HURRICANE SANDY IS WORKING ITS WAY UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND ACCU-WEATHER'S DANIELLE KNITTLE SAYS IT APPEARS QUITE LIKELY OUR WEATHER WILL BE AFFECTED. "THE STORM IS JUST SO LARGE THAT ANYBODY FROM THE DELMARVA ON NORTHWARD COULD REALLY SEE THE EFFECTS OF THIS STORM IN TERMS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME VERY STRONG WINDS AS WELL," KNITTLE SAYS. SHE THINKS WE'LL START TO GET A LITTLE SANDY-RELATED RAIN ON SUNDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY ON MONDAY.
RIGHT NOW, IT APPEARS HURRICANE SANDY WILL DUMP QUITE A BIT OF RAIN ON US AND BRING SOME STRONG WINDS AS WELL. LEHIGH COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR TOM NERVINE SAYS THAT'S NOT A GREAT COMBINATION. "OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF TREES OUT THERE WITH A LOT OF TREES STILL ON AND THE LEAVES ARE STARTING TO COME DOWN SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LEAVES COMING DOWN AND BLOCKING FLOOD DRAINS THAT THAT'LL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOODING PROBLEM," NERVINE SAYS. NERVINE REMINDS YOU TO BE PREPARED TO BE WITHOUT POWER AND PERHAPS TO NOT BE ABLE TO LEAVE HOME. HE URGES YOU TO PLAY IT SAFE AND STOCK UP ON FOOD AND WATER AND KEEP PLENTY OF BATTERIES ON HAND IN CASE YOU LOSE POWER.
POLICE HAVE CHARGED A NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA MAN WITH KILLING HIS ROOMMATE AND BURYING HIS BODY IN A SHALLOW GRAVE. 28-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL RHUBART ALLEGEDLY KILLED ROOMMATE JUBAR HUGHES WITH A SHOTGUN AND HID HIS BODY IN A SHALLOW GRAVE OFF AN ATV TRAIL IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE POCONO MOUNTAINS. RHUBART, OF EFFORT, MONROE COUNTY, WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON CHARGES INCLUDING CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. HE'S BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL. INVESTIGATORS SAY RHUBART AND HUGHES, PREVIOUSLY OF NEWARK, N.J., WERE ROOMMATES. COURT DOCUMENTS ALLEGE RHUBART ADMITTED KILLING HUGHES. HUGHES' BODY WAS DISCOVERED MONDAY IN AN ISOLATED AREA OF CARBON COUNTY.
THREE LOCAL COLLEGES MAKE KIPLINGER'S LIST OF BEST VALUES IN PRIVATE COLLEGES. LEHIGH UNIVERSITY IS RANKED NUMBER 25 ON KIPLINGER'S LIST OF TOP PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES, PLACING ONLY BEHIND THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AMONG KEYSTONE STATE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. AMONG LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES, LAFAYETTE IS RANKED NUMBER 31, WHILE MUHLENBERG COLLEGE IS SLOTTED AT 65. THE SCHOOLS ARE RANKED ACCORDING TO OVERALL VALUE, GRADUATION RATE, LOW CLASS SIZE AND STUDENT DEBT AT GRADUATION.
PENN STATE FOOTBALL COACH BILL O'BRIEN CAN'T WAIT FOR SATURDAY EVENING AND HIS TEAM'S HOME GAME AGAINST NUMBER 9 OHIO STATE. HE EXPECTS A RAUCOUS ATMOSPHERE AT BEAVER STADIUM. "IT'S A VERY, VERY SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT. IT MEANT A LOT TO US IN THE NORTHWESTERN GAME AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO LEADING THE TEAM OUT THERE ON SATURDAY NIGHT," O'BRIEN SAYS. THE 5-AND-2 NITTANY LIONS WILL LEAN ON THE HOME CROWD AS THEY TRY TO KNOCK OFF THE 8-AND-0 BUCKEYES. YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME, WHICH KICKS OFF AT 5:30, ON WAEB.
PENNSYLVANIA'S ANNUAL CROSS-BORDER HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GRUDGE MATCH WILL CENTER ON THE MASON-DIXON LINE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE BIG 33 SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW AGREEMENT TO PIT THE PENNSYLVANIA'S TOP PREP TALENT AGAINST THE BEST MARYLAND HAS TO OFFER. FOR THE LAST 19 YEARS THE ALL-STAR CONTEST HAS FEATURED SQUADS FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO. PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND PREVIOUSLY MET EIGHT TIMES BETWEEN 1985 AND 1992. THE ANNUAL CONTEST IS STAGED IN HERSHEY.
