Home News PETA wants Punxsutawney Phil to be replaced by a hologram. How Shapiro responded

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney.

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January 22, 2026

PETA wants Punxsutawney Phil to be replaced by a hologram. How Shapiro responded

By CHRIS MAUTNER pennlive.com

(TNS) — The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is back at it once again. For th...

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Study: A dozen more Pennsylvania hospitals could face closure by 2030

By KRIS B. MAMULA Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

January 22, 2026

(TNS) — Inadequate state funding makes running hospitals in Pennsylvania more challenging than in other states, which could contribute to the closure ...

Crime, PA State News

Penn State roommates threatened mass violence to disrupt final exam, police say

By BRET PALLOTTO Centre Daily Times

January 22, 2026

STATE COLLEGE (TNS) — Two Penn State students were charged last week after police said they conspired to disrupt a final exam by threatening mass viol...

Crime, PA State News

Former member of Pa. ‘Pred Hunters’ group charged with selling, trading child pornography

By CHRIS MAUTNER pennlive.com

January 22, 2026

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A Blair County man who was a former member of a group known as Altoona Pred Hunters has been charged with owning and selling child ...

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Police say rescued man left $30K harp on shore before jumping in river

January 22, 2026

PITTSBURG (TNS) — A man was rescued Wednesday after taking off his clothes and jumping into a frigid Pennsylvania river, but not before he left a $30,...

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COUDERSPORT: K9s assist with planned search at high school

January 22, 2026

COUDERSPORT — K9 teams with the McKean County Detective K9 Unit and the City of Bradford K9 Unit conducted a planned search of Coudersport High School...

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