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Another Impactful Storm To Follow Snowy Weekend In Northeast: Forecasters
Forecasters are touting a massive storm expected to drop several inches of snow on the East Coast this weekend. But some weather maps show parts of the Northeast will get only rain, and no snow at all, noting a another impactful storm could be coming mid-week next week, AccuWeather reports. The storm coming Saturday, Jan. 6 will move northeast from the Gulf Coast toward the mid-Atlantic between 12 and 1 p.m., according to AccuWeather and the National Weather Service. Our first chance for some accumulating and potentially impactful snowfall this season will occur for some this wee…
Lifestyle
Sauerkraut Ice Cream Returns As One Of The Mid-Atlantic's Favorite New Year's Treats
I scream, you scream, we all scream for sauerkraut ice cream? You read that correctly sauerkraut ice cream is a favorite briny, salty, creamy treat people flock to central Pennsylvania to eat at the start of every New Year. Pork and sauerkraut are New Year's staples for prosperity and good fortune for Pennsylvanian's of German ancestry. Urban Churn is known for taking this tradition to a new level by churning up sauerkraut ice cream. The owner Adam Brackbill said he uses all-natural ingredients and traditional ice cream production techniques to make simply delicious flavor combinations, so…
Weather
Air Quality Quickly Worsening As Wildfire Smoke Returns
Another wave of Canadian wildfire smoke is making its way to the East Coast — and things were already not looking great as of Wednesday, June 28. Air quality index (AQI) values were in the triple digits in Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Baltimore as of Wednesday afternoon, AccuWeather says citing Plume Labs (see map above). The AQI in Pittsburg was particularly bad, with levels reaching 285. Click here to watch the skyline vanish. ALSO SEE: Philadelphia Air Quality Hits Code Red Due To Canadian Wildfire Smoke, Officials Warn Worst day of smoke from the Canadian wildfires we’ve had y…
Weather
Storms With Possibility Of Isolated Tornadoes To Threaten East Coast
Severe storms with the possibility of isolated tornadoes will be threatening the East Coast Monday, June 26, and will be followed by at least two more days of stormy weather, meteorologists say. Damaging winds, flash flooding, and hail are all possible by late in the afternoon Monday, forecasters are predicting. Hail could be around 1 inch in diameter, the National Weather Service said in a Hazardous Weather Outlook statement issued early Monday morning. A moderate threat was issued across North Jersey, the Poconos, and Central Pennsylvania, while a high threat was issued in South Jersey,…
Weather
Pair Of Storms Could Bring Flurries, Lots Of Rain To Northeast In Coming Days
Temps and snow flurries will both be falling this weekend, with an even bigger storm bringing mostly rain to the region early next week, forecasters say. On Friday evening, Feb. 24, temperatures will plummet into the 20s and 30s, a vast difference from the near-spring weather that's consumed much of winter. 🥶🧥 Bundle up if you're heading out this evening! We're expecting the coldest temperatures in about 3 weeks across the... Posted by US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly on Friday, February 24, 2023 Snow flurries are being forecast beginning in the late morning Saturd…
News
'Santa Claus' Who Sexually Assaulted Child Learns His Fate: Pennsylvania State Police
It looks like some children in central Pennsylvania may have been visited by a "bad Santa." A 58-year-old man who is known for playing Santa Clause at events in central Pennsylvania has been sentenced to jail, Pennsylvania state police announced on Thanksgiving eve. John Paul Kruger, of Hanover, has been under investigation for sexually assaulting a minor since 2021, according to an announcement by the state police on Wednesday, Nov. 23. Kruger pled guilty to charges of indecent assault of a person less than 13 and corruption of a minor and was sentenced to 11.5 to 23 months in Adams…
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Missing Central Pennsylvania Woman With Ties To Maryland Found Safe: Police
UPDATE: Janis Rainer, 59, of Spring Garden Township, has been found safe, according to an updated release by Pennsylvania state police. No additional information was released. ORIGINAL: A 59-year-old woman from central Pennsylvania is missing and might be in danger, police say. Janis Rainer was last at her home in Spring Garden Township on Monday, Oct. 17, according to area police. She is likely operating a silver 2019 Kia Rio Sedan, bearing PA registration LFG-8299, and does not have her cellphone with her. She is described as a White woman who is approxima…
Obituaries
Virginia Dad, Maryland Man Killed In Pennsylvania Crash Involving Stolen Delaware Car
Two men have died following a crash in central Pennsylvania involving a stolen white Charger Hellcat from Delaware on Sunday, September 10, Pennsylvania state police say. Oscar Ronaldino Salvador, 26, of Virginia, Waldir Adonay Hernandez-Monge, 24, of Maryland, and Elio Alarcon-Ozoia, 28, of Maryland, had been in the speeding Hellcat when the car crashed in the 7000 block of Allentown Boulevard/US-22 around 5:20 a.m., police say. The Hellcat went off the roadway— ejecting Salvador and Hernandez-Monge— who both died at the scene, according to the police. Alarcon-Ozoia was extricated from…
Police & Fire
MD Couple Steals $230 In Lottery Tickets From PA Rutters: Police
A pair of thieves stole hundreds of dollars of lottery tickets from a central Pennsylvania convenience store, authorities say. The man and woman pictured, were since in a vehicle with a Maryland license plate, according to a release by York County Regional police on Thursday, August 4. In total, the couple took approximately $230 worth of lottery tickets from the Rutter's store on Leader Heights Road. Anyone with information about the theft, the couple, or their whereabouts should contact the police.
News
Dozen Maternity Ward Nurses Pregnant, Have Given Birth In The Last Year At One Area Hospital
When you're in the business of babies it's no surprise when babies are on the brain, maybe that's why there is a baby boom at one central Pennsylvania hospital. Eleven women who work in the Family Maternity Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital have gotten pregnant or had a baby in 2022, a spokesperson with the hospital said in a release. “We do babies!” she says with a laugh. “That’s what we do!” nurse manager Marguerite Fritsch said. And do they ever. Among the 11 women in third-floor unit — all nurses or nurse aides — three are…
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PA Repeat Child Porn Offender On Last Year Of Probation Didn’t Learn His Lesson
A central Pennsylvania man has been charged with possessing child porn— again, authorities say. Harrison Michael Rineholt, 48, of Pennsylvania and previously of Maryland, was on his last year of probation for possessing child pornography when he was caught disseminating more child porn a decade later, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. An investigation was launched after a proactive investigation conducted by Corporal Anthony Reppert found Rineholt was sharing the child porn online, the release details. State police’s computer task force did a warranted search of his hom…
Police & Fire
'Armed & Dangerous' Gunman Wanted For Attempted Murder After PA Cafe Shooting: Police
Authorities in Central Pennsylvania are searching for the gunman who shot a victim inside of a cafe on Sunday, March 6. William Darrell Lynch fled from Swatara's Roadhouse Café at 1031 Eisenhower Boulevard in a white sedan with other people after firing his gun at a victim inside the business around 1:30 a.m., Swatara police said. The victim was hospitalized for treatment, and several other shots were fired in the parking lot, authorities said. Meanwhile, Lynch is considered armed and dangerous and wanted on a charge of attempted murder, and more. The Swatara Police are requesting t…
Weather
Here's How Much Snow Is Expected In Storm Headed To Region
Put your rain boots back in the closet and get the snow boots out. The second storm of the week is headed to the Northeast, and it's bringing four to six inches of a wintry mix with it, meteorologists are saying. "We have twin storms this week," AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said, adding, "They are not identical but more like fraternal twins." Between one and two-tenths of ice accumulations are expected, along with between four and six inches of snow/sleet in Greater Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, and Northwestern New Jersey Thursday into Friday, the National …
News
Jeff Bezos' Ex-Wife Donates $1.5 Mil To PA Nonprofit
Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott— a philanthropist and novelist— has donated $1.5 million to an organization based in central Pennsylvania, according to a release by the recipient. The donation was made to Communities In Schools of Pennsylvania, which currently serves 12,000 students in 21 schools, according to the release. The donation is part of a larger gift of $133.5 million donated to 40 affiliate groups of Communities In Schools national, reports CNN. “This is the largest, and most inspiring, donation in the history of our organization. These funds will allow us t…
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Doctor Blasted By TikTokers Over COVID Scripts Fired From PA Hospital: Report
The surgeon accused of providing questionable drugs to treat COVID-19 through a restaurant in central Pennsylvania has been fired from the hospital where she worked, according to a report by PennLive. Dr. Edith Behr is believed to have been coordinating with the social media manager of a Lebanon County restaurant to write prescriptions for ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatments, according to numerous reports and state officials. Behr's alleged termination from Phoenixville Hospital comes to light after she and Taste of Siciliy social media manager Christin…
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Mystery Animal Found In PA Escapes Wildlife Shelter Days Into DNA Testing
Less than a week after experts began treating and testing the DNA of a mysterious animal found in central Pennsylvania, the animal got loose. Christina Eyth, of Fairfield Township, Adams County, had found the animal after following snowy footprints outside her door thinking they would lead her to a neighbor's loose dog last weekend. The animal went missing sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, according to the shelter. “There had been no evidence of escape attempts," Wildlife Works-Mount Pleasant wrote in part in a Facebook post. "We had him for about a week, during …
Weather
Blizzard, Winter Storm Warnings Issued Across Region, 18 Inches Of Snow Possible In Parts Of NJ
A blizzard warning has been issued along parts of the Jersey Shore with the rest of the state and greater Philadelphia under a winter storm warning as of Friday morning, meteorologists say. New Jersey's coastal counties could see wind gusts as high as 50 mph with snow totals reaching between 8 and 15 inches Friday night through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. Snow projections for this weekend's stormAccuWeather The rest of New Jersey, Philadelphia, Maryland are expected to get 1 to 3 inches. Central Pennsylvania is looking at flurries if anything, the National Weath…
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