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• Pedestrian struck by vehicle in York: Dispatch

  06-10-2015 23:50
  
  The accident occurred at about 4:12 p.m.
  
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• Man dies of injuries sustained in York County crash: Coroner

  06-10-2015 23:32
  
  The accident victim died more than a month after the crash.
  
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• Gov. Tom Wolf's revised tax increase package: At a glance

  06-10-2015 23:15
  
  Wednesday's bill is intended to represent the size and scope of any broad-based tax that would be needed, and the new severance tax on natural gas production that Wolf has long championed.
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court upholds death penalty for killer of game commission officer

  06-10-2015 23:03
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court denied Christopher Johnson's petition to vacate his death sentence
  
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• New data available on PennDOT's Routes 11/15 rock slope project

  06-10-2015 22:58
  
  An open house on the project is scheduled for 2:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Marysville fire hall.
  
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• Pa. court: Men waited too long to sue over alleged sex-abuse by Catholic priests

  06-10-2015 22:41
  
  The Superior Court decision backs an earlier ruling by a county judge who dismissed the lawsuits filed against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
  
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• Cumberland County commissioner says there's more to salary changes than just raises

  06-10-2015 22:37
  
  There's more to the picture of rising salaries than two Democrat Cumberland County commissioner candidates painted Tuesday, according to a Republican member of the board.
  
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• Fake appliance repairman gets time-served sentence

  06-10-2015 22:06
  
  Though Terry L. Harner, 46, of Mohnton, was sentenced to time served Tuesday in Cumberland County Court on theft by deception charges, he is serving a 1 to 2 year Dauphin County sentence related to the same scam.
  
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• Texas man gets up to 40 months for crashing into Pa. state trooper after chase on 581, Carlisle Pike

  06-10-2015 21:47
  
  Kalam W. McLain, 29, of Blue Mound, Texas, was sentenced Tuesday in Cumberland County Court to 20 to 40 months in state prison on charges that include aggravated assault.
  
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• Lancaster County judge allows bloody clothing into evidence in homicide case, trial looms

  06-10-2015 21:22
  
  Clothing worn by Stefon Landing, 21, when he was treated for a gunshot wound to the chest at Lancaster General Hospital on Jan. 4, 2014, is admissible as evidence.
  
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• One found wounded, lying in apartment doorway in Harrisburg afternoon shooting, police say

  06-10-2015 21:12
  
  Police remained on the scene more than an hour after the initial report to county emergency dispatches.
  
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• Piling on: Harrisburg decision on leaves riles residents

  06-10-2015 20:54
  
  The city last week announced it would no longer do curbside scooping, leaving residents this fall with more work than they have had in the past.
  
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• Leaves of Angst: Harrisburg's leafy dilemma

  06-10-2015 20:54
  
  Harrisburg residents are none too happy with the prospect of having to bag their leaves for pick up. City last week announced it would no longer do curbside scooping.
  
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• Coroner IDs man fatally stabbed Monday in Lancaster, autopsy scheduled: report

  06-10-2015 20:20
  
  Harris Perez, 20, of Lancaster, died at Lancaster General Hospital after he was stabbed at around 1 p.m. on the 400 block of Lafayette Avenue in Lancaster.
  
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• Lancaster County man who pleaded guilty to felony child porn possession sentenced

  06-10-2015 20:09
  
  Karl Alan Neuenschwander, 45, was sentenced to six months house arrest and six and a half years of supervised probation.ne
  
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• Flooded-out residents can't sue Pa. town's officials for 'inaction' during hurricane, U.S. court says

  06-10-2015 20:05
  
  A lack of action by officials of Duryea, Luzerne County, during Hurricane Irene can't form the basis for a federal lawsuit, an appeals court rules.
  
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• Penn State Thon canceling canning weekend, to review safety procedures

  06-10-2015 19:37
  
  Less than two weeks after a Penn State sophomore died in a car crash on the way home from a Thon fundraising trip, the organization has announced plans to review safety procedures and cancel an upcoming fundraising weekend.
  
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• 'Bored' Pa. nuclear plant worker downloaded child porn at work, police say

  06-10-2015 19:28
  
  Investigators say 51 printed images of children ages 10 to 16 were found in the man's open locker, and hundreds more on his work computer.
  
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• Middletown Council approves 2.5 percent pay raises for managers

  06-10-2015 19:23
  
  The retroactive raises were budgeted and are consistent with those given to union employees, council members said.
  
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• How high is too high? Cumberland County commissioner candidates question rationale for raises

  06-10-2015 19:20
  
  Democratic candidates for the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners question whether a salary increase -- approved in June -- will actually save the county money in the long term, as was proposed, or will ultimately see the county cut its services.
  
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• Police ID man involved in fiery crash that damaged a Lancaster County home

  06-10-2015 19:12
  
  David J. Golberger, 33, of Lancaster, was headed eastbound on Meadow Lane when he lost control of his vehicle, struck several mailboxes and a utility pole, police said.
  
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• Take a tour of the financially strapped Susquehanna Art Museum

  06-10-2015 18:59
  
  A missed bank payment has triggered a dispute between the general contractor for the new museum building and a bank over remaining grant money for the project.
  
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• Lopax supervisors to vote on wastewater flow study

  06-10-2015 18:52
  
  Lower Paxton Township supervisors will meet today to discuss, among other issues, whether to adopt a study of wastewater flow from Beaver Creek to the Paxton Creek drainage basin. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m.
  
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• This Harrisburg toddler will soon have more art displays than birthdays under his belt

  06-10-2015 18:33
  
  In the last year, Lucas Esposito had his art displayed in museums in Pennsylvania, California and Nevada.
  
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• Traffic moving again on Simpson Ferry Road after morning crash trapped person, police say

  06-10-2015 18:32
  
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• Susquehanna Art Museum facing 'serious, but not insurmountable,' financial challenge, official says

  06-10-2015 18:32
  
  The museum opened in midtown Harrisburg in January but now is "managing a serious financial challenge," according to a statement Tuesday from Executive Director Alice Anne Schwab.
  
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• Wolf Administration to seek 3.57 percent state income tax; shale tax

  06-10-2015 18:22
  
  Part of revenue would go to increased in property tax relief for seniors.
  
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• York County 911 to accept text messages seeking help

  06-10-2015 18:10
  
  York County residents can soon seek emergency assistance without making a phone call.
  
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• Suspect in custody after search for gunman on Philadelphia community college campus: reports

  06-10-2015 17:59
  
  A suspect is in custody after reports of a gunman on the Community College of Philadelphia campus Tuesday morning, according to multiple news outlets.
  
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• Up from the ashes: Plans proceed to rebuild Dellville Covered Bridge

  06-10-2015 17:51
  
  The fate of the Perry County bridge will hinge on cost, however.
  
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• Kidnapping of wife, two children, nets Shippensburg man up to 14 years behind bars

  06-10-2015 17:47
  
  Charles W. Hinton III, 23 was sentenced in Cumberland County Court Tuesday to 66 to 168 months in state prison on charges that include kidnapping.
  
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• Wolf plan seeks higher income, drilling taxes

  06-10-2015 17:34
  
  Gov. Tom Wolf wants a half-point increase in the state's personal income tax and a new extraction tax on natural gas drilling in an effort to solve the state's 3-month-old budget impasse, according to an administration document obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
  
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• Man who killed friend and buried body under home sentenced to prison term

  06-10-2015 17:25
  
  Glenn Alan Jackson, 54, was sentenced Monday by Lycoming County Judge Marc F. Lovecchio to 82 months to 25 years in prison.
  
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• Audit: State's education master plan is 16 years out of date

  06-10-2015 17:17
  
  An audit of Pennsylvania's Department of Education shows that its "master plan" that's supposed to be a roadmap for statewide education policy has not been updated for 16 years.
  
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• Suspect in custody after report of gunman on Philadelphia community college campus: report

  06-10-2015 17:01
  
  UPDATE: Multiple news outlets are now reporting that a suspect is in custody. CBS Philadelphia is reporting that police were called to Community College of Philadelphia to respond to reports of a gunman. No shots were fired and no one was injured, according to CBS....
  
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• Police responding to report of gunman on Philadelphia community college campus: report

  06-10-2015 17:01
  
  CBS Philadelphia is reporting that police have been called to Community College of Philadelphia to respond to reports of a gunman. CBS reports that no shots have been fired and no one has been injured as police continue to search for the suspect....
  
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• Lower Dauphin Middle School student killed in 'automobile accident': School district

  06-10-2015 16:25
  
  Crisis intervention team members are available in the district to speak with students processing the death ofan eighth grade student killed Monday night.
  
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• Drivers urged to avoid portion of Simpson Ferry Road after crash leaves person trapped

  06-10-2015 15:32
  
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• Police seek to ID man accused of stealing $200 in neckties from a Kohl's in Lancaster County

  06-10-2015 15:26
  
  The suspect is accused of stealing the neckties on Sept. 8 and Sept 15 from the Kohl's on the 2300 block of Lincoln Highway East in East Lampeter Township.
  
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• Alert lifted after fire at Three Mile Island: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  06-10-2015 14:37
  
  The fire did not impact operations and the reactor continued to operate at 100 percent power, according to commission. No injuries were reported.
  
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• Two Pa. officers injured after police vehicle crashes into tree

  06-10-2015 14:25
  
  The crash is under investigation.
  
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