of dollars in spending cuts for the 2027-28 fiscal year as the university grapples with surging payroll expenses and lost tuition revenue due to declining enrollment. The changes are part of the $11.1 billion ...
Wyatt Nelson (left) and Miles Kennard, both 3 and of Hollidaysburg, learn about trains as they play in the Children’s Room at the Hollidaysburg Area Public Library on Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro applauded the state’s recent budget deal for providing a 100% increase in funding for rape crisis centers during a ceremonial signing at the YWCA Young Women’s Association in Carlisle on Monday. It was a change of tune from last year, when a budget impasse forced many centers to limit services and let go of employees. In the new deal, state funding for Pennsylvania’s 47 rape crisis centers increased by $12 million. While many Republicans questioned if the budget was genuinely “balanced,” Shapiro maintained that the plan and its prioritization ...
Pennsylvania has seen healthy turnout in recent elections, but one important segment of the electorate isn’t participating in such high numbers. According to a recent study of 30 states, Pennsylvania has the lowest rate of 18-year-olds registering to vote of any of them. Just 22% of ...
