Extreme weather causing equipment failure

Council members are concerned about potential flooding when ice on the river begins to melt. In response to the weekend snowstorm, Elizabeth Borough Councilman Chuck Smith stated that he and Mayor Bar...

The virtual event was sparked by an incident involving a business owner in the borough. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission hosted a “No Hate In Our State” virtual town hall Tuesday to address...

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By SOPHIE BATES, KRISTIN M. HALL and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press Three Texas siblings who perished in an icy pond were among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold as crews scrambl...