What you need to know today, Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
High: 67; Low: 54. Mostly cloudy.
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Students arrive to the 2022 Harrisburg High School prom at the Best Western Premiere on Saturday. (Photo by Sean Simmers, PennLive.com)
Baby formula: A new Pennsylvania factory is ramping up to make baby formula amid a nationwide shortage.
Gas prices: The average price for a gallon of gas in Pa. is $4.77, the highest ever, and that number will grow over the next week.
Holiday schedule: Memorial Day-related parades, services and other events are being held to honor those members of the military who have died.
Candidate sues: The campaign of David McCormick, who is in a neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for the U.S. Senate against Mehmet Oz, has sued to try to ensure counties obey a new federal appeals court decision on mail-in ballots.
Records gone: Many records for people convicted of murderer, rape and more are being hidden from the public in Pa. in an overzealous use of the Clean Slate law.
Murder-suicide: A high school teacher was shot to death and her neighbor found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said, after a dispute.
Store shooting: A man who told his ex-girlfriend that he wanted to see their daughter tracked them down inside a Walmart, triggering a confrontation that ended in gunfire.
DUI arrest: Kathleen Kane, Pa.’s former attorney general, admitted yesterday that she violated probation when she was arrested for drunken driving in March. She is going to a residential treatment center for alcohol use.
Macarons at Sweet Velvet Macarons in Palmyra. (Azlyn Hain | Special to PennLive, file)
Sweet spots: There’s almost nothing better than a fresh-baked cookie. Mimi put together a list of the best places in central Pa. to get them.
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Wine time: There’s more to visiting a winery these days than sipping a drink at the bar. Now, wineries offer wider experiences with bands, classes and more.
A casket full of football memorabilia on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Christ Church in Rockaway, N.J. Dwayne Haskins, an NFL quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died after being fatally struck on April 9 in Florida. He was 24. (Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media, file)Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Player’s death: Pittsburgh quarterback Dwayne Haskins had been at a club drinking and had a “significant amount of alcohol in his blood” before he was struck and killed walking on a Florida highway in April, a medical examiner’s report says.
Hunting decline: Large numbers of hunters are aging out of the sport without enough newcomers to replace them. Agencies will need to find new ways to manage deer populations and pay for it, a researcher says.
In photo provided by the Washington State Dept. of Agriculture, an Asian Giant Hornet wearing a tracking device is shown Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020 near Blaine, Wash. (Karla Salp/Washington Dept. of Agriculture via AP, file)AP
