Pennsylvania
White Christmas; Ukraine refugees; Franco’s death: Good Morning, Pennsylvania
What it’s essential to know in the present day, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.
Excessive: 44; Low: 28. Partly cloudy. Messy climate is coming.
Hanukkah, the Competition of Lights, was celebrated on the Capitol with the lighting of Pennsylvania’s menorah this week.The occasion was sponsored by Chabad-Lubavitch and featured music, dancing, youngsters’s actions, presents and latkes. (Photograph by Vicki Vellios Briner, for PennLive.com)Vicki Vellios Briner | Particular to PennLive
A secure haven: For Liliia Petrova and her household, the sense of vacation marvel is essentially gone. She and her household are among the many Ukrainian refugees in central Pa. who fled the Russian invasion, which marks its tenth month on Christmas Eve.
White Christmas?: Days of chilly, snow, rain and wind may result in a white Christmas in central Pa. After a sunny day in the present day, some snow is anticipated, and it’ll be too chilly to soften. Journey might be problematic. At the moment is the primary day of winter.
Fuel costs: The nationwide common value for a gallon of gasoline is anticipated to fall underneath $3 by Christmas Day, $1.83 a gallon decrease than six months in the past. In Pa., although, a gasoline tax enhance is coming.
‘Managed chaos’: The Battle 5 Nerf Extraction Area, a 12,000 sq. foot indoor play space, opens subsequent week on the Colonial Park Mall. The previous CVS retailer is crammed with greater than 80 inflatable obstacles and obstacles with sufficient area for teenagers and adults, armed with Nerf weapons, to run and blow off steam.
Brief freedom: Christopher Williams had served almost three many years in jail, together with 25 years on Pennsylvania’s demise row, earlier than being exonerated and freed. However final week he was fatally shot whereas attending a funeral in Philadelphia.
New child’s demise: A Pa. couple who had a child at house have been charged after the days-old toddler struggled to breathe and died with out getting medical care. A good friend of the household additionally was charged.
Robust recollections: Virtually 20 years in the past, Ernest Wholaver Jr. killed the daughters he was accused of molesting and his ex-wife of their Dauphin County house. Their our bodies have been found on Christmas 2002, leaving a mark on the vacation for a lot of.
Pittsburgh Steelers Corridor of Famer Franco Harris in 2021. (John Kuntz, cleveland.com, file)John Kuntz, cleveland.com
#RIP Franco: NFL Corridor of Famer Franco Harris of the Pittsburgh Steelers has died at 72, information companies are reporting. Fifty years in the past this week, Harris caught the ionic “Immaculate Reception” within the Steelers’ first playoff victory over the Raiders.
SIgning Day: 1000’s of 2023 prospects will ship of their signed letters of intent to play for faculties in the present day. Penn State’s 2023 soccer class appears comparatively settled.
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Pa. woman who drowned after being swept over waterfall in Glacier National Park is ID’d
A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman drowned after being swept over a waterfall on the east side of Glacier National Park in Montana, park officials said.
National Park Service officials on Tuesday identified the victim as Gillian Tones from North Apollo in western Pennsylvania’s Armstrong County. She was remembered as caring and kind, triblive.com reported.
Tones fell into the water above St. Mary Falls at around 5:20 p.m. Sunday. She was washed over the 35-foot (11-meter) tall waterfall and trapped under water for several minutes, the park said in a statement.
Bystanders pulled Tones from the water and administered CPR until emergency responders arrived. She was declared dead at 7 p.m., park officials said.
The death is under investigation, and an autopsy was planned.
Her name was initially withheld until family members could be notified.
Drowning is one of the leading causes of death in Glacier National Park, according to the National Park Service.
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RADNOR TOWNSHIP, PA — Conestoga Road in Radnor Township will have a weekday closure due to Aqua Pennsylvania work for about two months, PennDOT said.
According to PennDOT, a weekday closure is scheduled on Conestoga Road between Lowrys Lane and Glenbrook Avenue in Radnor.
The closure will be in place weekdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Monday, July 1 to Friday, Aug. 30,
During the closure, drivers will be detoured, using Sproul Road/Route 320, Lancaster Avenue/U.S. 30, and County Line Road.
Local access will be maintained up to the work zone.
Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through or near the work area because backups and delays will occur.
All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co. — After meeting with advocates, the Pennsylvania State Police has unveiled informational cards for people with autism to present to officers during any interactions like traffic stops to better help with communication.
The PSP has officially started to distribute an informational card that should be carried by people with autism and presented during any encounter with police.
The colorful and distinctive cards say “I Have Autism” and directs officers to be patient, use a calm and direct voice. The card also alerted the officers that they may be non-verbal, hypersensitive to noise and or touch.
Lindsay Dragon, the Executive Director of a local support group Parenting Autism United has a ten year old son who is greatly affected by autism.
She says that these cards being given out to people with autism will ease the mind of parents with children who have autism.
“As a parent our biggest fears as our boys get older are the risks of being misunderstood and possibly not following direction which could lead to arrests or potential death,” Dragon said.
As of last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 in 36 children in the United States have autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which is about 75 million people.
Dragon says that this is a great step towards the overall acceptance and inclusion of both children and adults with autism.
She believes that these ID cards will be especially beneficial for adults with autism as well who may not be aware of the harm they are or can cause in an interaction with police officers.
“If first responders are not in the know these types of cards would be extremely helpful in preventing a lot of unnecessary things,” Dragon added.
Individuals may print the card from the website and carry it in a wallet, or they can choose to save it on their phone. Troopers will distribute the cards at public community events.
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