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Thon preview; Capitol riot case, snow geese: Good Morning, Pennsylvania
Good morning, Pennsylvania.
One other vacation season
We hope you celebrated Valentine’s Day in the best way you wished: marking the martyred saint, maybe, or swapping treats along with your love. It’s a very good excuse to spend time caring for your self.
No matter your Valentine’s Day choice – celebrating or not celebrating or anti-celebrating – right now is likely to be an opportunity to avoid wasting cash on unsold chocolate hearts and different lovey-dovey candies at retailers.
Nevertheless, we did discover that Easter sweet had began filling retailer cabinets within the days earlier than Feb. 14. Ash Wednesday is only a week away, which means Tuesday is Fastnacht Day. That’s the day to eat a type of heavy doughnut representing a transfer to clear a house of lard earlier than the Lenten season. This yr, that’ll finish with Easter on April 9.
Now, as time flies, let’s have a look at this morning’s headlines.
Thon 2022 dancers are lastly informed they’ll sit down. (Grace Brennan | Particular to PennLive, file)
Too heat for geese: In case you are planning to go to Center Creek to see snow geese, you must do it quickly. The Recreation Fee stated yesterday that the variety of birds is decrease than throughout the weekend and the birds will doubtless transfer north due to 60-degree temps in central Pa.
Thon begins quickly: Penn State’s Thon dance marathon occasion begins Friday. The ceaselessly record-setting fundraiser is prone to elevate thousands and thousands but once more in assist of the 4 Diamonds Basis, which helps households of childhood most cancers sufferers.
Lake undertaking: A rebuilding undertaking at Kids’s Lake in Boiling Springs is constant. The lake has been closed since mid-September. Modifications coming embrace a brand new dam, retaining wall, boat launch upgrades and an ADA-compliant fishing pier.
These 4 are among the many Black Trailblazers and Trendsetters in central Pa. (Sean Simmers pictures, PennLive.com)
Leaders you must know: Because the nation celebrates Black Historical past Month, PennLive requested readers to establish a number of the people who find themselves a part of a brand new technology of Black leaders working to make a distinction in central Pennsylvania.
Yesterday, we began the sequence with a soccer participant who mentors youngsters; a housing helper; and a restaurant proprietor.
At the moment, we function an artist getting murals on Harrisburg properties; an advocate linking folks to providers; a scholar who is aware of the significance of studying; and a stylist who strives to teach and function a job mannequin.
Riley Williams, proper, contained in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (U.S. Division of Justice picture, file)
Capitol riot case: A Cumberland County lady acted as an “accelerant” throughout the Jan. 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol and may serve seven years in jail, prosecutors say. However Riley Williams, 24, of Mechanicsburg, is asking for only a yr and a day. She was convicted in November.
Baby’s demise: A person accused of raping, killing and placing his ex-girlfriend’s daughter, 12, right into a freezer had earlier been convicted of sexual and violent crimes towards the girl, in response to court docket data.
College risk: A bomb risk yesterday precipitated a Harrisburg college to evacuate, authorities stated. Somebody known as the Capital Academy round 7 a.m. and stated a bomb would detonate, in response to Harrisburg’s spokesman. Nothing was discovered.
Barney the dinosaur goes to be on TV once more. (Picture by Lyle A. Waisman/FilmMagic by way of Getty Photos, file)
I like you, you’re keen on me: Barney the purple dinosaur will make a comeback subsequent yr, Mattel stated. He’ll have new TV, movie and YouTube content material plus merchandise together with toys, books and garments – together with grownup sizes.
Extra of the Boss: Bruce Springsteen has added 22 dates to his 2023 world tour. They embrace stops in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Baltimore.
The Chicks: The Chicks, previously often known as The Dixie Chicks, will convey their world tour to Hershey this summer season. Tickets go on sale this month.
Defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon of the Philadelphia Eagles has a brand new job. (Picture by Mitchell Leff/Getty Photos, file)Getty Photos
Eagles lose coaches: The Arizona Cardinals are hiring Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon to be head coach, the group’s fourth coach in seven years. Additionally, Philly offensive coordinator Shane Steichen was employed because the Indianapolice Colts’ head coach.
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‘Fireworks’ in medical case: Dr. Scott Lynch hopes that his ongoing lawsuit involving selections made by Penn State soccer coach James Franklin will result in adjustments within the medical remedy of collegiate athletes. Franklin and Penn State had been dropped as defendants in 2020.
- See additionally: Eagles misplaced a giant court docket case this week
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