DARBY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — A volunteer fire company in Pennsylvania has disbanded months after it was suspended when another fire company allegedly heard members using racial slurs and disparaging Black residents in a virtual meeting. In a letter to Darby Township commissioners Wednesday, the Briarcliffe Fire Company announced it was shutting down. “The Briarcliffe Fire Company strongly denies that anyone in the township was ever treated differently or discriminated against based upon their race,” the company’s lawyer Robert Ewing wrote in the letter.

HARRISBURG, Pa (WJAC) — Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced the first COVID-19 inmate death at SCI Forest. Authorities say the inmate, whose name will not be released, was a 65-year-old male with underlying health conditions who passed away at a local hospital on Tuesday. Officials say he was serving a 10 to 20-year sentence for burglary and had been at the facility since September of this year.

NEW YORK — Crayola announced on Thursday that the colorDandelion will be retired. It's the first time in their over 100 year history that the company has retired a crayon from the 24-count box. The shade of yellow was added to the Box of 64 in 1990. Which color will replace Dandelion is set to be released on Friday morning. Previously Crayola retired Prussian Blue, Maize and Raw Umber from their collections.

CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — State police in DuBois say a Huntingdon County man was seriously injured on Friday when his tractor-trailer collided with a bear along Route 153 in Clearfield County. Troopers say the crash occurred just after 4 a.m. Friday in Huston Township. Investigators say after the truck struck the bear, it overturned, trapping the driver inside. Police say the driver, a 56-year-old Entriken man, was extricated from the vehicle and transported to Penn Highlands DuBois with suspected serious injuries.

PA (WJAC) — Both the PFBC (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission) and the Pennsylvania Game Commission are warning fishermen and hunters about online licensing scams that have recently been reported. According to a release, customers reported that they had purchased licenses through a third-party website that looked similar to the real Outdoor Shop, the PFBC and the Game Commission’s online purchasing portal, but never received a license. “The only proven, reputable and reliable methods for purchasing Pennsylvania fishing licenses and permits are through the PFBC’s online portal The Outdoor Shop or in-person from a retail license issuing agent,” said Bernie Matscavage, director of the PFBC Bureau of Administration.