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• Crashes cleared on Route 581 in Cumberland County and I-83 in Dauphin County

  15-01-2016 23:33
  
  The accident was reported by PennDOT around 4:50 p.m.
  
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• Traffic alert: Crash affecting traffic on I-81 in Dauphin County; crashes also affecting traffic on I-83 and Route 581

  15-01-2016 23:07
  
  Several accidents are affecting traffic in the midstate
  
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• Police search for home burglary suspect

  15-01-2016 22:26
  
  Police said the suspect forced open a side window and broke into the house on Jan. 11.
  
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• Bishop compares church reprimand for embracing gay marriage to a 'time out'

  15-01-2016 22:18
  
  Bishop Audrey Scanlan, head of Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, says reprimand imposed by Anglican leaders doubtful to change her church's mind on gay marriage.
  
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• 24 hours at the Farm Show in less than 2 minutes

  15-01-2016 22:09
  
  The Pennsylvania Farm Show is a busy place, even after the public leaves. Here's what it's like spending 24 hours at the 2016 Farm Show.
  
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• Harrisburg terrorism suspect's trial rescheduled

  15-01-2016 21:48
  
  Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz is now scheduled for trial in April.
  
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• Rite Aid donates $2 million to 'Mister Rogers' nonprofit

  15-01-2016 21:34
  
  A Pennsylvania-based drugstore chain is donating $2 million to a nonprofit foundation named after Fred Rogers, the creator and late host of the television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
  
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• Light rain this weekend in the midstate

  15-01-2016 21:30
  
  The midstate will see occasional rain on Friday night and rain is likely to hit the midstate again Saturday morning by 7 a.m., according to the National Weather Service in State College.
  
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• Appeal denied in rape of sleeping Harrisburg woman

  15-01-2016 20:42
  
  Abdou Adrrissa claimed a statement he made to police should have been suppressed because his English is poor. He also argued that his sentence is too harsh.
  
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• Pa. Veterans' Affairs leader takes leave of absence

  15-01-2016 20:32
  
  Adjutant General James Joseph went on paid leave effective Thursday, but the Wolf administration isn't saying why.
  
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• PA Media Group seeks applicants for national internship opportunities in digital media

  15-01-2016 20:19
  
  PA Media Group is seeking applicants for paid summer internships in journalism in major metro areas around the country, including central Pennsylvania.
  
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• Counselors available in Lower Dauphin after high school student's shooting death

  15-01-2016 19:44
  
  A crisis intervention team is available in the Lower Dauphin School District after a district student was fatally wounded at a Hummelstown home Thursday night.
  
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• Harrisburg firefighter accused of pointing gun at police wants his job back

  15-01-2016 19:42
  
  Harrisburg police initially charged Matthew Duvall, 42, with 13 crimes in connection with the incident last year. Police later dropped the most serious charge and the district attorney agreed to accept Duvall into the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition Program.
  
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• Court backs 34- to 68-year jail term for man convicted of raping girl, giving her pot and booze

  15-01-2016 19:17
  
  Prosecutors said the sexual abuse Howard Weedon inflicted began in 2008 when the girl was 8 years old and didn't end until she was 13, when she told a relative about the molestation.
  
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• Hours-long Susquehanna River search yields no result after reports of male jumping from bridge: police

  15-01-2016 18:53
  
  Police said they have "possibly identified" a victim as 20-year-old Benjamin Jose Nogueras of Lancaster City.
  
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• Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision lives in my family: Nancy Eshelman

  15-01-2016 17:54
  
  As a young adult, I had no black neighbors, no black co-workers and no black friends. I had no occasion to meet someone of another race.
  
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• 'Reject the freak show' and convict Zhaire Dekeyser of Harrisburg slaying, DA tells jury

  15-01-2016 17:12
  
  Defense attorney William Shreve said the charges against Dekeyser hinge on the testimony of liars.
  
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• Natural gas company challeges Justice Department's refusal to provide probe material

  15-01-2016 17:10
  
  The suit filed Thursday in U.S. Middle District Court by XTO Energy Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas, challenges the decision of the Justice Department and Middle District U.S. Attorney Peter Smith not to provide requested material.
  
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• Search warrant reveals multiple weapons, ammunition taken from slain 12-year-old girl's home

  15-01-2016 16:51
  
  Police collected firearms, ammunition, shell casings, blood, DNA, fingerprints, gunshot residue, hair and expended bullets from the Perry County apartment's kitchen, bedroom and living room areas.
  
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• DA: Ephrata man left 6-year-old home alone while he got DUI

  15-01-2016 16:45
  
  An Ephrata man has been sentenced to up to six months in jail on charges he left his six-year-old daughter home alone overnight - while he was getting charged with drunk driving.
  
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• Harrisburg Senators' Metro Bank Park will get new name after bank merger

  15-01-2016 16:37
  
  Metro Bank Park, home of the Harrisburg Senators, will get a new name after the ballpark's namesake merges with another banking company. What the name with be, remains in the air.
  
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• Six things to watch in local government

  15-01-2016 16:24
  
  With new councils and boards settling in after reorganization meetings early in the month, here's a few issues local governments might tackle this year.
  
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• Police: Man attacked fellow inmate with weapon made from plunger

  15-01-2016 15:54
  
  Raliek Aminkal Chambers, 19, had been in the prison since Dec. 31 on a theft charge, according to online court records.
  
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• Man wanted in Red Bull heist at Pa. Wal-Mart

  15-01-2016 15:33
  
  A pair of alleged Wal-Mart thieves made off with $200 in Red Bull energy drinks this week, prompting a very energetic police response.
  
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• 2 years after daughter's slaying, Amber Long's mother holds out hope killer will be found

  15-01-2016 14:30
  
  The death of 26-year-old Amber Long two years ago is still an unsolved homicide in Philadelphia.
  
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• Spurned boyfriend accused of killing pet, threatening woman's life

  15-01-2016 13:41
  
  A Pennsylvania couple's bad breakup turned into criminal charges after the spurned boyfriend allegedly took out his frustrations by killing a pet and threatening the woman's life.
  
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• Pa. newspaper lost $70 million a year: report

  15-01-2016 13:27
  
  A court battle over the estate of western Pennsylvania publishing magnate are revealing some intriguing and alarming details about the sorry state of the newspaper business.
  
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• The Gulf War 1991: How we said goodbye and welcome home

  15-01-2016 13:21
  
  Operation Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm after Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein refused to get out of Kuwait.
  
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• Pa. student, 16, guilty of pushing teacher down bleachers

  15-01-2016 13:02
  
  A 16-year-old Pa. high school student is in whole lot of trouble after being found guilty Thursday of pushing a teacher down the bleachers at a pep rally, then punching the 51-year-old female instructor for demanding the student's ID.
  
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• Harrisburg parking budget cuts $1 million for city, but keeps manager bonuses intact

  15-01-2016 12:45
  
  The 2016 budget has infuriated Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse who is demanding the full $3 million that was promised to the city during negotiations over the sale of the city's parking assets in 2013.
  
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• Search for Harrisburg homicide suspect; heroin ring busted: Overnight police report

  15-01-2016 12:36
  
  Here's what you may have missed in police and court-related stories from around the midstate on Thursday.
  
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• Pa. teacher charged with student sex is jailed again

  15-01-2016 12:33
  
  An alleged 'slow drive' past his victim's house has landed a western Pennsylvania high school teacher accused of having sex with a student back in jail.
  
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• Light rain this weekend, another blast of Arctic air for the midstate next week

  15-01-2016 11:27
  
  High temperatures are expected to be below freezing for much of next week, forecasters said.
  
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• Juvenile male pronounced dead in Hummelstown home after suffering gunshot wound, police say

  15-01-2016 03:35
  
  An autopsy is scheduled next week for a juvenile who suffered a fatal gunshot wound Thursday evening, police said.
  
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• Boy pronounced dead in Hummelstown home after suffering gunshot wound, police say

  15-01-2016 03:35
  
  An autopsy is scheduled next week for a juvenile who suffered a fatal gunshot wound Thursday evening, police said.
  
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• Lisa Mearkle resigns from Hummelstown police force; Borough agrees to settlement, $120K severance

  15-01-2016 02:31
  
  Former Hummelstown police Officer Lisa Mearkle resigned from her position with the department and the borough will pay her $120,000 in severance, according to a news release from borough officials.
  
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• Autistic man found in Middlesex Township thanks to help from public

  15-01-2016 01:21
  
  The police say tips from the public helped police and family members locate Todd Thomas Jr.
  
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• United Way of the Capital Region raises more than $11.2 million during 2015 campaign

  15-01-2016 01:00
  
  The United Way of the Capital Region exceeded its campaign goal, raising more than $11.2 million during its 2015 campaign.
  
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• Metro Bank shareholders approve merger with First National Bank

  15-01-2016 00:52
  
  Shareholders of F.N.B. Corporation and Harrisburg-based Metro Bancorp Inc. today gave their approval to an agreement under which F.N.B. will take over Metro's 32 locations in central Pennsylvania.
  
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• Police searching for missing autistic man in Middlesex Township

  15-01-2016 00:44
  
  Police say 23-year-old Todd Thomas Jr. was last seen on Thursday afternoon. Thomas has autism and a mild mental disability. He was last seen wearing a white sweatshirt, jeans brown shoes.
  
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• Harrisburg Capitol View Commerce Center signs anchor tenant; plans to widen Cameron Street

  15-01-2016 00:40
  
  The Capitol View Commerce Center signed its first major tenant, a health care company, and has signed a second tenant from York. The owner of the center also is planning to add a center turning lane on Cameron Street.
  
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• Candidate Josh First bows out of Republican primary for Dauphin / Perry County senate seat

  15-01-2016 00:40
  
  First says he has been slowed by injuries from a November fall; throws support to Andrew Lewis of Perry County.
  
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• Coroner called to Hummelstown incident: Dauphin County dispatches

  15-01-2016 00:24
  
  The Dauphin County Coroner has been called to a reported incident in Hummelstown, according to county emergency dispatches.
  
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