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

The Gingerbread Man founder is planning a restaurant comeback in Mechanicsburg. Pa. may be getting up to $1 billion from a national opioid settlement. Pa.’s COVID-19 cases are on the rise again. After 123 years, the Bishop Bridge has closed for good.

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A deal that was recently inked between the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority and Amtrak will study a potential passenger rail service to Scranton and New York City. The suspension of a contractor that is accused of stealing millions in employees’ fringe benefits has been lifted early after it was deemed unconstitutional. A man who ran a tropical fish store in Pittsburgh has pled guilty to trafficking invasive and endangered species. Plus, this week’s Full Thunder Moon is expected to appear super, super orange.

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Police in West Hanover Township confirmed that they shot and killed a man who had opened fire on his neighbors’ houses. Furthermore, authorities have revealed that the man who had crashed through a fence at Lehigh Valley International Airport on Friday nearly hit a plane full of people. Governor Tom Wolf has flip-flopped on his previous statements regarding new voter ID laws, now claiming that he’s open to some stricter measures. And not even a week after the federal government releases a report on UFOs, a man spots—and records—orbs flying over Philly.

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The state won big with regards to gambling revenue as casinos and the like racked up billions of dollars during the last fiscal year. As employers continue to struggle to find employees, the workforce has found a new hope in teenagers. Recently released FBI records have revealed that notorious gangster, Whitey Bulger, fixed plenty of horse races—including those at the Pocono Downs—prior to becoming an informant. Plus, Harrisburg-native-turned-Dallas-Cowboy, Micah Parsons, gives his mom a big surprise.

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The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania dropped slightly in June with payrolls inching their way upwards. Governor Tom Wolf’s office has denied having full knowledge of the state’s multimillion-dollar unemployment error prior to a recent announcement made by the state Department of Labor and Industry. The Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex will at last be hosting big events as more and more PPE equipment makes its way out. And those monster goldfish that are causing problems in Minnesota are also, unfortunately, in Lehigh Valley, too.

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One city in Pennsylvania has been listed among the top five nationwide with the highest increase in murder rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Get your Nintendo Switches (and your cash) ready as a newly introduced bill is looking to legalize esports betting. September in Pittsburgh is shaping up to be greener than usual as the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade is scheduled to take place that month. And one stowaway kitten has quite the ride in Bloomsburg.

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The Wolf administration is keeping mum on a state error that led to thousands of unemployed Pennsylvania residents getting overcharged in interest for more than a decade. In other parts of the government, some officials are considering taxing packages delivered in-state by companies such as Amazon in order to fund the repair and maintenance of roadways. One species of tree that’s popular in the landscaping community may soon get listed as a noxious weed. And a deaf dog in Indiana County at last finds a forever home with a woman who teaches deaf education.

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President Joe Biden is making a stop in Philadelphia on Tuesday in order to speak on voting rights. Meanwhile, the state has awarded roughly $15 million in funding to upgrade traffic signals. A man celebrating the Fourth of July in Mt. Pocono thought it would be a great idea to shoot a firework from his groin and was, shockingly, sadly mistaken. And an alligator got all dolled up to serve as a ringer bearer at a wedding.

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