Details Scarce on Route 89 MLK Day Crash
Wattsburg – Four people were reported injured in a head-on collision near Wattsville in Erie County on Monday. The passengers and drivers in both vehicles were hospitalized Monday morning after a crash on Route 89 in Venango Township at about 7 a.m.  The southbound lane of 89 was closed for several hours as the crash was investigated and debris cleared from the road. The Pennsylvania State Police have not released details of the crash and say they are still investigating the incident. 

Tween Book Club
Meadville – The Meadville Public Library begins hosting its Tween Winter Book Club tomorrow night at 4 p.m. The Tween Book Club is open to anyone aged 9 to 13 and lasts for six weeks, ending on February 21st. Registered club members can bring their own book from home or get one from the library and enjoy cookies and hot chocolate as they read and talk about their stories with  other book club members. Online registration is still open at MeadvilleLibrary.org/teens

Pennie Open Enrollment Extended to Friday
Harrisburg – Pennsylvania’s insurance commission extended open enrollment for Pennie until this Friday, January 19th. Pennie is Pennsylvania’s own insurance exchange that helps find health insurance coverage for residents of the Commonwealth. The initial cut-off date was Monday. For more information or to purchase a policy for yourself and your family visit Pennie.com or call (1-844)844-8040.

PA Launches AI Pilot Program
Harrisburg – Last week, Governor Josh Shapiro announced that Pennsylvania would become the first US state to launch a pilot program to utilize generative AI to assist state employees in their day-to-day jobs. The governor announced that the first step in partnership with OpenAI, the makers of Chat GPT, and the Commonwealth’s Office of Administration is working together to create a keystone OpenAI product designed to teach state employees about generative AI and how and when it can be used safely and be securely leveraged in daily operations. The eventual goal is that the commonwealth will use AI for creating and editing copy, making outdated policy language more accessible, and addressing duplication and conflicting language within hundreds of thousands of pages of state policies.