>>Anti-Semitic Symbols Left on Harrisburg Business
(Harrisburg, PA) -- The owners of a business that's close to the capitol building say anti-Semitic symbols have been left on their window. A spokesperson for Quantum Communications says someone placed a swastika underneath the Israel flag at the business at 123 State Street. Quantum's website says the company specializes in strategy, advocacy and media communications campaigns.
>>Man Charged After Allegedly Threatening To Kill Congressman
(Harrisburg, PA) -- A Cumberland County man has been charged after allegedly threatening to kill an un-named Congressman. Investigators haven't released the lawmaker's name. A U.S. attorney says 61-year-old Robert Ingalls Junior of Mechanicsburg was arrested Friday. Charging documents indicate Ingalls reportedly left two threatening voicemails on the answering system in the main Congressional office last Monday. Ingalls was also investigated three years ago when he allegedly left a threatening message at a Congressman's California district office.
>>Teacher Shortage Addressed at Summit in Harrisburg
(Enola, PA) -- Educators from across the Commonwealth are trying to find solutions to the teacher shortage in Pennsylvania, which some are calling "a crisis." At a summit Monday, educators, experts, and advocates shared ideas and talked about initiatives that are working to get high-quality educators into the classroom. They also talked about the reason for the teacher shortages, which include salary, behavior and mental health challenges in the classroom and difficulty in obtaining certification. There are only about five-thousand teachers in Pennsylvania as of last year, down from 17-thousand about ten years ago.
>> Officials say Drivers Should Prepare for Holiday, Winter Travel Precautions
(Harrisburg, PA) -- State transportation and emergency management officials are warning Pennsylvanians drivers to take extra precautions during the holiday and winter travel seasons. They say you need to especially keep an eye out for snow squalls and other weather systems that can move onto highways and local roads quickly. That warning comes more than a year after a deadly pileup on Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County that killed six people. The incident was blamed on a snow squall that dumped blizzard-like conditions into the area in a very short period of time.
>>Former Bank Building Fetches $475K, May Become Restaurant
(Harrisburg, PA) -- Santander Bank has sold its branch in downtown Carlisle, The roughly 32-hundred square-foot property closed earlier this year. County deed records show the buyers are restaurateurs Vito and Suzanne Iannuzzi, who paid 475-thousand-dollars for the property. A news release from the bank's real estate firm says the couple, who also own Miseno's Risto Pub Two in Carlisle, plan to lease the building,
>>Glasses-Wearing Cat Serves as Ambassador to help Kids' Fears about Wearing Them
(Mechanicsburg, PA) -- A Mechanicsburg cat who wears glasses is being celebrated for helping kids be more at ease in wearing theirs. Truffles, a former stray, is the shop cat for the owner of "A Child's Eyes," a store that sells children's glasses. Danielle Crull says she fitted the kitty with child-size glasses as a way to make children feel better about wearing glasses or an eye patch for a condition known as " lazy eye." Crull says Truffless, who is a long-hair "tuxedo" car, has 25 pairs of custom-made glasses, and she wears them all. She's also been a hit on TikTok and in on-line videos.