Lower Paxton, PA
News
Penn State Student, 20, Dies At Hospital From COVID-19 Penn State Student, 20, Dies At Hospital From COVID-19
Penn State Student, 20, Dies At Hospital From Covid-19 A second Pennsylvania State University student has died of COVID-19. Neil Chetan Patel, 20, of King of Prussia, died at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia on Sunday. Neil Chetan Patel.Facebook- Neil Patel Patel contracted coronavirus at the end of March 2021, just days before the state's phased vaccine rollout changed so everyone over 18-years-old could vaccinate, not just elderly, immunocompromised and frontline workers. He was placed on a ventilator April 11. Shortly after, a GoFundMe campaign page was launched to help cover the cost of his mounting medical bills. An …

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by Jillian Pikora
Lower Paxton, PA
Weather
NWS Issues Severe Thunderstorm Watches In PA, NJ, WV, DE, OH, MD NWS Issues Severe Thunderstorm Watches In PA, NJ, WV, DE, OH, MD
NWS Issues Severe Thunderstorm Watches In PA, NJ, WV, DE, OH, MD The National Weather Service has issued multiple weather warnings across several states for Monday afternoon and evening. The National Weather Service in State College has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in 35 counties in Pennsylvania including but not limited to the following: Adams Berks Bucks Chester Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Franklin Fulton Huntingdon Juniata Lancaster Lebanon Lehigh Montgomery Northampton Perry Philadelphia Schuylkill York In New Jersey the following counties are under the same advisory, according to the National Weather service: Burlington Camden Glouscester S…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
Large PA Construction Firm Stole More Than $20 Million From Employees, AG Says Large PA Construction Firm Stole More Than $20 Million From Employees, AG Says
Large PA Construction Firm Stole More Than $20 Million From Employees, AG Says One of Pennsylvania's biggest road and bridge construction firms was charged with multiple counts of theft on accusations it stole more than $20 million from its employees, authorities announced. It what the Office of Attorney General is calling the largest case of its kind yet filed in the U.S., Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc., of State College, was slapped with theft charges that reportedly violated state and federal wage laws, AG Josh Shapiro said in a press conference Thursday. AG Shapiro announces charges against a major Pennsylvania company for stealing millions of dollars in wages from …

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
DA: State College Psychologist Imprisoned For Sex Assault Of Patients Accused Of Raping Child DA: State College Psychologist Imprisoned For Sex Assault Of Patients Accused Of Raping Child
DA: State College Psychologist Imprisoned For Sex Assault Of Patients Accused Of Raping Child A former State College psychologist previously sentenced for sexually assaulting two of his patients is facing new charges for reportedly raping a child, authorities said. Richard Lenhart was charged in 2014 for sexually assaulting at least two patients, and fraudulently submitting insurance claims totaling over $70,000, according to Attorney General Josh Shapiro. In 2016, Lenhart was sentenced to time state prison for those crimes, Shapiro said. In July 2019, a new victim reported to State College police that she had been raped by Lenhart on a regular basis from 2006 to 2014 when he was t…

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by Nicole Acosta
Lower Paxton, PA
News
National Weather Service Forecasts Snow This Week In PA National Weather Service Forecasts Snow This Week In PA
National Weather Service Forecasts Snow This Week In PA April could be off to a foolish start, with snow being predicted by the National Weather Service in State College for later this week. Rain will move in to the state from the west on Tuesday night and continue through the day on Wednesday, the NWS says. When temps drop Wednesday night, the rain may mix with or change to a period of snow across the higher terrain of Northern and Western PA, according to the NWS. Just more than a week into spring and Pennsylvania has had several sunshiny and breezy days, but the NWS says the mild weather will shift to "A lionish end to March and an unseasonab…

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by Jillian Pikora
Hamilton Township, NJ
News
Capitol Riot Suspects Arrested For Assault On Officer Brian Sicknick Grew Up In Central Jersey Capitol Riot Suspects Arrested For Assault On Officer Brian Sicknick Grew Up In Central Jersey
Capitol Riot Suspects Arrested For Assault On Officer Brian Sicknick Grew Up In Central Jersey A Pennsylvania and West Virginia man -- both natives of Central Jersey -- were arrested Sunday on criminal charges related to their alleged conspiring to injure Capitol Hill police officers, federal officials said.  During the Jan. 6 riot, they allegedly sprayed bear repellant into the faces of three officers, one of whom -- Brian D. Sicknick -- later died, authorities said. Sicknick 42, previously lived in South River, New Jersey.  Sicknick's exact cause of death has never been clarified. According to court documents, Julian Elie Khater, 32, of State College, Pennsylvania, and G…

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by Jon Craig
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
North Plainfield Woman, 29, Killed By Wrong-Way NJ Turnpike Driver, State Police Say North Plainfield Woman, 29, Killed By Wrong-Way NJ Turnpike Driver, State Police Say
North Plainfield Woman, 29, Killed By Wrong-Way NJ Turnpike Driver, State Police Say A 29-year-old North Plainfield woman died after a wrong-way driver on the New Jersey Turnpike hit her car head-on early Monday morning, authorities said. UPDATE: A GoFundMe campaign has been started to help with funeral expenses  Kristen Leary was headed southbound in Woodbridge when she was hit by a 23-year-old State College, Pennsylvania man hit her near milepost 94.1 around 1:45 a.m., a New Jersey State Police spokesman said. The wrong-way driver was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick with serious injuries, State Police said. Neither car contained pa…

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by Cecilia Levine