Today is Thanksgiving Day.

The ownership, management and staff of WBVP and WMBA wishes you a very blessed and joyous holiday.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is expecting nearly 3.5 million vehicles to travel the toll road throughout the Thanksgiving holiday. Tuesday saw the heaviest volume and it will pick up again  on Sunday as motorists head home. All construction has been suspended except in case of emergencies. State troopers will be watching for speeders and motorists who are texting while driving.

President elect Donald Trump has posted a Thanksgiving message on social media saying, “it’s my prayer that on this Thanksgiving we begin to heal our division and move forward as one country strengthened by shared purpose and very, very common resolve.” Trump also acknowledges that emotions are raw and tensions just don’t heal overnight.

A giant Charlie Brown balloon joined one thousand clowns and a dozen marching bands along a parade route lined with spectators and police in plainclothes for the 90th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Charlie Brown is one of three new giant character inflatables in this year’s parade. The parade draws huge crowds as it makes its way thru the streets of Manhattan before finishing up at Macy’s flagship store.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are about to get their first pay raise in two years, padding what is already the nation’s second highest salary for legislators. The 253 seat general assembly will get a 1.34 percent increase next month, raising rank and file pay by over 11 hundred dollars to 86 thousand. State law gives legislators automatic cost of living increases.