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HoopsFest player Daymon Dyson (left) plans his next move on the court during an afternoon game. Two women’s division players face off during a game at Saturday’s HoopsFest competition. HoopsFest volunteers hide from the rain while keeping score of a men’s recreational basketball ...

Taylor Farms recalls lettuce

Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S. Products with the potential to be contaminated with the diarrhea-causing parasite ...

Budget includes tax credits for startups, mental health

Pennsylvania’s new state budget includes numerous items big and small reflecting a series of political compromises. Gov. Josh Shapiro outlined some of them ranging from mandatory student recesses at schools to nursing home assistance when he signed the budget Sunday. The budget items are contained in House Bill 2400, the General Fund budget; Senate Bill 146, the Fiscal Code and House Bill 1550, the Public School Code. Here’s a rundown of some of the funded items in the budget: Education - Schools will provide at least 30 minutes of recess to students in full-day kindergarten ...

Pa. appeals court questions opioid trust funding denials

A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Monday that the trust overseeing opioid settlement funds inappropriately denied two counties funding over their proposed use of the dollars. More than $1 billion in opioid settlement dollars are going to the state’s 67 counties. In one case, Somerset County is seeking to use opioid settlement funds to pay for an outdoors camp for children. In the other, Chester County is seeking to use $52,464.96 to pay the salary of the assistant district attorney who works in the county’s drug court. The opioid trust ruled that neither proposal satisfied the ...

Divorces

Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the prothonotary’s offices at area county courthouses. Bedford County SHORT — Stephanie L., Fishertown; Traves M., Greencastle. WASHINGTON — Angela Kay; Gregory Elliott, both of Bedford. BENDER — Zachary P. Bender, Altoona; Julie A. Egolf, Bedford. BROWN — Leah; Ryan, both of Everett. COLLEDGE — Kayla M.; Richard J., both of New Paris. Cambria County BURNS — William G.; Robin M. CLITES — Nicholas; Tara. FERPAS — Eric; Patti N. HARRISON — Leroy L.; Peggy S. HOLCOMB — Michael D.; ...

Marriage licenses

Editor’s note: the following information was provided by the prothonotary’s offices at area county courthouses. Cambria County Ryan M. Wike and Candace J. Maree, both of Northern Cambria. Evan Brenneman, Johnstown, and Peyton Betcher, Windber. Vincent M. Powers and Karen J. Valine, both of Johnstown. Robert L. Smith Jr., Hollidaysburg, and Brandy S. Konsavich, Colver. Brandon A. Hill, Johnstown, and Anna M. Sweeney, Lilly. Taylor L.C. Palmer, Gallitzin, and India R.C. Scott, Ebensburg. John D. Capatch Jr., Windber, and Hela D.J. Pormento, Altoona. Amy A. Lieb and ...