There's a guilty plea in the 2023 murders of a woman and her daughter in North Catasauqua. 18-year-old John Bradley has admitted to killing 16-year-old Rianna Glass and her 39-year-old mother, Rosalyn, inside their home in September 2023. Bradley says he choked and stabbed his ex-girlfriend because she told him she was seeing someone else. Bradley, who was 17 at the time of the killings, also admitted to killing Rosalyn by stabbing her 31 times. He will be sentenced in August.
A 28-year-old North Whitehall Township man is dead after a Tuesday afternoon crash in Berks County. Corey Kleppinger's truck went off the road and hit a boulder in Rockland Township just before 12:30 Tuesday afternoon. That caused the truck to flip and Kleppinger was thrown from it.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has chosen Kutztown University's next president. Philip Cavalier will officially take the job on July 6 and succeeds Kenneth Hawkinson, who is retiring this summer after serving as KU's president since 2015. Cavalier is currently provost at the University of Tennessee at Martin. In a statement, he says, "I look forward to collaborating with all the campus and external stakeholders to enhance Kutztown’s reputation as a premier regional university in the northeast.”
York County DA Tim Barker says it was friendly fire that killed West York policeman Andrew Duarte during a standoff with an armed man inside the UPMC Memorial Hospital in York back in February. Nancy Duarte Matarese says her son died while helping a fellow wounded officer. "Even though he knew he was shot, he even identifies that to all the law enforcement who were there, that he has been hit, he still goes back for the original officer to grab his hand. That's what I think about," Duarte Matarese says. The DA says Duarte was hit twice by bullets fired by fellow officers during a shootout with Diogenes Archangel Ortiz, who ended up being killed. Barker says the officers' actions were "legally appropriate." Duarte Matarese says, "Every officer there was doing exactly what they were trained to do to the best of their abilities in a very difficult situation."
The REAL ID deadline is less than a week away. Starting next Wednesday you'll need a REAL ID or a current passport to fly within the U.S.. The head of PennDOT, Mike Carroll, says they're doing the best they can to make sure everyone who wants one can get one. "It's a real challenge for the PennDOT folks because of all the folks showing up at the last minute. To give you a sense, when I saw we're open Mondays, that means the driver's license centers are now open six days a week, closed just Sunday, in an effort to meet the rush," Carroll says.
Pennsylvania is now the 26th state along with the District of Columbia to sue over the Trump administration's decision to pull funding allocated by AmeriCorps. Gov. Josh Shapiro announced the decision, saying, "The federal government entered into a contract with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and with the dismantling of AmeriCorps, the Trump administration is breaking that contract." The governor says more than $6 million was earmarked for Pennsylvania for, among other things, maintaining trails and parks, assisting veterans and providing literacy and math classes to K-12 students.
New Jersey is trying to lure health care providers to the state with an ad campaign that takes aim at Texas' strict abortion laws. New Jersey bought billboards in Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio, all near big medical schools and hospitals. The billboards have statements like "New Jersey: where health care providers determine patient care, not politicians," and "In New Jersey, your patients' care is prioritized. Not compromised." New Jersey officials are also looking at incentives like help with moving costs and loan forgiveness programs to bring providers to the Garden State.
Another former Penn State star says he received a prank call during the NFL Draft. Abdul Carter received a call when the Jaguars were on the clock after acquiring the second overall pick from the Browns. The caller said he was from the Jaguars and would be selecting Carter second overall, but the team actually selected Colorado's Travis Hunter. Carter was taken with the next pick by the New York Giants. Former Nittany Lions tight end Tyler Warren was also pranked before he was selected by the Indianapolis Colts at pick number 14.