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• Male suspect opens fire during road rage incident in Harrisburg: Police

  12-10-2015 23:48
  
  Police detained the two males involved.
  
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• Police investigate possible kidnapping attempt in Lower Paxton Township

  12-10-2015 23:30
  
  Police said a man, who may have been wearing a mask, exited a red pickup truck and attempted to grab the 6-year-old boy.
  
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• Cumberland County withholding payment to service providers, starting hiring freeze in wake of budget impasse

  12-10-2015 23:12
  
  County commissioners approved the broad-sweeping policy changes during their meeting Monday.
  
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• Police respond to reports of shots fired Harrisburg, no injuries reported

  12-10-2015 22:45
  
  Police were dispatched to the scene at around 4:15 p.m. and initial reports that a person was shot multiple times.
  
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• Hershey teammates play in Mid-Penn AAA Girls' tennis final

  12-10-2015 22:29
  
  Heidi Luise Wingert defeated her Hershey High School teammate Megan Lewis 6-4, 6-3 to win the Mid-Penn AAA Girls' Tennis Championship Monday afternoon at Central Dauphin East High School in Harrisburg, Pa. Valerie Motter, Cumberland Valley won the second singles...
  
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• CEO of Reading Eagle buys The Village Voice

  12-10-2015 22:28
  
  The Village Voice, New York's longstanding alternative weekly, has been sold to what may appear to be an unlikely buyer.
  
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• From Patients to Prisoners: full recap of PennLive's series on mental health care

  12-10-2015 21:29
  
  Here's a full compilation of stories from PennLive's Patients to Prisoners series, which focuses on Pennsylvania's broken mental health care system and the transformation of our prisons into warehouses for the mentally ill.
  
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• Did a Harrisburg man's words get him killed? Witness describes fatal shooting

  12-10-2015 21:25
  
  The witness said she saw Ronald McGruder being shot in the head.
  
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• Lower Dauphin, Bishop McDevitt soccer teams raising money to help children with cancer

  12-10-2015 20:30
  
  Soccer teams at Lower Dauphin and Bishop McDevitt are raising funds for a local non-profit organization that provides financial assistance to parents of children diagnosed with cancer.
  
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• Lower Dauphin, Bishop McDevitt soccer teams raising funds for non-profit aiding families of children with cancer

  12-10-2015 20:30
  
  Soccer teams at Lower Dauphin and Bishop McDevitt are raising funds for a local non-profit organization that provides financial assistance to parents of children diagnosed with cancer.
  
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• Man rubbed urine-soaked clothes on woman, pulled her hair out during assault: police

  12-10-2015 20:24
  
  Jason Vanmeter threatened a woman and then physically assaulted her, including ripping hair from her head, police said.
  
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• No one injured in East Pennsboro Township house fire

  12-10-2015 20:18
  
  Two people were home and escaped injury after a house fire in East Pennsboro Township on Monday.
  
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• York County man charged with rape, repeated sexual assault of two girls under 10 years old

  12-10-2015 19:43
  
  Dwayne Pope, 41, is accused of repeatedly assaulting the two girls when they were 8 and 9 years old respectively at his home, Carroll Township Police said in a news release.
  
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• PA Supreme Court 'disturbed' by new information on Justice Eakin emails, promises new review

  12-10-2015 19:41
  
  Kane's spokesman, over the weekend, has maintained that the substance of the filing was materially the same.
  
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• Jay Paterno needs to give NCAA info on job search, political race, judge says

  12-10-2015 18:59
  
  Ex-Penn State coaches Jay Paterno, Billy Kenney and Joe Paterno's estate are pursuing a civil claim against the NCAA.
  
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• Woman charged with attempted homicide after shooting at wall near head of her ex-boyfriend

  12-10-2015 18:58
  
  Yangny Hoang, 24, is accused of firing the shot on the Sunday on the 500 block of Susan Way in Susquehanna Township, police said.
  
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• Homecoming surprise for Carlisle teen with Down syndrome

  12-10-2015 18:51
  
  Carlisle High School senior Sarah Neslund wasn't expecting to be asked to go to homecoming. But one day, Joshua Castro walked into the school cafeteria with balloons, flowers and a big sign that read "SARAH BE MY QUEEN 2 HOMECOMING."
  
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• Pa. senator charged with 3rd DUI hopes for program for 1st-time offenders: report

  12-10-2015 18:29
  
  Lehigh County Sen. Pat Browne, 51, of Allentown, crashed a 2011 Harley Davidson motorcycle in May.
  
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• Dauphin County seeks $143 million for Harrisburg sinkholes, Middletown flooding, more

  12-10-2015 18:22
  
  Moving residents from a sinkhole-plagued Harrisburg street and out of flood-prone areas of Lower Swatara Township and Middletown are among the goals of a $143 million federal grant Dauphin County is seeking.
  
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• 'It's about timing,' DA says as brothers go on trial for Harrisburg murder

  12-10-2015 18:14
  
  Miles and Justin Cooke are accused of gunning down Ronald McGruder on a city street on May 30, 2014.
  
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• Crews battle two-alarm fire in East Pennsboro Township

  12-10-2015 18:09
  
  Fire crews are at the scene of a blaze on the first block of West Pine Street in East Pennsboro Township.
  
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• Reading football player accused of stabbing teammate

  12-10-2015 18:02
  
  Albright College freshman Marquis Stewart is jailed on attempted homicide and other charges.
  
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• Hang glider hits tree at Clinton County landing site, pilot killed

  12-10-2015 17:54
  
  Jesse Lee Fulkersin was attempting to land along the west side of the Susquehanna River in Chapman Township when the left wing hit a tree and the hang glider fell to the ground.
  
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• Grantville motorcyclist charged with fleeing police following crash

  12-10-2015 17:19
  
  The Pennsylvania State Police at Harrisburg charged a motorcyclist they say led them on a chase exceeding 100 mph in East Hanover Township.
  
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• Gas prices rise slightly but further declines predicted

  12-10-2015 16:41
  
  The average price in the Harrisburg area today is $2.26 a gallon - 1 cent higher than a week ago, 13 cents lower than a month ago and $1 lower than a year ago.
  
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• Do we have a mental health problem in the U.S.?: Q&A recap

  12-10-2015 16:23
  
  Michael McDaniel's family tried desperately to get help for their schizophrenic son but, over and over again, they struggled to get the care he needed. Then on Jan. 23, 2012, the system's failures almost cost them their lives. PennLive told...
  
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• Do we have a mental health problem in the U.S.? Join our chat at noon Monday

  12-10-2015 16:23
  
  Michael McDaniel's family tried desperately to get help for their schizophrenic son but, over and over again, they struggled to get the care he needed. Then on Jan. 23, 2012, the system's failures almost cost them their lives. PennLive told...
  
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• Cooler, fall-like weather on the way following Tuesday rain

  12-10-2015 16:10
  
  Columbus Day should be sunny and warm, but after the rain that's in the forecast for Tuesday, temperatures are expected to drop to the lower to mid 60s, according to the National Weather Service at State College.
  
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• Family dispute apparent motive for double murder-suicide, Shamokin police say

  12-10-2015 16:09
  
  The relationship between Richard A. Zimmerman, 20, and his mother, Joananne E. Grodzki, 42, of Shamokin, reportedly had been strained for some time.
  
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• Upper Allen Township commissioners approve agreeement to plow state roads in the township

  12-10-2015 16:00
  
  By doing the work itself, the township doesn't have to wait for the state crews to clear those roads, giving it more control over the plowing schedule.
  
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• What's open, what's closed Monday for Columbus Day

  12-10-2015 15:49
  
  Columbus Day commemorates Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas on Oct. 12, 1492.
  
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• Traffic free-flowing on 581 after second crash clears

  12-10-2015 15:48
  
  Two multi-vehicle crashes slowed traffic earlier Monday on Route 581 eastbound.
  
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• Pa. college football player stabs teammate with corkscrew, police say

  12-10-2015 14:29
  
  Police say the men fought after an earlier altercation that investigators didn't describe.
  
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• Pa. woman, 20, dies in multi-vehicle crash

  12-10-2015 14:19
  
  The coroner's office says Aubrey Sonney was killed Sunday when the vehicle she was riding in collided with another car on I-70.
  
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• Carroll Township to vote on plans for car dealership, church

  12-10-2015 14:00
  
  The Carroll Township Board of Supervisors plans to vote on the final plan for a Bob Ruth Ford car dealership during its meeting at 6:30 p.m. today at the municipal building, 555 Chestnut Grove Road.
  
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• One crash cleared, another occurs, on 581

  12-10-2015 13:57
  
  As a crash in the eastbound lane at I-83 clears, another crash occurred at the exit to U.S. Route 15, according to PennDOT.
  
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• Cumberland County man accused of raping 6-year-old, filming act, faces more charges

  12-10-2015 13:37
  
  North Middleton Township Police say they have filed additional charges against William C. Byers Augusta, 19, after finding photos and videos of child pornography on his computer and cell phone.
  
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• Crash on 581 slows Monday morning commute

  12-10-2015 13:04
  
  Traffic is backed up on Route 581 east between Route 15 and the I-83 split, according to PennDOT.
  
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• Coming Tuesday: Best Places to Live in the midstate

  12-10-2015 13:00
  
  Not only will PennLive roll out the top five but it will provide a database that ranks all 261 municipalities that were considered.
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash slows traffic on 581

  12-10-2015 12:47
  
  According to PennDOT, a multi-vehicle crash is causing a lane restrictor on Route 581 eastbound.
  
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• Police investigate Franklin County convenience store robbery

  12-10-2015 11:49
  
  The Pennsylvania State Police at Chambersburg are looking for a suspect in a convenience store robbery that occurred Saturday night in Southampton Township.
  
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• Warm, pleasant Columbus Day to be followed by cooling temperatures, rain

  12-10-2015 11:21
  
  Monday will be sunny with a high in the lower 70s, but rain is on the way Tuesday, followed by cooler temperatures, according to the National Weather Service at State College.
  
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• Fire destroys Cumberland County model home

  12-10-2015 11:11
  
  An early-morning blaze broke out Monday at a model home in Silver Spring Township.
  
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• Warmer than average temps expected Columbus Day, Tuesday

  12-10-2015 03:22
  
  Temperatures in the area are expected to be about eight to 10 degrees above seasonal averages, forecasters said.
  
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• Multi-vehicle cleared on I-83 at Exit 50/Route 22 West

  12-10-2015 02:44
  
  The multi-vehicle crash that closed a lane on Interstate 83 southbound at Exit 50 to Route 22 has been cleared, according to PennDOT.
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash slows traffic on I-83 at Exit 50/Route 22 West

  12-10-2015 02:11
  
  PennDOT is reporting a lane restriction on Interstate 83 southbound at Exit 50 to Route 22 as a result of a multi-vehicle crash Sunday evening.
  
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