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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hopes to tackle false rumors about Hurricane Irma with a new “rumor control” page on its website. The page lists a series of “rumors” related to Irma and says whether they are true or false. The page also highlights scams. Topics cover pets in shelters and hotels, fuel demand […]

As Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida’s southern coast, the nation’s emergency management chief is warning that federal first responders won’t immediately be able to help those in the areas hit hardest. And for those in the Keys: “You’re on your own until we can actually get in there, and it’s safe for our teams […]

Hurricane Jose’s powerful center was passing north of a string of already storm-damaged Caribbean islands Saturday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said, whipping some of them with tropical storm-force winds and rain that could exacerbate flooding there. Jose, a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph, was about 95 miles east-northeast of […]

President Donald Trump put himself into the middle of an ongoing lawsuit late Friday, tweeting support for giving federal aid to Texas churches dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Three Texas churches filed a lawsuit this week challenging a Federal Emergency Management Agency policy that excludes religious institutions from receiving disaster-relief grants. “Churches in […]

Gov. Rick Scott implored Floridians on Saturday to heed their local evacuation orders. “If you have been ordered to evacuate, you need to leave now,” he said at a morning news conference. “Do not wait. Evacuate. Not tonight, not in an hour. You need to go right now.” Scott told residents of southwest Florida they […]

Packing life-threatening winds, provoking massive storm surge and causing a host of rainfall dangers, Hurricane Irma slammed northern Cuba on Saturday, continuing to plod a path of devastation through the Caribbean en route to the US state of Florida. A string of small Caribbean islands was left reeling by the massive hurricane, which strengthened to […]

Florida’s gas shortages keep getting worse as millions of motorists flee Hurricane Irma’s path of destruction. Nearly 65% of all gas stations in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market were without fuel on Saturday, according to estimates from crowdsourcing platform GasBuddy. More than half of the stations in the West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce and Fort Myers-Naples areas […]

BOGGS TOWNSHIP – One person was seriously injured after a three-vehicle crash Friday evening in Boggs Township. State police at Clearfield say the crash occurred at 4:46 p.m. on the Philipsburg-Bigler Highway and involved a box truck, car and dirt bike. According to the report, the truck was traveling westbound. At the same time, the […]

Let’s face it. There’s a good chance your personal information was exposed during the Equifax data breach. The names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver’s license numbers for 143 million people may have been accessed. That kind of information could be used by someone else to open bank accounts, credit cards and loans […]

US-backed forces in Syria said Saturday they were launching an offensive against ISIS in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor. The Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of mostly Kurdish and some Arab militias, said the push is designed to force the terror movement from eastern parts of the city — the largest in eastern Syria […]

Hurricane Irma’s strong winds and outer rain bands lashed the Florida Keys on Saturday, as the Category 3 storm pushed toward the state amid dire warnings of devastating gales, heavy rain and potentially deadly storm surge. With sustained winds down to 125 mph, Irma continued to batter Cuba. The storm was expected to re-strengthen and […]

More than 10 years after Steve Jobs announced the original iPhone in San Francisco, Apple is preparing for another landmark event. Some things will be different. Tim Cook will be on stage, and the location will be Apple’s brand new campus in Cupertino. But the star of the show will still be the iPhone. Apple […]

More than 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children are poised to lose their protection from deportation after President Donald Trump’s decision to nix the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — also known as DACA. But they wouldn’t all immediately lose their status. Instead, the process of expirations will continue […]

State College Spikes third baseman Evan Mendoza has added another accolade to his ever-growing haul, as he was officially ruled the 2017 New York-Penn League batting champion. Mendoza, who was called up to Single-A Peoria on August 10, becomes the second Spikes player to win an NYPL batting title, following Steven Ramos’s 2013 crown.

Hurricane Irma slammed northern Cuba on Saturday, continuing its path of devastation through the Caribbean towards the US state of Florida. A string of small islands to the east have been left reeling in the wake of the massive hurricane, which strengthened to a Category 5 storm as it made landfall in Cuba overnight, before […]

Egyptian authorities unveiled a previously undiscovered ancient tomb belonging to a goldsmith and his wife near Luxor in southern Egypt on Saturday. The tomb, at the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis, contains “mummies, sarcophagi, statuettes, pots and other artifacts,” according to Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities. It belonged to Amenemhat, or the God Amun’s goldsmith, and his […]

Hurricane Irma slammed northern Cuba on Saturday, continuing its path of devastation through the Caribbean towards the US state of Florida. A string of small islands to the east have been left reeling in the wake of the massive hurricane, which strengthened to a Category 5 storm as it made landfall in Cuba overnight, before […]

Hurricane Irma battered northern Cuba then made a turn for Florida, where it’s expected to hammer the state with whistling winds, heavy rain and surging waves. Florida authorities went door-to-door warning residents of the massive hurricane, sending crowds jamming highways as they fled north. The Category 4 storm had maximum sustained winds of 155 mph […]

CURWENSVILLE – Finally, a home game for the Curwensville Area High School football team after two long road trips to begin the 2017 season. And the Golden Tide made the most of it, defeating an outmanned Sheffield squad, 56-8, Friday night at Riverside Stadium in Curwensville. It was a 41 point second quarter offensive […]

Hurricane Irma hit northern Cuba during its long, destructive march toward Florida, where it’s expected to hammer the state with whistling winds, heavy rain and surging waves. Florida authorities went door-to-door warning residents of the massive hurricane, sending crowds jamming highways as they fled north. The powerful Category 4 storm had maximum sustained winds of […]

CLEARFIELD – Temporary repairs have been completed on a portion of the R. Dudley Tonkin Memorial Timber Dam, also known as the Raftsmen’s Memorial Dam, in Clearfield Borough. With the repairs done, borough crew members closed the dam’s gate system Friday afternoon. As a result, it will reestablish the normal water levels of the West […]

CLEARFIELD – After the success of last year’s hunting camp production, the Clearfield Arts Studio Theatre Inc. in downtown Clearfield is presenting another popular hunting camp story, one that last appeared on the CAST stage in 1987.  The Foreigner takes place at a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by “Froggy” LeSeuer, a British […]

CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield Area United Way applied for a grant through Geisinger Community Health Benefit Initiative on behalf of two area groups and recently received notification it received the funding. This grant program was a part of Geisinger Health’s mission to combat food insecurity as well as four other areas that benefit health and […]

The Elk County Council on the Arts is pleased to offer a bus trip for a Sunday matinee performance of The Marriage of Figaro at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh on Nov. 12. Ridgway native, Brian Kontes, plays Dr. Bartolo in one of the most popular comic operas of all time. Filled with amusing cases […]

HERSHEY, Pa. — As if it weren’t hard enough to fight cancer as a kid, childhood cancer survivors are at a higher risk of developing physical and emotional difficulties once their treatment is complete. Dr. Smita Dandekar, director of the Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Clinic at Penn State Children’s Hospital, said it’s important to connect young survivors […]