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1 week ago | standardspeaker.com | Pat Rushton

Mountain Top communities fared well in the recently announced round of state gaming grants. The largest grant went to Wright Twp., which received $359,000 for road improvements on Terrace Road and Oak Road, two roads the township has targeted for work. Supervisor Donald Zampetti, chairman of the board of supervisors and township roadmaster, expressed his appreciation for the grant money and the help os state legislators in securing the funds.

1 week ago | standardspeaker.com | Illia Novikov

By ILLIA NOVIKOV, Associated PressKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, following days of uncertainty over whether Kyiv would attend a further meeting proposed by Moscow. But Ukrainian officials have insisted that the Kremlin provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the more than three-year war, before the two delegations sit down to negotiate.

1 week ago | standardspeaker.com | Steve Bennett

Class 4A ChampionshipCrestwood (13-9) vs. 1-Mid Valley (18-4)Defending champ: DallasWhen: Friday, 4:30 p.m.Where: University of Scranton’s Volpe FieldAdmission: Go to piaad2.org. Under sports click on baseball. To your right you will see a link to get your championship tickets here. Click on that. Cost of a ticket will be $6 however you will have to pay a processing fee. How they got here: Crestwood defeated Berwick, 12-2; defeated Wyoming Area, 10-0.

1 week ago | standardspeaker.com | Kent Jackson

Butler Twp. police are searching for a Lancaster County man whom they have charged with stealing a racing motorcycle from Pardeesville in February. Corey L. Sumpter, 26, of Mount Joy might have left the state, police said after obtaining a warrant for him and charging him with burglary, criminal trespass, theft and receiving stolen property. Anyone who sees Sumpter can contact police.

1 week ago | standardspeaker.com | Kent Jackson

NESCOPECK TWP. — As Jen Broyan walked through her field, she pointed to clumps of strawberries starting to redden but also strips of black plastic where no plants grew. About half of the crop didn’t materialize so Broyan canceled a tradition on the farm that she owns with her husband, Francis, and son, Logan. For the first time in 15 years that the Broyans have raised strawberries, they won’t let customers enter the field to pick.