Новости за 06.08.2017

CLEARFIELD – Queensryche with Kix & Autograph closed out the grandstand stage entertainment Saturday night at the 157th Clearfield County Fair. The photo slideshow is by GANT News photojournalist Steven McDole.

ABC said the “Bachelor in Paradise” incident that temporarily shut down production of the reality series “brought to light some safety issues” that have been addressed by Warner Bros., from which ABC licenses the series. Back in June, production was halted for 10 days after allegations of misconduct involving two cast members, who later identified […]

Last month, when President Donald Trump was asked by The New York Times if special counsel Robert Mueller would be crossing a line if he started investigating the finances of Trump and his family, the President said, “I think that’s a violation. Look, this is about Russia.” The President is absolutely correct. Mueller has come […]

PHILIPSBURG BOROUGH – A 45-year-old West Decatur man, Patrick Gerg, has been accused of home improvement fraud. According to state police at Philipsburg, Gerg was hired to complete a construction project on Berkley Street in Philipsburg Borough. He was given numerous checks, totaling $15,700. However, Gerg allegedly never started the project and kept the money. […]

American journalist Julia Ioffe slammed the Trump administration’s plan to curb legal immigration calling it “very restrictive” and part of a formula that would “provide the right kind of demographic engineering,” for his base. Ioffe said first lady Melania Trump initially came to America on an H-1B visa, one of the visas the government is […]

The moment is different for everyone. Maybe it was when a young girl was burned alive while her parents watched complicity. Perhaps it was the orchestrated slaughter of a family, a pregnant woman’s belly stabbed again and again like the film over a frozen TV dinner. Was it when a psychopath ate a sausage next […]

President Donald Trump took some time away from his working vacation on Saturday to engage in what has become a staple of his weekend getaways. He crashed a wedding. At his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, Trump interrupted his first full day of vacation by hopping out of his golf cart to greet several wedding […]

Vice President Mike Pence sought to bat down a report from The New York Times on Sunday that said he would plan to run for president should President Donald Trump not seek a second term. “Today’s article in The New York Times is disgraceful and offensive to me, my family, and our entire team,” Pence’s […]

More and more Republicans are becoming openly critical of President Trump. The GOP congressional delegations who control the House and Senate headed home last week without any major legislation to show for their first six months of united government and Trump himself went on vacation. In recent weeks, we’ve seen Sen. John McCain defy the […]

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that he anticipated President Donald Trump would accept the recommendations of his presidential panel on opioids. One of the main recommendations of the panel is to declare opioid addiction and overdoses a national emergency. “We’ve gotten a really good response from […]

A day after Kayleigh McEnany announced she left CNN, she showed up as the centerpiece of a video clip posted by President Trump’s campaign team. McEnany, a pro-Trump conservative pundit who appeared on CNN throughout the campaign season, announced via Twitter Saturday that she was leaving the network. She said to “stay tuned” for details […]

Travel advisories warn you to carefully consider visiting certain places. Reasons typically range from severe weather to government instability, from civil war to terrorism. The US State Department issues such advisories on a regular basis. Earlier this month it warned Americans against traveling to Somalia because of widespread terrorist and criminal activity, including kidnappings, bombings […]

Plenty of factors can motivate charitable giving: Moral obligation, religious tithing, a desire to improve the world or leave a legacy. But another factor — the tax benefits for giving — could soon change if lawmakers push through tax reform. Few people donate simply because of the tax breaks and are unlikely to stop giving […]

California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff said both he and the Republican leading the House intelligence committee’s Russia investigation want to meet with the former British intelligence officer who authored a controversial dossier containing explosive allegations about President Donald Trump and top members of his campaign. Schiff’s comments to CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday […]

President Donald Trump has visited West Virginia — one of the states hit hardest by the opioid crisis — twice in the last two weeks. Although his presidential commission on opioids urged him Monday to declare the epidemic a public health emergency, Trump has been relatively quiet on the issue. “You have a big problem […]

1. Snap earnings: Snapchat parent company Snap will report its second-quarter finances on Thursday, but Wall Street isn’t holding its breath for anything positive. The “camera company,” as Snap calls itself, wishes its bad news could just disappear. Shares soared following its highly anticipated March IPO, but Snap has lost much of its market value […]

Don’t be surprised if there is a sign one day on a small California town that reads “Welcome to Nipton: A Place to Get Stoned.” The entire town of 120 acres was purchased Thursday by American Green Inc., a marijuana focused technology and growing firm based in Arizona. The reported price tag: about $ 5 […]

DUBOIS – The front entrance of Christ Lutheran Church, Sunflower Drive, DuBois, recently underwent some changes. Gone is a rock filled landscape area surrounding the bell tower at the entrance.  Added are two flagpoles – one flying the U.S. flag and the second a Pennsylvania flag. The landscape rocks were removed and replaced by cement. […]

CLARION – The seventh annual funny fundraiser to benefit Passages Inc. will be held Sept. 9 at the Park Inn by Radisson in Clarion. Passages Inc. is the sexual violence victim’s advocacy agency that serves Clarion, Jefferson and Clearfield counties. Performances will include the humorous host, David Kaye; the funny feature, Lisa Daprich; and the […]

PENFIELD – Programs have been announced for Aug. 17-26 at the Parker Dam State Park. Thursday, Aug. 17 GPS Basics:  10 a.m. Environmental Education Classroom  You can learn how to use a GPS to get from place to place.  You will learn how to mark a location, navigate back to the location as well as […]

GANT’s ICYMI gives readers a look back upon the most noteworthy stories of their work week. It contains the big headlines, as well as a few stories you might have missed. It might even include a story or two of the lighter side. GANT’s ICYMI will be posted each weekend for your perusal. For most […]

Going into the weekend, Baltimore activist Erricka Bridgeford had a simple hope and request: Nobody kill anybody for 72 hours. It was too much to ask for in a city on pace to record its highest annual homicide toll, a place still reeling from the racially-charged riots that followed the 2015 death of Freddie Gray […]

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, whose recent imprisonment was criticized by the international community, was released to house arrest late Saturday. “They just brought Leopoldo home. We are working with more conviction and more firmly in order to find peace and freedom for Venezuela!,” his wife Lilian Tintori tweeted. On Tuesday, Lopez and Antonio Ledezma […]

Inspired by classic cream puffs, this recipe is a wonderful treat. I’ve served it at Cub Scout banquets, birthday parties and holidays. I’m a regular baker, and this dessert is one of my all-time favorites. —Denise Wahl, Homer Glen, Illinois View the recipe at TasteofHome.com >>

Yariel Gonzalez and Bryce Denton each produced four-hit games to lead the State College Spikes back from a four-run deficit for a 9-7 victory over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers on Saturday night at Eastwood Field.