Local Sports Update – Friday, 2/6

Local Sports Update – Friday, 2/6

Friday, February 6 by wcednews

District 9 Basketball Boys: THURSDAY Brookville 66, Karns City 41 Clearfield 65, Philipsburg-Osceola 36 – Evett Maines scored a game-high 18 points for Clearfield Great Commission 79, DuBois Christian 52 Girls: THURSDAY Punxsutawney 45, DuBois 32 – Punxsy's Natalie Burkett and the Lady Beavers' Avery Fontaine scored 20 points each... Read More.

Improving Transportation Needs.

Friday, February 6 by wcednews

UNDATED - The North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission is making plans to update transportation in Elk, Clearfield and Jefferson Counties. The 2055 Long-Range Transportation Plan is a 20 year roadmap that will identify transportation needs in rural communities, whether it be by... Read More.

Tri-County Weekly Gas Price Update

Friday, February 6 by wcednews

UNDATED - Gas prices are creeping back up in the Tri-County area. According to AAA, Elk County is still at the highest average at $3.27 dollars, up eight cents. Clearfield County went up seven cents to $3.25 dollars a gallon. Jefferson County is at the lowest average,... Read More.

Quote for February 6, 2026

Friday, February 6 by Summer Anderson

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde

Bitcoin plunges to lowest level since October 2024

Thursday, February 5 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The price of bitcoin plunged more than 10% on Thursday, sinking the world's largest cryptocurrency to its lowest level since October 2024 and erasing sizable gains made since then.That was weeks before the election of President Donald Trump, a Read More.

Congress secures long-term funding for the World Trade Center Health Program

Thursday, February 5 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Congress has approved legislation for a funding fix that fully supports the World Trade Center Health Program and prevents a projected multibillion-dollar shortfall that threatened the program's future.At a press conference Thursday morning, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., highlighted the action as... Read More.

Freight train carrying flammable liquids derails in Connecticut, prompting shelter in place: Officials

Thursday, February 5 by ABC News

(MANSFIELD, Calif.) -- A freight train carrying flammable liquids derailed in Connecticut on Thursday, prompting a shelter-in-place advisory, officials said.Approximately 14 railcars of a New England Central Railroad (NECR) train went off the tracks shortly after 9 a.m. in Mansfield near a body of... Read More.

Worsening snow drought in the West will have cascading impacts, experts say

Thursday, February 5 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- It has been a tale of two winters on the opposing U.S. coasts this season.While the East has been slammed with frigid temperatures and punishing winter storms, the West is experiencing a snow drought amid warmer-than-normal temperatures.Prolonged drought across much of... Read More.

EEOC alleges anti-white discrimination at Nike, seeks court enforcement of subpoena

Thursday, February 5 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The federal agency that investigates workplace discrimination is seeking court enforcement of a subpoena it has issued to Nike as it pursues allegations that the athletic apparel maker has been discriminating against its white employees in its corporate diversity policies. The Equal... Read More.

Car crashes into LA grocery store; 3 dead, several hurt: Officials

Thursday, February 5 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- At least three people were killed and six others were hurt when a car crashed into a grocery store in the Westwood area of Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles Fire Department officials.It appears the driver -- a woman who's about... Read More.