Pennsylvania
Shoppers in Pennsylvania flock to grocery stores to beat winter storm and prep for Super Bowl LIX
Grocery stores across our area were packed Saturday with shoppers looking to not only beat the winter storm but to also pick up some last-minute items before the Superbowl.
“It is supposed to snow that’s why I ran out,” said Matt Rowe.
As if shoppers needed any more motivation to hit the grocery store, but the winter storm was the push that was needed for customers looking to stock up before the Super Bowl.
“You know we in the Superbowl. You know everybody rushing to get their last-minute items to put on the grill and celebrate and root for our team,” said George Morse.
ShopRite in Cheltenham was filled with customers who said they didn’t want to get caught in the storm.
“Absolutely. I don’t want to be out in the ice storm,” said Valerie Haley.
Rosie Dudley added, “I didn’t want to be out on the roads because I heard it’s going to be kind of bad. I wanted to get a few things and get home.”
PennDOT reduced speeds on area highways due to the winter storm which is expected to bring a mixture of snow and freezing rain. The combination is expected to make road conditions slick. Brad Rudolph with PennDOT said crews are out in full force laying down salt.
“Ice is really scary. There’s not much you can do. You can treat it with salt. It’s up to the motorists to watch their speeds. Avoid travel if possible and certainly know the conditions before you go out there,” Rudolph said.
Shoppers heeded the warning but did so by knocking out two birds with one stone: getting ahead of the weather and prepping to watch their Eagles beat the Chiefs.
“You don’t go nowhere on the Super Bowl. Once you wake up for the Superbowl, that’s it,” said Shareef Bouie. “You don’t do no moving. You sit there and you turn on the Super Bowl.”
Some shoppers across the Philadelphia region may have to change where they get their groceries.
Grocery Outlet announced that it is closing dozens of stores for good soon.
The chain explained that the changes in SNAP benefits are driving away their main customer base.
Eight stores are shutting their doors from Chester County all the way down to Cape May County.
Grocery Outlets closing in New Jersey
- 4004 Route 130, Delran
- 401 Harmony Road, Gibbstown
- 190 Hamilton Commons Drive Mays, Landing
- 3174 Route 9, Suite 5, Rio Grande
- 677 Berlin Cross Keys Road, Sicklerville
Grocery Outlets closing in Pennsylvania
- 345 Scarlett Road, Kennett Square
- 2017 West Oregon Avenue, Philadelphia
- 2524 Welsh Road, Philadelphia
Friday, March 6, 2026 7:13PM
WEST CALN TWP., Pa. (WPVI) — Investigators have revealed the cause of a plane crash that killed a Chester County school board president two years ago.
The National Transportation Safety Board blamed it on inadequate preflight inspection.
There was a loss of engine power because the fuel was contaminated with water from a recent rainfall, the NTSB said.
The plane crashed shortly after takeoff in West Caln Township on February 1, 2024.
Octorara Area School District School Board President Sam Ganow was killed when a small plane crashed Thursday in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
The pilot, Sam Ganow, was the only one onboard.
He was the Octorara Area School District board president.
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A Pennsylvania man was arrested on animal cruelty charges for allegedly feeding marijuana and beer to his pet parakeet after bringing the injured feathered friend to a bar, according to reports.
Timothy Grace, 40, was busted on Feb. 21 after carrying his wounded pet budgie named “Blue Skies” in his pocket to Callaghan’s Bar in Greensburg, according to CBS Pittsburgh.
“The caller’s a bartender. She says there is a white male at the bar with a parakeet,” a dispatcher reported on the police radio transmissions obtained by the outlet.
“The patron was bragging to other people that were inside the bar that he feeds the parakeet marijuana and has it drink beer on a daily basis,” Detective Sergeant Justin Scalzo told the outlet.
Grace “appeared extremely intoxicated” when police showed up to the bar and found the pet bird in distress, according to court documents obtained by the outlet.
“Its leg appeared to be broken,” Scalzo said, according to WTAE. “Its foot was actually facing the wrong direction.”
Grave was initially arrested for public intoxication and now faces charges including aggravated cruelty to animals and transporting animals in a cruel manner, the outlet said.
The pet bird was brought to PEARL Parrot Rescue in the Pittsburgh area, which rushed him to an emergency care facility.
Blue Skies spent four days in the hospital and was later taken in to be fostered by Teri Grendzinski, the president of PEARL. The injured parakeet is still breathing hard, remains on antibiotics, and has to wear a splint on his right leg, CBS reported.
“They realized his leg was broken. He also had some respiratory issues going on,” Grendzinski told the outlet. “He was also very, very skinny.”
“The leg was broken badly enough there is a chance they’re going to have to amputate the leg if it doesn’t heal correctly,” she added.
If Blue Skies is eventually put up for adoption, he will require specialized care, the outlet said.
“When we got that call, it was horrifying. Why would you do that to a bird?” Grendzinski said.
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