Punxsutawney Phil (groundhog)

Have you ever seen the 1993 movie "Groundhog Day"? It's a Bill Murray comedy about an egotistical TV weatherman from Pittsburgh and an annual assignment he despises: covering Punxsutawney Phil, the famous Pennsylvania groundhog. One year the...

Punxsutawney Phil may have jumped the gun, but spring does have to come eventually. And as the mercury rises, the nagging question for many people is whether this summer will continue last year's parched conditions. "We are still in a drought," said...

At 7:20 a.m. Saturday Punxsutawney Phil will leave his burrow at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., for the 123rd time and prognosticate how much longer winter will last. If Phil sees his shadow and returns to his burrow it means six more weeks of...

The time has come once again when we Americans will perch on the edge of our collective seats, waiting with bated breath to hear the answer to an extraordinarily important question: what time is it? There is also a tiny matter involving some sort of...

As the last days of January go by, no snow has accumulated in the Perry Hall/Kingsville neighborhoods. While snow lovers and students yearn for sledding and days off from school, the rest of us quietly rejoice with the passing of each snowless day. I...

Folks gather in Jefferson County to find out what the rest of the winter season holds as Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction. As he has each year for the past 126 years, Punxsutawney Phil came out Thursday to make his prognostication. And Phil's...

A ridge of high pressure will dominate our weather for the next week or so, sending the jet stream and stormy weather to our north. Today through the weekend and into the beginning of next week, we will be dry with variations on this theme:  some...

  SAN DIEGO -- Punxsutawney Phil climbed from his burrow for his 126th prognostication Thursday morning in front of on-lookers only to see his shadow which means six more weeks of winter.   If you were to take a look back at Phil's track record you...

HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — Woody the woodchuck is predicting Michigan is in for an early spring. The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus reports (http://bit.ly/zeAQS5) the weather prognosticator didn’t “see” her shadow Thursday during...