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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Thousands of Pennsylvanians without power due to severe weather
(WHTM) — Thousands of Pennsylvania residents are affected by the power outages due to the extreme weather. According to the PPL Outage Map, as of 1 p.m. on May 31, over 9,000 people in Central Pennsylvania, including over 5,000 in the Harrisburg area, are currently affected by outages due to the severe weather. Tree crashes into house in Cumberland County; road closing Silver Spring Township announced on Facebook that the Silver Spring Community Fire Company, located at 6471 Carlisle Pike in Cumberland County, has its banquet facility open for residents affected by the current outage. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now The post says restroom facilities, drinking water, and ports to charge electronic devices are available. If any additional needs are required, contact Director of Public Safety Bill Brown at 717-512-4476. PPL estimates that power will be restored to most Midstate homes from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. tonight. To see when your area may be restored, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Tree crashes into house in Cumberland County; road closing
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Roads are closing after a tree crashed into a house and downed multiple power lines in Cumberland County early this morning. According to the West Shore Bureau of Fire on Facebook, crews were dispatched to a tree on a house with power lines down early this morning in Wormleysburg, Cumberland County. The post says the house and multiple poles sustained significant damage. The post says it took a significant amount of time for crews to respond due to the high volume of calls they received. 2nd Street in Wormleysburg will be closed and without power for most of the day, according to the post. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
He Tried to End Things with His Judge Girlfriend. She Shot Him in the Head as He Slept — and She Just Learned Her Fate
An ex-Pennsylvania judge has been sentenced to 13-and-a-half to 30 years in prison for shooting her ex-boyfriend in the head as he was sleeping. Sonya McKnight was convicted last month of attempted murder and aggravated assault by a jury, according to a news release from the Cumberland County District Attorney's Office. McKnight was accused of shooting her ex-boyfriend Michael McCoy while he was sleeping in his home on Feb. 10, 2024, PEOPLE previously reported. Prosecutors say that the bullet entered the right side of the victim's face, traveled through his head in a straight line behind his eyes and exited the left side of his face. Related: Pennsylvania Judge Found Guilty of Shooting Her Ex-Boyfriend in the Head as He Slept McCoy survived the gunshot wound but is blind in one eye as a result of the shooting, according to a statement from the district attorney's office. McKnight was convicted last month on the charges and resigned her post as a magistrate judge in Pennsylvania. According to the AP, the judge on McKnight's case told her she was 'totally without remorse' for the shooting. The shooting occurred after McCoy tried to end their relationship and asked McKnight to leave, the outlet reported. At trial, prosecutors argued that she was a jealous partner who 'didn't like' that she was asked to leave. McCoy couldn't identify the shooter and testified in court that he couldn't see after the shooting but McKnight was the only other person at the home, according to the AP. The jury deliberated for two hours before finding McKnight guilty. McKnight also shot and wounded her estranged husband Enoch McKnight in 2019, but a district attorney's office investigation found that she acted in self-defense and didn't charge her with anything, according to a criminal complaint obtained by has continued to maintain her innocence and her attorney said an appeal is ongoing, the AP reported. If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. Read the original article on People
National Post
5 days ago
- Business
- National Post
100% of Cumberland County Home Support Workers Vote to Strike
Article content HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Home support workers represented by CUPE 3953 from the Victorian Order of Nurses of Cumberland County voted in favour of a strike mandate, with 100% of those who voted authorizing a strike. Article content Article content 'We're proud to join the rest of the CUPE home support workers by voting in favour of the strike, but we're disappointed it's come to this,' said CUPE 3953 President Kelly Forbes-Leblanc. 'We've been fighting since 2023 for a fair deal, for acknowledgment of our pivotal place in the health care system, but government and our employer continue to ignore us.' Article content Home support is a vital part of the health care system, allowing seniors to stay in their home longer before moving to long term care, and those in acute care to return home without fear that they will lose out on the care they need. The work of these Continuing Care Assistants (CCAs) eases the strain on both long term and acute care. They are fighting for fair wages, scheduling based on geography and improved sick time. Article content 'Our home support workers, like so many across the province, service a large geographical area and that means we spend hours a day in our vehicles, travelling between clients,' explained Forbes-LeBlanc. 'We want scheduling to be based on geography, so we're not driving from one side of our service area to the other between clients.' Article content CCAs are often given as little as 30 minutes between clients, during which time they are expected to submit their reports and travel to their next client. Since they service all of Cumberland County, that means CCAs are often travelling from Malagash to Amherst but could be scheduled to travel from Malagash to Advocate Harbour if scheduling isn't done with geography in mind. Article content 'Home support, as a sector, is struggling. We're all short staffed, we're overworked, and the waitlist for home care is only growing,' said Forbes-Leblanc. 'This problem is only going to get worse if the government doesn't prioritize the workers in the sector. They can't keep ignoring us for two years, or in the case of our fellow CUPE home support, four years, and expect people to join the sector. Premier Houston said health care was a priority. Well, we're still waiting for that to mean us too.' Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content Kelly Forbes-Leblanc CUPE 3953 President (902) 254-4451 Article content Article content
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Yahoo
At least one dead after crash in Cumberland Co.
EFFINGHAM, Ill. (WCIA) — One person is dead and another has been flown to a hospital with injuries after a multi-vehicle crash in Cumberland County. Illinois State Police responded to I-70 eastbound just after 1 p.m. on Monday. The three car crash happened near milepost 112, just seven miles west of Greenup. Lake Mattoon Marina adds new feature As of 5:45 p.m. Illinois State Police said the roadway was closed to traffic. The investigation is ongoing. No further information is available at this time. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
