A procession of about 30 cars circled the Bell & Evans plant Friday morning in a mock funeral procession to demand the plant shut down following the coronavirus-related deaths of a chicken plant employee and the spouse of another employee.
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🔗 Deadly ride: How coronavirus struck down Bell & Evans poultry workers going to work in a crowded van
Eight workers who often traveled to work together in a van all got sick from the coronavirus. Crammed together for the 30-mile drive, none of them could keep their distance from one another on their way to jobs they couldn’t afford to give up.
🔗 Diocese of Harrisburg announces the closure of Lebanon Catholic school
Lebanon Catholic and Holy Family Consolidated Catholic School in Berwick are closing due to decreased enrollment and continuing financial issues, the diocese said.
🔗 First citation issued for non-essential business violation in Pennsylvania
The first non-essential business citation has been issued in Pennsylvania. Middle Creek Roofing in Lebanon County was handed a citation on Thursday for violating Gov. Wolf’s mandate that non-life-sustaining businesses remain closed. The business was previously warned twice by state police prior to being given a citation.
🔗 Lebanon’s ‘First Friday’ goes virtual
The idea of First Fridays are to bring people together in the heart of the community. This month, that obviously couldn’t happen in most places, like Lebanon.
🔗 Pa. restaurant ordered to pay $40K on racial slur claim might have to pay $73K more to black student’s lawyers
Two weeks after U.S. Middle District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson ordered Just Wing It of Annville to pay $40,000 to Ricky Lee Bugg Jr., the Harrisburg law firm that represented Bugg, Smigel, Anderson & Sacks, has filed a motion asking her to order the eatery to pay $73,438 in legal fees.
🔗 Gov. Tom Wolf extends stay-at-home order to May 8
Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday said he is extending the statewide stay-at-home order until least May 8 — but left open the possibility of relaxing restrictions after that in counties where coronavirus cases remain low.
🔗 Pennsylvania farm Workers ordered to wear masks
Workers at farms and agribusinesses must wear masks as part of new coronavirus-prevention rules from Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health.
🔗 Sheetz expands free meal program for children to all store locations during pandemic
Sheetz announced that it has expanded its Kidz Meal Bagz program, which provides free meals to children during the COVID-19 pandemic, to all 600 of its stores.
🔗 Salvation Army continues to help Central PA communities through fundraising campaign
The ‘Your Neighbor Needs You’ relief fund is up over half a million dollars and all of that money is being distributed to Salvation Army posts across the country.
🔗 Crowds grow on Lebanon Valley Rail Trail during coronavirus shutdowns
As the novel coronavirus outbreak has shutdown schools, businesses, parks and other places where people used to spend their time, crowds are flocking to the Lebanon Valley Rail Trail.
🔗 Following STEM passion, Palmyra middle schooler makes ‘ear savers’ for mom, other nurses
A Palmyra middle-schooler got a lesson in real-world engineering last week when he discovered he could use his 3D printer to help his mom, and other nurses, deal with the annoyances of wearing surgical masks while at work.
🔗 PennDOT says eight major construction projects in South Central PA may continue
Sixty-one projects across the commonwealth, including sinkhole mitigation along State Route 117 in Palmyra, are allowed to resume work amid the governor’s non-life-essential business closure order.
🔗 Farm operations of all sizes urged to consider payroll protection loans
There really isn’t a scenario that would prevent a farm from applying for a piece of a $349 billion pie designed to help cover certain costs during the COVD-19 crisis, according to Lancaster Farming’s coverage of a recent Penn State Extension seminar.
🔗 Lebanon city honors WWII veteran with special proclamation for turning 100
FOX43 has video from Saturday’s birthday celebration for WWII veteran Dale Chapman.