State’s top cop talks drugs

January 6, 2018 / Front Page

State’s top cop talks drugs

AG visits law enforcement during Coffee with a Cop

By KAYLA HANDY
Daily News Staff Writer

Top’s Diner in Henderson Township was surrounded by police vehicles and patrol cars Friday morning, but it wasn’t because there was a crisis at hand. Instead, community members, local law enforcement officers and state Attorney Gene More...

Hospital penalized for infection rates

By KYLIE HAWN
Daily News Staff Writer

J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital is one of 32 hospitals in the state being penalized by the federal government for having high rates of infections and injuries that took place in the facility in 2016. More...

Medical facility offers patients walk-in hours

By KYLIE HAWN
Daily News Staff Writer

In an effort to better serve patients, the Huntingdon Family Care Center on Washington Street in Huntingdon, part of the Broad Top Area Medical Center (BTAMC), as of Jan. 1, offers walk-in hours, in addition to appointments. More...

Jobs

IMMEDIATE POSITIONS:

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WORK PART-TIME — EARN FULL-TIME PAY Carrier Routes Available

MOSHANNON VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT is currently accepting applications for an immediate opening for the following teaching position:

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Huntingdon County’s Most Wanted

Name: Aaliyah G. More...

Cromwell Township leaders reorganize

By MICHAEL KANE
Daily News Staff Writer

Cromwell Township Supervisors held their reorganization meeting Jan. 2 at the township building. More...

Saxton Library

By JUDY WILLIAMS
Library Co-director

January has gotten off to a chilly beginning, so there’s nothing better than curling up with a good book and a warm blanket. More...

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Local Sports

New dates

A number of the games postponed yesterday and today have been rescheduled. As reported yesterday, the Bald Eagle at Huntingdon boys’ basketball game has been reset for Monday. Yesterday’s Glendale at Juniata Valley girls game More...

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People/Pastimes

Alumni association to hold meeting

The Huntingdon Area High School Alumni Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. More...

Donations collected by farm bureau

By APRIL FEAGLEY
Daily News Staff Writer

Donations to support the Huntingdon County Farm Bureau’s 2018 Farmers Care campaign are being accepted to support the mission of the Ronald McDonald House in Hershey. Pamela Stern & Associates Nationwide Insurance office, 12343 Willia More...

Licensed to Wed

Scott Kevin Banks, 2718 Warm Springs Ave., Huntingdon, and Rena Lee Brenneman, also of Huntingdon. Gage Allen Stewart, 207 Mifflin St., Huntingdon, and Raven Skye Grubb, 5975 Cider Press Road, Huntingdon. More...

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Religion News

Islamic prayer activists bring a new dawn to Gaza

By FARES AKRAM
Associated Press

In recent weeks, Gaza residents have been jolted awake in the dead of night to a raucous mixture of Quranic phrases, Islamic supplications and prayers delivered by loudspeakers to their doorsteps. More...

When traveling, pause and take a look at airport chapels

By WENDY CADGE
Brandeis University

Traveling in the new year? It is very likely there is a chapel or meditation room tucked away somewhere in one of the airports you’ll pass through. More...

A generous gift inspires concert

By GIA MAZUR Wilkes-Barre
Citizens’ Voice

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church breathes new life into its classic pipe organ encircled in history. The church, at 232 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, will host a rededication concert Friday, Jan. 5, at 7 p.m. for the newly refurbished 1964 M. P. More...

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TV

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Annie's Mailbox

Power of attorney causes brothers to part

Dear Annie: I’ve been estranged from my twin brother for two years, since our sister died after her short battle with a terminal illness. More...

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Special Sections

Area residents join PSP force

By KAYLA HANDY
Daily News Staff Writer

Three Huntingdon County residents were among the 97 cadets to recently graduate from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in Hershey, joining a force that is already 4,719 sworn members strong. More...

Leaders concerned about bill changes

By KAYLA HANDY
Daily News Staff Writer

A state House bill currently undergoing amendments is causing quite a stir among township supervisors who are concerned the bill will strip certain authority from their respectful municipalities. More...

New Year’s resolutions can be challenging

By APRIL FEAGLEY
Daily News Staff Writer

Resolutions may be fun to make and easy to break, but turning over a new page on the calendar is a good time to turn over a new leaf. More...

Obituaries

Naomi Winifred Hess
Willis D. Jury

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General News

Reader’s visual disturbances could be migraine auras

By Eve Glazier, M.D., and Elizabeth Ko, M.D.

Dear Doctor: I never have headaches, but I have visual disturbances that I believe are migraine auras. They’re not bothersome and clear up within 10 minutes. But are they dangerous in any way? Am I having a migraine? More...

Draped in black, Golden Globes will try on a new look

By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — The Golden Globes have always been the less serious stop in route to the Academy Awards — the boozy, bubbly awards show put on by a littleknown group with sometimes confounding taste. More...

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Community Calendar

Saturday, Jan. 6 AA Meeting Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Mount Union. For more information, call 643-0623. More...

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State/National Sports Free Access

Georgia, Alabama like run, stuff run

ATLANTA (AP) — There’s no mystery in what the Georgia and Alabama offenses do best: Run the ball. Stopping them is harder to manage, though both defenses do that quite well, too. More...

College Football Championship:

Teams arrive in Atlanta

ATLANTA (AP) — The bus ride for No. 3 Georgia was about 75 minutes from its campus in Athens to the capital city. No. More...

FCS Championship:

James Madison looking for title repeat

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The way James Madison coach Mike Houston sees it, North Dakota State’s FCS dominance isn’t quite over, even though his Dukes ended the Bison’s fiveyear title run in the semifinals last season. More...

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