In its 29th year in uptown Somerset the Fire and Ice Festival is battling some challenges from the weather.
Organizers said on Friday, the first day of the festival, fireworks had to be cancelled. On Saturday with high winds and snow falling, organizers said the festival is made for this weather.
“We take this weather as a blessing because we live in the mountains, and we are just going to enjoy our season,” community engagement director for Somerset Inc. Read More...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (7News) — Despite the rain, in just over two hours, U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen in the Class of 2027 worked together to climb a greased Herndon Monument in Annapolis, Maryland, early Wednesday morning.
The freshmen pyramid rose to the top of the Commander William Lewis Herdon monument, covered in roughly 200 pounds of vegetable shortening, and removed a "dixie cup hat" from the top. Now completed, the freshman, or " Read More...
HARRISBURG, Pa (WJAC) — The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announced Saturday that it will begin issuing Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) benefits this week following the new extension of federal CARES Act funds.
“Since receiving the information we needed from the federal Department of Labor two weeks ago, L&I has worked as quickly as possible to update our processing system so PEUC claimants can resume filing for benefits,” said Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier. Read More...