The Claysburg-Kimmel School District is expanding its special education program with innovative tools and real-world learning experiences to prepare students for the next step. The elementary school will receive adaptive furniture, expanded sensory equipment, a LiteZilla sensory wall, a ...
Instead of dismissing a rapidly changing technological landscape, many national and local colleges are offering artificial intelligence minors to the next generation of workers. There are currently 74 majors and 89 minors in AI being offered at American colleges, according to the New York Times. Only five schools offered the major about five years ago. Now, institutions are developing their own AI courses and degrees, including local colleges like Penn State University, Saint Francis University and Juniata College. The Pennsylvania College of Technology, a Penn State affiliate ...
Since the invention of the telegraph in the 1830s and the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in the 1860s, we have lived in a technologically connected world. This week, Pennsylvanians are once again experiencing a different kind of connectivity — the airborne kind that has ...
They’ve been a constant companion, a confidant and walking buddy, a bed hog, best friend and a comfort during life’s storms, but when it comes time to say goodbye, many people don’t know where to turn to give their beloved pet a proper send-off. In a fashion similar to funeral homes, ...
Rural King, the farm and home supply chain, is once again seeking dismissal of a federal lawsuit that was filed after a gun purchased at its Clearfield Store in 2024 was used in a murder the day after its sale. The lawsuit was filed in April by Jodi Lynn Parks, the mother of Kodey Lee Parks, 33, of Morris Township, Clearfield County. Kodey Parks and his estranged wife, Danielle, 39, were in the process of a custody exchange on Feb. 24, 2024, when a tussle erupted and her boyfriend, Bryan Michaelis, 50, shot and killed Kodey. Both Danielle Parks and Michaelis were convicted of ...
The “balance” in Pennsylvania’s new state budget for 2026-27 is a bipartisan illusion created by moving numbers around on spreadsheets and ignoring potentially serious ramifications in the future, according to lawmakers who voted against it and some outside observers. A prime target for criticism is an agreement to delay huge medical assistance payments due to managed care organizations. As a result, about $1.3 billion in payments that were supposed to be made near the end of 2026-27 will instead be scheduled during 2027-28. So-called “MCO’s” in Pennsylvania include ...
