Today in PA | A PennLive daily news briefing with Claudia Dimuro

A cheerleader in Schuylkill County who was suspended for a Snapchat message she posted outside of school is bringing her case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry seeks to launch a quicker and easier unemployment system this June. There are now 8 more counties in the state’s spotted lanternfly quarantine zone, bringing the total to 34. Finally, Penn State Children’s Hospital has a new four-legged employee.

 

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The lawyer of a Pennsylvania man charged in the January 6 Capitol riot states that he was “viciously and savagely beaten” by a corrections officer while in prison. A woman who spat and coughed on food in a supermarket at the start of the coronavirus pandemic has been charged with trespassing at a Luzerne County church. The Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition will hold a commemoration today for Holocaust Remembrance Day. And a bear was spotted in Pittsburgh.

 

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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives pushed through a law that would end changing clocks and keep Daylight Saving Time permanent. In further law news, the state’s Move Over Law is scheduled to change in three weeks’ time. A man was caught altering lottery tickets with nothing but a stick of glue and scissors. Plus, those traveling on the Susquehanna River—beware the frankenfish!

 

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A group of all-female state lawmakers are looking to keep transgender athletes from partaking in all-girls school sports teams. A man was taken into custody in Pittsburgh after a domestic call turned into a SWAT standoff. Two kayakers and a dog were rescued from the Susquehanna River. And a new study theorizes that a hidden, alien planet may be lying inside Earth.

 

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Pennsylvania lawmakers have started to take measures in order to prevent the potential requirement of a “COVID-19 vaccine passport” in the state. Additionally, Pennsylvania has lifted its telework mandate. The Pierogi, Kielbasa, and Tomato festivals are all a go for this year. Plus, in their quest to find genetic clues which lay in the coloring of wild trout, Penn State researchers are asking for anglers to send in photos of their latest catches.

 

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A 29-year-old man was charged with the murder of a Lancaster County mother of six whom he fatally shot during a road-rage incident. The remains of a “Beth Doe” found near the Lehigh River in 1976 were at last identified, as was her murderer. The governor’s offices in the state Capitol got the green light to undergo a $1.5 million renovation. And three craft breweries in the state have been ranked amongst the nation’s best.

 

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One Pennsylvania lawmaker is seeking to give schools an incentive to have in-person instruction by tying it back to state funding. In Bradford County, a woman admitted that she and her husband scammed nearly $1.9 million out of older women in a social media scheme. A company in Allegheny County agreed to clean up the toxic waste it dumped into some of Pittsburgh’s drinking water. Finally, Hawk Mountain will launch its Spring Hawk Watch starting today.

 

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A former Air Force general attributed his possession of child pornography to post-traumatic stress. Three people in Pittsburgh were charged in an unemployment scam, filing claims that amounted to nearly $900,000 in benefits. Rising costs of lumber have caused the prices of new houses to rise as well. Plus, a lock of George Washington’s hair that was trimmed by a barber in Philadelphia is now up for auction.

 

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The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced Monday the tolls on bridges connecting New Jersey to Pennsylvania will go up in April. A restaurant owner in Allegheny County is asking a state appellate court to allow for her to disregard COVID-19 mandates such as face masks requirements in order for her establishment to survive. A fisherman saved a man he found floating in the Susquehanna River. And three dogs from Pittsburgh were nominated for this year’s American Humane Hero Dog Awards.

 

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The United Steelworkers Union will strike this week at Allegheny Technologies. Pennie insurance marketplace will stay open until Aug. 15. State parks’, forests’ in-person outdoor programs to resume in April. Pitt professor’s tech helps NASA’s Perseverance rover.  

 

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