By Ad Crable What's killing the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers' prized smallmouth bass? For several years, anglers and guides have been pleading for action on the mysterious die-offs, poor survival and cigarette-burn- like lesions on juvenile bass in the summer.

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By Mike Joseph, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa. Nov. 8--State Sen. Jake Corman, R-Benner Township, won re-election Tuesday to a third straight four-year term in the 34th state Senate District.

ERIE, Pa. - Dennis Russian just might have a record catch. On Tuesday, the 59-year-old from New Alexandria nabbed a monster fish - a 49-inch-long carp that unofficially weighs 54 pounds, 4 ounces.

The Pennsylvania State Data Center at Penn State Harrisburg reports that Chester County ranked 72nd nationally in numerical population increase from July 1, 2003 to July 1, 2004. Chester County increased from 458,057 persons in 2003 to 465,795 persons in 2004, an increase of 7,738, or 1.7 percent.