HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is the latest state where the public school funding system was found to be unconstitutional, but the experience in other states suggests there's no guarantee of swift, significant or longstanding change for the poorer school districts that sued in hopes of ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A small earthquake rumbled through western New York early Monday, alarming people in a region unaccustomed to such shaking but apparently causing no significant damage. The U.S. Geological Survey preliminarily reported a 3.8 earthquake centered east of Buffalo in the suburb of West Seneca at about 6:15 a.m. Seismologist Yaareb Altaweel said it was the region's strongest quake in at least 40 years. The shaking lasted a few seconds and sent residents first to their windows and then to social media in search of an explanation. "It felt like a car hit my house in ...
An escapee from Warren County Jail has been found. Sierra Tannler, 30, who allegedly walked away from her place of work release employment on Friday, Jan. 20, was found and returned to custody on Thursday, according to Warren County Sheriff Brian Zeybel. Zeybel said Tannler was found in Pittsfield Township, east of Wrightsville, at a rural camp on Bull Hill Road. She was located after a medical emergency was called in from a place that had been on his office’s list of possible locations for her. “We developed information that took us to Bull Hill Road,” Zeybel said. “We ...
The Green Comet, known as C/2022 E3, is seen in the night sky over Warren County. The comet is making a rare appearance — once every 50,000 years or so. Its closest approach was Wednesday and Thursday, but it will continue to be visible, possibly even to the naked eye, for several days. It ...
U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored milk and breakfast pastries. The plan announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack also ...
A preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the case of a woman charged with drug delivery that resulted in death has been continued. Stephanie S. Kightlinger, 27, of Youngsville, remains in the Warren County Jail on a litany of drug charges. The continuance was granted at the request of defense counsel. Online court records do not yet indicate when the hearing has been rescheduled. In addition to the charge of drug delivery resulting in death, Kightlinger was charged with five counts of criminal use of a communication facility, and possession with intent to deliver controlled ...
