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Zitner's Fine Confections is making candy again, more than two years after its century-old North Philadelphia factory went quiet, with production of the beloved Butter Krak egg now underway at a new plant in Hatfield, Montgomery County. The company began production there in September, and its signature dark chocolate-covered egg is expected to reach Philadelphia-area grocery shelves in December, possibly before Christmas.

Pennsylvania has adopted new animal-testing restrictions requiring eligible animals to be offered a chance at adoption after experiments conclude, giving them a route from laboratory facilities into homes. Here's what to know. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Senate Bill 381, the Beagle Bill, into law as Act 92 of 2026 after...

(This content was created with the help of AI.) Pennsylvania's largest Amish community has become ground zero for the country's worst measles surge in decades—and it's quietly shifting some minds on vaccines. The AP reports Lancaster County accounts for more than a third of the state's 1,350-plus measles cases this year, with at least three related deaths there. Though the Amish and conservative Mennonites often live apart from mainstream civic life, they shop, work, and attend school alongside

Goodyear’s chemical plant on 56th Street in Niagara Falls, New York, is closing for good, and 51 people lose their jobs when it does on Dec. 30, according to a state layoff notice the Niagara Gazette reported. The tire maker told investors on Oct. 1 that its board had approved closing the Niagara Falls plant... The post Goodyear is closing its Niagara Falls, New York plant, ending 51 jobs by Dec. 30 appeared first on The Financial Wire .

NOAA continues to favor above-normal temperatures across New York during Nov. 8–14.

One of the craziest plays of the weekend didn't belong to a college upset or an NFL showdown — it came from the final seconds of a high school football game in upstate New York . In the Empire State's Section III Class A quarterfinals Friday night, fourth-seeded Whitesboro needed a miracle. Down 30-25 with under four seconds left, a Hail Mary to senior wide receiver Connor McDonald was deflected by an opposing Carthage defender — but the Warriors weren't going to give up that easily. Junior rece

A driver was hospitalized after driving into a Hanover County fire station on Sunday morning.

New Philadelphia, OH – November is beginning after an unusually warm and exceptionally dry October across portions of eastern Ohio, where two communities recorded some of their driest October conditions on record, according to newly released federal weather data.

Lake County recorded the largest percentage decline in overdose death rates among 550 U.S. counties included in a recent analysis of federal mortality data, highlighting the impact of years of local collaboration, prevention efforts, treatment expansion and recovery support. According to an analysis by AddictionResource.net, reported by WAKR radio, Lake...

Seventy-seven people lost their jobs Oct. 28 at the Morton Salt mine in Painesville Township, Ohio, two days after the company announced it had stopped all mining. The layoff notice Morton Salt sent the state checks “natural disasters” and “other” as its reasons, Cleveland 19 reported. A spokesperson says miners found a “significant inflow of... The post Morton Salt laid off 77 workers in Painesville Township, Ohio, after a water inflow halted mining, listing natural disasters among its reasons