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

The Delaware River Basin Commission has permanently banned natural gas drilling and fracking near a crucial waterway in the Delaware River. Schools in Pennsylvania may delay their state exams until the fall. A former administrator at a Mt. Lebanon nursing home has been indicted on charges of health care fraud. Plus, one local creamery in all its cheesy glory is featured on an episode of “Modern Marvels.”

 

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Pennsylvania salmonella outbreak traced to small pet turtles. 4 more restaurants ordered to close for defying state COVID mitigation orders. The state has some of the top truck bottleneck spots in the nation. The Mars rover had a secret message.

 

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Several hospitals in western Pennsylvania are being fined for high rates of potentially avoidable medical complications in patients such as infections and injuries. An attorney in Chester County admitted to stealing his ex-wife’s and former mother-in-law’s identities to financially support his mistress, buy pornography, and fund strip club visits. After all this snow, Pennsylvania will at last be treated to some spring-like weather. Plus, passengers at Philadelphia International Airport now have the chance to have their food brought to them by robots.

 

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U.S. Supreme Court rejects court cases regarding the presidential election in Pennsylvania. Two men face firearms charges after last week’s shooting near a SEPTA station in Pennsylvania. Betting on interest rates has left two public school systems and a hospital paying millions of dollars to Wall Street. Plus, one Carnegie Mellon Student undergoes—and participates in—her own brain surgery.

 

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Federal officials announced Friday how shipments to Pennsylvania of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been delayed due to the weather. Students at Lehigh University are facing expulsion after throwing a “COVID party.” In Allegheny County, a man drives his SUV across a frozen lake because “he thought it would be fun.” And the two injured seals that were rescued at the Jersey Shore are making full recoveries.

 

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Eight people were confirmed to have been shot in Philadelphia near a SEPTA station, one of whom is in critical condition. A man in Allentown thought he was hiring a hit man to kill his ex-girlfriend on Valentine’s Day when he was, in fact, actually speaking to an undercover state trooper. A prisoner who claims he accidentally drank blood in his jail’s cafeteria is having his original lawsuit concerning the incident revisited. Plus, people in Pennsylvania drank 753 alcoholic beverages total by the end of 2020—each.

 

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State officials announced that thousands of people have been administered what were meant to be second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as first doses. Police reported that seven people were shot by a SEPTA station in Philadelphia. The Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Industry & Labor revealed that the state paid at least $2.5 million in fraudulent jobless benefits claims. And, just to end things on a positive note, two Pittsburgh women who were united by one act of kindness get the chance to speak to each other at last.

 

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A couple from Hanover faces charges after shaking their baby so hard, the infant suffered multiple skull fractures. Another couple, this time in Allegheny County, is arrested after the woman passed out in a parked car, causing police to realize she was in possession of more than $13,000 worth of stolen merchandise. Two former college football players are suing the University of Pittsburgh and the NCAA for ignoring the dangers of head injuries. And one poor groundhog was saved after being stuck in a tree at the York College campus for three days. 

 

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Doctors are criticizing the DOH’s plans to remove PCPs from the COVID-19 vaccine distributor list. State Republicans will discuss potentially censuring Sen. Toomey. Gas prices increase. Pirate skeletons found in Cape Cod shipwreck.

 

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Man in Pittsburgh intentionally crashes his truck into a gas station to steal an ATM. Maurkice Pouncey retires from the Steelers. Historic Harrisburg church to be sold to veterans’ ministry. Texas mom tackles Peeping Tom.

 

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