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No county COVID-19 deaths in last week

Lycoming County has seen zero deaths in the last week to 10 days according to Charles E. Kiessling Jr., Lycoming County coroner. Though that information is a positive, the latest news is that there are 15 new positive cases in the county. “What we’re seeing locally is that case detections have gone up over the last week, which also included the long holiday weekend. Our testing data, and that of our partners at the county and state health departments, indicates that these cases are largely linked to younger people who contracted the virus either while traveling or while socializing ...

James V. Brown Library reopens to the public

The James V. Brown Library is now open for browsing in all areas of the facility, including the children’s and teen areas. In addition, all other help desk services, such as printing, scanning, copying, genealogy requests and stamps will also be open. Passport services are expected to be ...

165K businesses got federal virus loans so far in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG (AP) — The Treasury Department on Monday released the names of more than 26,000 businesses or organizations based in Pennsylvania that it says received funds from a federal program intended to support the economy as states shut down to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The Treasury only identified borrowers that got more than $150,000. So far, that is about one-sixth of the more than 165,000 entities from Pennsylvania that borrowed money from the federal program, according to the data. Prominent among those businesses are full-service restaurant owners, receiving more ...

Hospital heads talk readiness as COVID-19 cases tick up in counties nationwide

In May, the number of COVID-19 cases in Douglas County, Kansas, increased by 14, from 52 to 66. In June, the number of cases increased by 63, bringing the total to 159. It was a drastic uptick in cases that caused the county to delay moving into its fourth stage of reopening. Douglas County is one of a number of counties across the country seeing an increase in cases as communities reopen. Ogden Newspapers spoke to three hospital leaders in Kansas, Michigan and Ohio about how prepared they feel their hospitals are to handle cases in light of recent statistics. Russ Johnson, ...

What experts are saying about economic relief possibly in the works

After a round of stimulus checks granted qualifying citizens money to help pay for living expenses and boost the economy, Americans may be wondering if a second round of payment could be on the way as COVID-19 continues to spread. Toward the end of June, President Donald Trump told a reporter for Scripps television stations, “We will be doing another stimulus package. It’ll be very good. It’ll be very generous.” The president, however, did not say how much the stimulus would be. Instead, he noted that it could be announced over the next couple weeks. Economic experts and ...

Model train store works to restore sanity

Looking for diversions, many people have looked to hobby stores to fill their times during the pandemic, said a local business owner — sometimes to keep themselves sane in a world where everything seems to be going very wrong. In times like these, Lee English, of English Model Railroad ...