The Penn State Nittany Lions shook off a 3-for-15 night from three-point range, and completed 54.5% of their two-pointers (26-for-44) in beating Kent State 75-69 on Wednesday night in the consolation game of the Las Vegas Classic. Brandon Taylor exploded to lead Penn State (9-4) with 29 points. Reserve forward Deividas Zemgulis added 11 points,…
The state Senate voted 33-to-17 on Wednesday in favor of a $30.3 billion budget bill previously passed in the House. It is smaller than the framework bill favored by Governor Tom Wolf and supported by House and Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans, but Radio PA News reports that Senate GOP leader Jake Corman said a budget bill…
Police officials now say multiple counterfeit 100-bills were passed over the weekend at Walmart stores in both the Clarion and Cranberry areas. State Police from the Clarion County station reported Tuesday that someone passed eight counterfeit 100’s between 1:00 PM and 1:30 PM Sunday at the Walmart in Monroe Township near Clarion. The State Police in Venango…
A Clarion woman has been charged after she allegedly shot the car containing her departing ex-roommate with a B-B gun. Police reports indicate that 30 year-old Alexis White claims she was shooting at a squirrel and inadvertently hit the vehicle. There were three children inside the car at the time. The vehicle reportedly is owned and…
State officials remind dog owners that dog licenses are due to be renewed by January 1. Licenses, available at county treasurer’s offices and at authorized vendors are $8.50, although there is a two-dollar discount for spayed and neutered dogs. Officials with the state Department of Agriculture warn that buying from an unauthorized third-party seller could…
Three Pittsburgh Steelers players have been named to the 2016 Pro Bowl roster. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, wide receiver Antonio Brown and guard David DeCastro were selected for the NFL’s version of an all-star game to be played on January 31 in Honolulu. Roethlisberger was named to the Pro Bowl for the fourth time. He has…
Colorado’s 71-70 victory over Penn State in the first round of the Las Vegas Classic on Tuesday night counted for the Buffaloes’ 11th straight win, the fifth-longest streak in school history. Colorado, at 11-1, is off to its best start since a 14-0 surge at the start of the 1941-42 season, a campaign in which the…
The state House of Representatives could send a budget bill to the desk of Governor Tom Wolf on Wednesday, the day in which Pennsylvania has tied its longest budget stalemate ever. On Tuesday, the House first passed a resolution allowing them to change the rules governing a Senate-approved spending plan which had been turned into…
The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired left-handed pitcher Kyle Lobstein in a cash deal with the Detroit Tigers. The 26 year-old Lobstein, who had been designated for assignment on Friday, went 3-8 with a 5.94 earned run average for the Tigers in 11 starts and two relief appearances in 2015. In twenty big league games, all with Detroit,…
A three-judge panel from the Court of Judicial Discipline suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin with pay on Tuesday pending the conclusion of an ethics court jury’s probe into allegations that Eakin was involved in sending and receiving insensitive and inappropriate e-mails in the so-called “Porngate” scandal. The e-mails were discovered by the office…
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