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Leonardsville Fire Department drive-thru donation pancake breakfast
The Leonardsville Fire Department will be having a Drive Thru Donation Pancake Breakfast on Sunday November 15 at the Fire Hall on Mill Street.
The menu is pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage and real NY maple syrup. Serving from 7:00-10:30AM
Sports
2 days ago in Sports
All NFL games on for Week 9 as teams deal with COVID-19
All NFL games are on for this weekend while teams deal with COVID-19 issues. Depending on their situations, teams were either steering clear of or returning to their facilities Friday, one day after the Packers beat the 49ers even though both clubs were missing key players due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2 days ago in Sports
Steve Cohen completes $2.4 billion purchase of Mets
Hedge fund manager Steve Cohen completed his $2.4 billion purchase of the New York Mets on Friday, ending the Wilpon family's control of the franchise after 34 mostly frustrating years.
2 days ago in Sports
The Latest: Lions put Jalen Elliott on reserve/COVID-19 list
The Detroit Lions have put safety Jalen Elliott on the reserve/COVID-19 list. The list is for players who either test positive or have been in close contact with an infected person.
2 days ago in Sports
NBA players approve plan to start season on Dec. 22
The National Basketball Players Association voted Thursday to support the notion of starting this coming season on Dec. 22, the date that the league has been targeting in its talks about how and when to get teams back on the floor for a planned 72-game season.
3 days ago in Sports
The Latest: Chiefs go remote because of positive COVID test
The Kansas City Chiefs closed their facility after practice Thursday when an unidentified staff member tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the team to continue its preparations remotely for Sunday's game against Carolina.
Lifestyle
4 days ago in Lifestyle, Trending
Jackpot! Expansion of gambling in the US wins big at polls
The U.S. gambling industry won big at the polls Tuesday, with three states authorizing legal sports betting and three others either approving or expanding casino gambling.
4 days ago in Features, Lifestyle
Uber, Lyft spend big, win in California vote about drivers
Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services spent $200 million in a winning bet to circumvent California lawmakers and the courts to preserve their business model by keeping drivers from becoming employees eligible for benefits and job protections.
4 days ago in Lifestyle
Push to relax drug laws gains big victories on state ballots
A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a significant step forward Tuesday as five more states legalized marijuana for adults and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of street drugs such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.
1 week ago in Lifestyle, Trending
Scaled-back Thanksgiving plans leave turkey farmers in limbo
Millions of Americans are expected to have scaled-down celebrations amid the pandemic, heeding official warnings against travel and large indoor gatherings. That leaves anxious turkey farmers and grocers scrambling to predict what people will want on their holiday tables.
2 weeks ago in Lifestyle, Trending
Can I celebrate Halloween during the pandemic?
Yes, but probably not like you normally would. Health experts say some Halloween traditions like crowding on doorsteps for candy and inching your way through haunted houses heighten the risk of spreading COVID-19 and should be avoided.
News
2 days ago in National, Trending
2020 Latest: Pennsylvania GOP turns to US Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Republicans are turning to the U.S. Supreme Court to ask for an order that mail ballots arriving after Election Day in the battleground state be segregated. The state's top elections official already had ordered those ballots be kept apart.
2 days ago in National, Trending
Advocates race to find Georgia voters who cast bad ballots
Advocates for both presidential candidates raced Friday to find every person in Georgia who submitted a flawed ballot before time ran out to fix the paperwork in a race that could be decided by only a few thousand votes.
2 days ago in National, Trending
Trump faces tough road in getting Supreme Court to intervene
Facing the potential for narrow losses in multiple battlegrounds, President Donald Trump might have a tough time persuading the Supreme Court to take up his call to intervene and prevent Joe Biden from becoming president.
2 days ago in Entertainment
Johnny Depp exits ‘Fantastic Beasts’ franchise
Johnny Depp has exited the "Fantastic Beasts" franchise following his failed libel case against The Sun tabloid newspaper for a 2018 article that labeled him a "wife beater."
2 days ago in Coronavirus Updates, Trending, World
Italy shuts down 4 regions as Europe tries lighter lockdowns
Luxury fashion boutiques, jewelry shops and most of Milan's flagship department stores were shuttered Friday, as the center of Italy's vibrant financial capital fell into a gray quiet on the first day of a partial lockdown in four regions aimed at stopping the coronavirus's resurgence.
2 days ago in National, Trending
Romney: Trump’s election fraud claim wrong, ‘reckless’
Key Republican lawmakers, including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, on Friday slammed President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that Democrats are trying to "steal" the election, even as GOP leaders struck a more neutral tone — and others urged the White House to fight.
2 days ago in National, Trending
2020 Latest: Biden leads Trump in Pennsylvania vote count
Democrat Joe Biden is now leading President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. By Friday morning, Biden overtook Trump in the number of ballots counted in the state, which Trump must win to have a shot at reelection. Biden now holds a nearly 6,000-vote advantage.
2 days ago in National, Trending
Some in GOP break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims
Some Republican lawmakers are criticizing President Donald Trump's unsupported claim that Democrats are trying to "steal" the election, saying Trump's comments undermine the U.S. political process and the bedrock notion that all Americans should have their vote counted.






















