NEWS BULLETIN Dauphin, Schuylkill to enter Phase Green June 19 Gov. Tom Wolf announced earlier today that Dauphin and Schuylkill are among eight Pennsylvania counties that have meet the criteria for transitioning from Phase Yellow to Phase Green restrictions on business/social practices. The transition takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday,...
Straight-line winds, accompanied by hail, caused damage in northern Dauphin County late in the afternoon of June 4, according to a report released by the National Weather Service-State College. The report was ‘‘preliminary and subject to change,’’ the NWS said June 5. No update had been issued as of press...
By Duane Good EDITOR MILLERSBURG It’s now been three months since the COVID-19 pandemic began looming over every facet of American life like an uninvited, unwelcome guest. In the Sentinel area and beyond, all the signature events of high school senior year haven’t gone unaffected – commencement among them. School...
BREAKING NEWS Police: Lykens woman ‘missing and endangered’ A Lykens Borough resident is considered ‘‘missing and endangered,’’ state police reported May 26. Christine Lynn O’Neill, 51, was last seen/heard from at 5:50 a.m. May 26 in the Lykens/Wiconisco area and was entered into the National Crime Information Center database as...
NEWS UPDATE Nursing home data disclosed Premier at Susquehanna Village, located outside Millersburg, was the only Sentinel-area facility to appear on the state Department of Health’s initial listing of nursing homes and long-term care facilities with confirmed COVID-19 cases. The list was issued this afternoon (May 19). As of the state’s...
In response to a Sentinel inquiry May 14, the state Department of Health confirmed that it intends to begin identifying infections/deaths attributable to COVID-19 at nursing and long-term care facilities. ‘‘The department has required all nursing homes to provide this information ... starting May 17, and we will be working...
