IT APPEARS A LITTLE MORE SNOW IS ON ITS WAY LATER TODAY. "WE DO THINK THERE'S SOME SNOW AT TIMES. I THINK THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS WHEN WE'LL GET THE STEADIEST SNOW AND WE THINK THAT'LL BE ANOTHER INCH OR SO," ACCU-WEATHER'S DEAN DEVORE SAYS. AREAS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY MIGHT GET SLIGHTLY MORE SNOW OUT OF THIS SYSTEM.
THE BILL TO PAY FOR LEGAL FEES, CONSULTANTS AND OTHER COSTS FOR PENN STATE ASSOCIATED WITH THE JERRY SANDUSKY CHILD SEX ABUSE SCANDAL STANDS AT MORE THAN $27.6 MILLION. AN UPDATED FIGURE AS OF NOVEMBER 2012 WAS PROVIDED THIS WEEK ON A UNIVERSITY WEBSITE. IT INCLUDES A $13 MILLION PRICE TAG FOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE SCANDAL BY FORMER FBI DIRECTOR LOUIS FREEH. FREEH'S FINDINGS RELEASED LAST SUMMER WERE THE SUBJECT OF RENEWED SCRUTINY THIS WEEK AFTER JOE PATERNO'S FAMILY RELEASED AN EXTENSIVE RESPONSE CONDUCTED BY ITS OWN EXPERTS. NEARLY $7.5 MILLION IS PAYING FOR UNIVERSITY LEGAL SERVICES OR DEFENSE, AND ROUGHLY $4 MILLION FOR OTHER LEGAL DEFENSE FEES INCLUDING THOSE COVERING THREE EX-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATED TO THE SCANDAL.
THE GREAT ALLENTOWN FAIR SAYS IT HAS A TEEN-TWEEN DREAM TEAM BOOKED FOR THE GRANDSTAND ON AUGUST 28. SINGER-ACTRESS BRIDGIT MENDLER WILL BE THE CO-HEADLINER AT THE FAIR THAT NIGHT WITH AUSTIN MAHONE. TICKETS GO ON SALE MARCH 2. COUNTRY STARS LUKE BRYAN AND TOBY KEITH ARE THE OTHER TWO SHOWS BOOKED FOR THE GRANDSTAND SO FAR.
STATE POLICE STATION COMMANDER IN FOGELSVILLE PAUL GASPICH SAYS HIS STATION MADE MORE CRIMINAL ARRESTS AND MORE D.U.I. ARRESTS IN PARTICULAR IN 2012 THAN ANY YEAR BEFORE. STATE POLICE OUT OF FOGELSVILLE MADE 527 D.U.I. ARRESTS AND 1100 CRIMINAL ARRESTS LAST YEAR AND ALSO SEIZED MORE THAN $1 MILLION DOLLARS IN DRUGS, WEAPONS, CONTRABAND AND STOLEN ITEMS FROM CRIMINALS A YEAR AGO. THEY INVESTIGATED MORE THAN 13,000 INCIDENTS LAST YEAR, OR ABOUT 36 EVERY DAY.
REPUBLICAN GOV. TOM CORBETT HAS PICKED UP AN INFLUENTIAL SUPPORTER WITH CLOSE TIES TO HIS DEMOCRATIC PREDECESSOR IN HIS EXPECTED BID FOR A SECOND TERM. COMCAST CORPORATION EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT DAVID COHEN CONFIRMED TODAY THAT HE'S SUPPORTING CORBETT'S RE-ELECTION. COHEN IS A LAWYER AND WAS FORMER GOV. ED RENDELL'S CHIEF OF STAFF WHEN HE WAS PHILADELPHIA'S MAYOR. COHEN HAS SUPPORTED BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES OVER THE YEARS. HE HAS HELD FUNDRAISERS FOR CORBETT, INCLUDING ONE AT HIS HOME LAST MONTH. A LONGTIME POLITICAL ADVISER TO CORBETT, BRIAN NUTT, SAYS THE GOVERNOR AND COHEN HAVE A SOLID WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT DATES BACK TO CORBETT'S TENURE AS STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE U.S. SENATE SAYS HE'LL KEEP WORKING UNTIL HIS TERM ENDS IN 2015. U.S. SEN. FRANK LAUTENBERG SPOKE IN HIS HOMETOWN OF PATERSON, N.J., ON FRIDAY, ONE DAY AFTER ANNOUNCING HE WOULD NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR. THE 89-YEAR-OLD SAYS HE'LL FIGHT FOR GUN CONTROL, AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING AND PRESS TO ENSURE WORKING FAMILIES ARE NOT LEFT BEHIND. THE SPEECH WAS NOSTALGIC, AS LAUTENBERG REMINISCED ABOUT GROWING UP POOR IN THE CITY. HE CREDITED THE G.I. BILL WITH HELPING HIM GO TO COLLEGE AFTER WORLD WAR II. HE WENT ON THE HELP CREATE THE PAYROLL PROCESSING COMPANY ADP. LAUTENBERG WILL BE 90 WHEN HIS TERM ENDS IN 2015.
