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To try to offset an ongoing crisis in athletics, the Oregon Athletic Officials Association and the Oregon School Activities Association are recruiting officials for the fall high school sports seasons. There is an immediate need for officials in football, volleyball and soccer. If you’re interested, you can register at osaa.org/officials, and you can find the official association nearest you at newofficials.org. Options here in Southern Oregon include: — Rogue Valley Football Officials Association, Commissioner John Campbell, 541-538-0274 or johnd.campbell1@gmail.com. — Southern Oregon Volleyball Officials Association, Commissioner JoAnn Hartley, 541-531-2514 or jghartley@ccountry.net. — Southern Oregon Soccer Officials Association, Commissioner Xavier Valdes,…

Jackson County public health officials are offering advice on how to deal with wildfire smoke. File photo Jackson County Public Health officials are offering advice Jackson County Public Health advises people to be aware of smoky conditions and to take protective measures when air quality worsens. Smoke levels can rise and fall quickly based on changing winds and the volume of smoke produced by local and regional fires, public health officials said. See the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality air quality website at oraqi.deq.state.or.us/home/map for updates on smoke conditions at monitoring sites across the state, including Ashland, Talent, Medford, Shady…

WINCHESTER – After a two-and-a-half-hour closed session, the Frederick County School Board voted 4-3 Tuesday night to appoint John Lamanna as the school division’s interim superintendent, effective Aug. 8. Lamanna previously served on the School Board from 2002-2019 and was board president from 2007-10 and 2016-2019. He also ran as an independent for chairman of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors in 2019, but lost to Republican Charles DeHaven Jr. “‘I am very happy and satisfied to have the confidence of the board,’” Lamanna told The Star in a telephone conversation after the meeting. “And I’m really looking forward to…

A 12-year-old girl who had been held captive was found walking along a road in rural Alabama on Monday after escaping from a nearby home, leading authorities to discover two decomposing bodies where the ‘had arrested The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday that Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes, 37, of Dadeville, Ala., had been arrested and charged with first-degree kidnapping, three counts of capital murder and two counts of abuse of Corpse. It was not clear if Mr. Pascual-Reyes had a lawyer. Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett said at a news conference that shortly before 8:30 a.m. Monday, a driver noticed…

Breaking News Live Updates, August 3: The vehicle of Uday Samant, MLA of the Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena was attacked on Tuesday in Pune’s Katraj Chowk while passing by a place where Aditya Thackeray held a public meeting earlier. Condemning the incident, Sawant said this is not how politics is done in Maharashtra. “The attackers had baseball bats and stones. CM’s convoy was ahead of me. The police will investigate whether they were following me or the CM,” he told ANI. Reacting to the incident, CM Eknath Shinde said it was an “act of cowardice” and strict action…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Last week’s Mecum Auto Auction in Harrisburg did great business. The company announced Tuesday that this was a record year for them with more than $40 million in sales, up 30 percent from the last time they were in town in 2019. It’s also Mecum’s auction that highest grosser ever in Pennsylvania. Get daily news, weather, breaking news and alerts straight to your inbox! Sign up for abc27 newsletters here. During the four days of the event, 863 vehicles were auctioned. The top seller was a 2021 Mercedes-Benz that sold for $473,000. Six of the top…

PENNSYLVANIA – The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced Tuesday that it has approved a 5 percent toll increase for 2023. The increase will be in effect for all E-ZPass and Toll By Plate customers. According to a statement from the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the increase will change the most common toll for a car for E-ZPass customer fares from $1.70 to $1.80. Toll rates per plate will increase from $4.10 to $4.40 for the most common toll. The release also said the most common toll for a Class 5 tractor trailer will increase from $13.70 to $14.40 for E-ZPass customers and from…

Pennsylvania – A sweeping expansion of mail-in voting in Pennsylvania has survived a legal challenge brought by some of the same Republican state representatives who voted for the legislation nearly three years ago. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. The state Supreme Court upheld the law 5 to 2 on Tuesday, with the two “no” votes coming from the court’s two Republican justices. Millions of state voters have opted to vote by mail in recent elections, though Democrats have used it in far greater numbers. The law fell out of favor among Republicans when former President…