Jillian Pikora As daylight saving time begins and the Susquehanna Valley has a National Weather Service Fire Weather Watch going into effect Sunday, firefighters want to remind you to check your smoke detectors. You may need to change the batteries in your smoke detector or replace it entirely. Fire departments suggest you check that your smoke detectors are working properly every six months by using the test button. If the battery is dead, replace it, but if it is not working do not wait to replace the detector. Newer smoke detectors have panels on them to prevent tampering. This means no one can easily remove the batteries; instead, the entire device will have an expiration date.There are three types of smoke detectors for home use:Smoke detection.High flame, fast moving fire detection.Rise in temperature detection.All types of smoke detectors have trigger alarm that sound to awaken you if fire starts while you are asleep. Whole house smoke detectors are also ava
According to the CDC Black Americans are 4 times more likely to be hospitalized and nearly 3 times more likely to die of COVID-19, yet only a little over 5% of those currently vaccinated are African American.
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WGAL continues to hear from viewers who are still waiting for unemployment benefits and finding it a challenge to make contact with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry.“I haven t received one benefit for the past four weeks,” Rachael McLaughlin said.McLaughlin said that when she was able to return to work after recovering from COVID-19, she was told she no longer had a job.She said she applied for unemployment and received a letter asking for additional documents for verification.“It was literally me sitting in my house all day long, hitting the button and then ending it as soon as I got the redial. And I did that over and over and over again from 8 o’clock in the morning to 3:35 in the afternoon,” she said.McLaughlin finally got through weeks later. She said she was told to email or fax additional documents and that she would receive a response after that. I said, Well, how long is that going to take because I m a single mom of three. I literally have not