BC-PA–Pennsylvania News Coverage Advisory, PA
Good morning! Here’s a look at AP’s general news coverage today in Pennsylvania. For questions about the state report, contact the Philadelphia bureau at 215-561-1133. Joe Mandak is on the desk. Editor Larry Rosenthal can be reached at 215-446-6631 or [email protected] .
A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories, digests and digest advisories will keep you up to date.
Some TV and radio stations will receive shorter APNewsNow versions of the stories below, along with updates.
PITTSBURGH — People in two cars managed to escape after electronic warning gates failed to keep them off a flooded Pittsburgh road where four people died in flash floods five years ago. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 275 words by noon EDT.
CHICAGO — Continuing to play despite a concussion doubles recovery time for teen athletes and leads to worse short-term mental function than in those immediately removed from action, a study found. By Lindsey Tanner. SENT: 481 words.
—— A woman identified in financial disclosure statements as the girlfriend of Philadelphia’s district attorney is accused of slashing tires on two of his security cars outside his home last year.
—MOLD CLOSES SCHOOLS — A central Pennsylvania high school could remain closed for three weeks because of mold, though district officials are hopeful that two other schools will open sometime this week.
—MISSING TWINS — The brother of Pennsylvania twins that welfare caseworkers haven’t been able to locate for 10 years is scheduled for a preliminary hearing.
—— Police say a neighbor used a golf club to stop and disarm a shotgun-wielding suspect after a home invasion in central Pennsylvania.
—— Police have continued to search for the driver of a sport-utility vehicle who fled after fatally striking a bicyclist in northeastern Pennsylvania.
—— Three teenage boys are recovering in hospitals after they were shot in Philadelphia’s Grays Ferry section.
—— Freshmen at a 150-year-old women’s college in eastern Pennsylvania will be the school’s first class to go as a group on an eight-day trip outside the country during their sophomore year.
—BEATEN IN WOODS — Pennsylvania state police are looking for a man who they say beat a woman in a wooded area of Schuylkill County over the weekend.
—BODY FOUND IN CAR — Police are investigating after a body was found with a gunshot wound in a car against a barrier in western Pennsylvania.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Former New England Patriots offensive lineman and team dentist Bill Lenkaitis has died. SENT: 134 words.
