Transportation company First Student is laying off 253 workers, including 80 in Hempfield, after Hempfield Area and Allentown school districts chose different bus transportation providers for the 2024-25 school year.
The company posted an alert on the state WARN layoff alert site indicating it would close two facilities, one at 1812 S. 12th St. in Allentown, Lehigh County, and the other at 3740 State Route 136 in Hempfield. The closure is effective June 30.
A spokesperson for the company said the layoff was based on the districts selecting new transportation providers.
HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — This Mother’s Day Weekend is one many families in Westmoreland County won’t forget after helping a woman give birth at New City Buffet on Saturday.
“I couldn’t even imagine giving birth in a restaurant, that’s for sure,” said Destiny Nelson, who was at the buffet having dinner with her family on Saturday evening.
While eating, another woman came to Nelson’s table and said someone’s water had broken in the bathroom and asked if she could help.
“I just figured we were going to help her breathe through her contractions until the ambulance arrived, but the baby had other plans,” Nelson said.
The woman in labor was Lynsday Platt.
She was at the buffet for an early Mother’s Day dinner with her fiance and son.
When her water broke, her fiance called 911 dispatchers for help.
He then handed the phone to Nelson so he could help Platt with breathing.
“I was timing her contractions and they were less than 30 seconds apart, so we knew the baby was coming,” Nelson said. “Dispatch said we needed to prep for the delivery.”
Employees at the buffet got clean towels, another woman ran to her car to get blankets, and they took Platt to a private section of the dining room.
“Luckily at the moment the room was empty, there was nobody sitting here, so we pushed all the tables back so she could have an open area, whatever she needed at the moment,” said Jerry Chen, manager of the New City Buffet.
One high-profile event will feature a contest with Clooney and Roberts on social media platforms to engage grassroots donors, according to details first shared with NBC News.
President Joe Biden is running for reelection on a record and an agenda, and it’s often Donald Trump’s that he’s citing. In recent appearances around the country, Biden has been reminding voters about Trump’s presidency and highlighting his Republican opponent’s latest campaign statements.
If that comes to fruition, it would make Wildwood the largest rally so far in Trump’s 2024 White House run.
There could be 50 contenders on Donald Trump’s vice presidential shortlist — but there was room for only one of them on his campaign plane Saturday.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was a surprise addition to Trump’s manifest as he joined the presumptive GOP nominee for a short flight from LaGuardia Airport to Atlantic City, NJ.
Burgum and his wife Kathryn remained behind on the plane to speak privately with the former president before he stepped out on the tarmac and they all then motorcaded to a huge oceanside rally — in nearby Wildwood.
The Post spoke to Burgum after his speech at the New Jersey rally while he watched alongside his wife, asking him why he thought he was chosen to give the first speech of the night.
Police have made dozens of arrests as pro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled at the University of Pennsylvania, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Arizona.
A former Penn Hills School District employee who worked for the district for decades is charged with returning to burglarize the district’s fieldhouse.
Flames could be seen shooting from the top floor of one of the homes.
An Avalon police officer was hurt while he helped an elderly woman get out one of the neighboring houses that caught fire according to Avalon Police Chief Tom Kokoski. The officer was taken to the hospital and has been released.
We have learned that three homes have been impacted by the fire. Flames could be seen shooting from the top floor of one of the homes.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving, as backers of the legislation hope to reduce distracted driving accidents and deaths after nearly two decades of pressing the measure.
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office said Thursday that the Democrat will sign the bill, 18 years after he first introduced a similar bill when he served in the state House of Representatives. The ban will take effect a year after he signs it, which is expected in the coming days.
The bill also includes a provision long-sought by the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus as a bulwark against racial profiling. That provision requires bigger police departments, as well as the Pennsylvania State Police, to collect and publicly report data on traffic stops, including a driver’s race.
The bill passed both chambers of the state Legislature this week and will bring Pennsylvania into alignment with the law on motorists’ cell phone use in every one of its neighboring states. Currently, Pennsylvania’s restriction on cell phone use while driving applies only to texting.
The popular burger and milkshake chain that originated in New York City first announced last summer that it had staked its first Pittsburgh location in The Terminal in the Strip District, but it had not yet provided an opening date until now.
A highway collapsed in southern China early on Wednesday, sending cars plummeting down a hill and killing dozens of people, Chinese state media reported.
Cruz sent a slider from Ryan Feltner (1-3) 429 feet to right-center, bouncing his fifth of the season off the roof of a bar beyond the stands to put Pittsburgh ahead 4-3. He also had a double for his first game with multiple extra-base hits in 35 games this season.
Before hitting a ball into the Allegheny River in the ninth inning of a 3-2 series-opening loss Friday, Cruz had two doubles in 17 games between homers.
The recalled beef, which was processed at a Cargill Meat Solutions facility, was shipped to nearly a dozen states, according to the company.
The recalled beef, which was processed at a Cargill Meat Solutions facility in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was shipped to Walmart stores nationwide, the USDA initially announced. Cargill later said the affected product had only been distributed to stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Washington, D.C.
Three of five people suspected of being involved in a pre-dawn burglary at a gun shop in Mercer County were found Monday night in Pittsburgh, police said.
They were spotted and stopped by Pittsburgh police at West Warrington Avenue and Saw Mill Run Boulevard on the border of the city’s Mt. Washington and Belthoover neighborhoods.
Guns believed to be part of the 21 firearms stolen in Mercer County were found in the car, which had been stolen from Mercer. The people were taken into custody to be question by federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents who are investigating.
The ATF didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
Mercer County District Attorney Peter C. Acker told TribLive news partner WTAE that AR-15 rifles and ammunition from the Seconds Count Gun Store were stolen.
This charcuterie staple may call for a second look, according to the company that distributed it in the U.S.
The 5.29-ounce plastic packages of Stockmeyer Prosciutto were distributed to retailers in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington by ConSup North America Inc., which operates out of Lincoln Park, NJ. While the specific sellers were not mentioned, Trader Joe’s has been known to carry the lightly smoked sliced prosciutto.
World-renowned forensic pathologist, Cyril Wecht, who served Allegheny County for two decades has died.
