SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — A ‘Welcome Back’ sign over the entrance greeted customers Friday, opening day of the new Sheetz convenience store on Route 61 and Manheim Road. Customers flocked to get a glimpse of the new 6,130-square-foot store, about 13% larger than the previous store at the same location. Sheetz demolished the old store in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities on Monday denied reports that they detained or deported a Chilean man living in the country on a green card. The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported that Luis Leon, 82, ended up in Guatemala after being handcuffed in a Philadelphia immigration office, where he went to replace his…
Garris Fabrics & Fashion in West Philadelphia gets storefront makeover after city grant – CBS Philadelphia Watch CBS News Garris Fabrics & Fashion is one of the first businesses to complete a storefront improvement initiative led by the city and a nonprofit. Wakisha Bailey reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking…
When Pricilla Davila-Acosta heads back to school in August, she’ll be wearing a new outfit. But unlike most teens and tweens, the 12-year-old Antietam School District student didn’t buy new clothes at a local shop or online. She made her own using salvaged fabrics and trim. Davila-Acosta was one of more than 30 students who…
POTTSVILLE — When Tom Hartz was a young lad in the 1950s, dragline power shovels had pretty much replaced the hardy miners that harvested coal hundreds of feet beneath the earth’s surface. Still, growing up in the coal fields of Luzerne County, the young Hartz developed a deep respect for miners who toiled amid darkness…
A Taylor man pulled a knife on a teenager when asked why he had been hanging out at a Moosic property for an extended period, according to a criminal complaint. Christopher Gierulski, 39, of 748 S. Main St., faces charges of making terroristic threats and simple assault. According to a criminal complaint: At about 6…
Over $90 billion worth of AI and energy investments announced at Pittsburgh summit – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump was in Pittsburgh Tuesday for an artificial intelligence summit where companies announced more than $90 billion worth of investments in AI and the energy to power it. Nancy Cordes reports. Be the first to…
An Old Forge man who threatened another man with a baseball bat is charged with making terroristic threats and criminal mischief, according to a criminal complaint. Darren Damian Brojakowski, 23, 432 S. Main St., repeatedly swung a bat at another man’s door and threatened to damage his car, police said. According to the criminal complaint:…
President Trump and many leaders of the country’s largest technology and energy companies announced more than $90 billion in new investments in the state on Tuesday. Mr. Trump, who spoke for about 30 minutes during a roundtable discussion at the Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University, said 20 “leading technology and energy companies” will…
7/14: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation,” a gunman opened fire at former President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday, sending a bullet grazing the former president’s ear and killing a bystander. Scott MacFarlane, who was at the rally, reports on the chaotic scene, while Nicole Sganga…