Roulette woman hurt in accident…Photo courtesy of Sweden Township Police See Story below.
Roulette woman slightly hurt in roll over…House committee approves Causer’s broadband bill…PA bear season starts Saturday….73.3% of PA adults vaccinated….
Thursday’s high, 64; overnight low, 30; ½ inch of snow
FRI-AM LAKE EFFECT SNOW, HIGH 36
FRI NIGHT-CLEARING, LOW 24
SAT-PARTLY CLOUDY, HIGH 44
SAT NIGHT-MOSTLY CLOUDY, LOW 31
SUN-RAIN ALL DAY, HIGH 40
SUN NIGHT-RAIN, LOW 38
A Roulette woman was treated and released from UPMC Cole after a one-car accident Monday afternoon on the East Branch of Fishing Creek, about four miles north of Roulette. According to Police Chief Bryan Phelps, Cassandra Nelson was going south when she had to swerve her SUV to avoid a small white car which had crossed the center line. Her unit went off the road and rolled onto the driver’s side after colliding with the guardrail. The unknown unit continued on without the driver stopping to render aid or call 9-1-1. The driver of a car following the offending unit, stopped and helped Nelson get out of her car. Roulette Emergency Services responded to the scene.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to unanimously adopt an amendment that reflects a bipartisan agreement on legislation sponsored by Rep. Martin Causer (R-McKean/Cameron/Potter) to improve broadband deployment across unserved and underserved areas of Pennsylvania.
The legislation, House Bill 2071, would create the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority, which would act as the single point of contact for funding, promotion and development of broadband and related infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas of Pennsylvania.
House Bill 2071 is set to be voted on final passage in the House when the chamber returns to session on Dec. 13, 2021.
Pennsylvania’s state wide bear season opens Saturday and continues through Tuesday. Last year’s harvest,of 3608, was the sixth best season on record. Bears were taken in 59 of the state’s 67 counties in the 2020 season. The top county in 2020 was Potter County, where 188 bears were taken, followed by Lycoming County, with 185; Tioga, 184; Clearfield, 157; Monroe, 152; Clinton, 149; Elk, 140; Luzerne, 125; and Carbon, 117.Feb 2, 2021. All hunters
harvesting bears during the four-day firearms season are required within 24 hours to have their bears checked at a Game Commission check station. All check stations will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20, Sunday, Nov. 21 and Monday, Nov. 22, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 23.Check station locations are provided online and published in the Pennsylvania Hunting & Trapping Digest. Biologists estimate some 16,000 black bears reside in the Keystone State.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed that as of 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, there were 6,637 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide cumulative total cases to 1,666,724.
CAMERON 374
ELK-2432
McKEAN-4438
POTTER-1893
TIOGA-3903
ALLEGANY (NY)- 5622
CATTARAUGUS (NY) 9252
There are 3,016 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of that number, 657 patients are in the intensive care unit with COVID-19. The trend in the 14-day moving average number of hospitalized patients continues to decrease. Statewide percent positivity for the week of Nov. 5 – Nov. 11 stood at 10.3%.
As of 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, there were 96 new deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, reported for a total of 32,729 deaths attributed to COVID-19. County-specific information and a statewide map are available on the COVID-19 Data Dashboard.
According to the CDC, as of Wednesday, Nov. 17, 73.3% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older are fully vaccinated.
Vaccine providers have administered 14,811,871 total vaccine doses, including 1,240,508 additional doses (which includes additional shots for immunocompromised individuals and booster shots).
92,973 total pediatric vaccines doses (ages 5-11) have been administered.
6,558,253 people are fully vaccinated; with 62,498 vaccinations administered since yesterday and a seven-day moving average of more than 50,000 people per day receiving vaccinations.
In licensed nursing and personal care homes, there have been a total of 67,201 resident cases of COVID-19 to date, and 48,712 cases among employees, for a total of 115,913 at 1,664 distinct facilities in all 67 counties Approximately 33,021 of total cases have been among health care workers.