Band Quarantined After COVID Exposure At New Castle Game
New Castle High School postponed pre game and halftime band performances as Candy Canes and flag line were absent due to a 14 day quarantine for students exposed to COVID-19 on a Kennywood trip on Aug 19. Band members were masked on the bus, outdoors at the park, and some showed symptoms or tested positive. The football game against Quaker Valley proceeds at home Friday.
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Governor enacts statewide school mask mandate in Pa
Governor Tom Wolf ordered masks for students staff and visitors in public and private schools and day care facilities starting Sept 7 citing health data. Acting Health Secretary Beam said cases hospitalizations and deaths have surged, while Republicans criticized the move as overreach and demanded legislative action.
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Westmoreland County
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Bedford County
Firefighters train for deadly flashover simulation
The Pennsylvania State Fire Academy brought a flashover simulator to Shenango Township for a training exercise. New Castle firefighter Marco Bulisco says the lesson is recognizing deadly conditions early and avoiding entering the scenario, as flashovers are not survivable beyond a few seconds even in full gear.
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Biden defends exit from forever war in Afghanistan
President Biden called the U S airlift that evacuated more than 120 000 people from Kabul an extraordinary success while acknowledging that Americans and thousands of Afghans were left behind. He defended ending the twenty year war before the August thirty first deadline despite chaotic evacuations and a deadly bombing that killed 13 U S service members and 169 Afghans.
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