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Adams County district attorney Brian Sinnett told The York Dispatch that “appropriate enforcement action will take place” if Lincoln Speedway runs another dirt track racing program in violation of Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus reopening plan orders. It sets up what should be an interesting couple of days ahead, as Lincoln already has announced plans to hold 410 and 358 sprints this Saturday after running a program on Memorial Day in front of fans despite being in the yellow phase of Wolf’s plan, which doesn’t allow for gatherings of more than 25 people and also doesn’t give a green light...

Pa. bars, restaurants, and retail food service businesses now have a game plan for what will be allowed when they reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. New guidance released by Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration on Wednesday offers a detailed list of how many people can visit a spot at one time, whether or not masks will be mandated, and what the rules are in specific counties. Here’s everything you need to know. What can reopen, and when? Bars, restaurants, and retail food service businesses located in a green county of Wolf’s color-coded reopening plan can offer limited dine-in options indoors and...

WILLIAMSPORT — The chairman of the Lycoming County board of commissioners wants to know what is needed to get the county into the “green” phase of Gov. Wolf’s COVID-19 reopening plan. “What aren’t we passing?” Commissioner Scott L. Metzger asked after Wolf at his Wednesday news conference with Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said the county was not ready to leave the “yellow.” “The Wolf Administration’s job is to ensure our residents’ safety,” a spokesperson for Levine said later. “We were not confident that Lycoming was ready to go from yellow to green.” The commissioners by letter Tuesday asked Wolf...

Gov. Tom Wolf announced a series of reopening guidelines for professional sports and their teams in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Most professional sports leagues have been on hold since mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the announcement, professional sports are allowed to resume practices and events or games without spectators in counties in the yellow or green phase of reopening if the team or league has developed a coronavirus safety plan. The coronavirus safety plan must be approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and “include, among other requirements, testing or screening and monitoring of all on-venue players and...