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• When it comes to government meetings, not all agendas are equal

  17-03-2016 23:30
  
  What if you want to know what's happening before you go to a meeting? Your access to that information may depend on where you live.
  
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• Pa. tops nation in daycares and schools with lead in water: report

  17-03-2016 23:23
  
  A USA Today report lists Pennsylvania as the state with the most schools and daycares with water containing high levels of lead in the country.
  
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• Harrisburg council demands action after scathing report on Treasurer's office

  17-03-2016 22:24
  
  Harrisburg Councilman Ben Allatt told the City Treasurer, City Controller and city's Finance Director to work together to address deficiencies that left the treasury ripe for theft and fraud.
  
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• Voluntary recall announced for Chicken of the Sea tuna

  17-03-2016 22:06
  
  The product might have been undercooked, the supplier says.
  
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• Lancaster woman tried to steal 53 items from discount store: police

  17-03-2016 21:54
  
  Laytaisha Ionyeah Leon is accused of trying to steal 53 articles of clothing just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday from the Gabe's on the 2000 block of Lincoln Highway East.
  
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• Several injured in Lancaster County crash including 2 children

  17-03-2016 21:12
  
  State police said the crash was caused when a black Mitsubishi Lancer rear ended a green Chevrolet Blazer at around 8:15 a.m. Thursday.
  
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• 3-6 inches of snow to mark first day of spring; February temperatures set global record

  17-03-2016 20:20
  
  Over the past few weeks the midstate has seen its fair share of springtime temperatures but on Sunday, the first day of Spring the midstate may see some snow.
  
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• 'Little man' injured while in Mt. Holly Springs dad's care: testimony

  17-03-2016 20:15
  
  James R. Brenneman Jr., 21, of Mt. Holly Springs, is heading to trial after police say his 2-month-old son sustained 18 fractures to his arms, legs and ribs while in his care.
  
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• 'We owe it to our children': Parents of DUI victims fight to require ignition breathalyzers in Pennsylvania

  17-03-2016 20:08
  
  Elaine and Paul Miller's son was killed when a drunk driver slammed into him while he was directing traffic for the Logan Volunteer Fire Company in 2013. He was 45 years old.
  
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• Authorities won't charge student in Landisville Middle School weapon threat

  17-03-2016 20:05
  
  The Lancaster County district attorney's office confirmed that the male student will not be charged after prosecutors reviewed the case with East Hempfield Police.
  
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• New scholarship honoring late Judge Bernard L. Coates Jr. to aid Steel-High students

  17-03-2016 20:01
  
  Coates, who died in September, was an alumnus of that district.
  
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• State Police Academy to graduate 49 amid cheating probes

  17-03-2016 19:44
  
  The Pennsylvania State Police Academy will graduate 49 cadets Friday amid dual investigations of cheating and other allegations.
  
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• Women barged into Pizza Hut and attacked worker in kitchen: Police

  17-03-2016 19:25
  
  Two women are accused of barging into the kitchen of a Pizza Hut in Swatara Township and punching a woman working there.
  
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• Lawyer says $300K settlement reached in police brutality lawsuit: Report

  17-03-2016 19:09
  
  Attorney Devon Jacob made that claim during a press conference regarding a U.S. Middle District Court suit he filed last year on behalf of Stephen R. Gracey of Chambersburg.
  
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• 7 charged in target-shooting incident that critically injured woman

  17-03-2016 19:05
  
  Four men and three women were charged with reckless endangerment for the incident that seriously injured Jamie Horning, who was sitting inside a home when a stray bullet struck her in the neck on Feb. 28.
  
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• Children duck for cover as shootings continue in Harrisburg

  17-03-2016 18:51
  
  Gunshots erupted again Wednesday night in the 2500 block of Jefferson Street near a playground. No one was hit but it represented the second time in two days that a child ducked for cover from gunfire in the capital city.
  
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• Judge quotes famed stripper in ruling on case between exotic dancers and adult club

  17-03-2016 18:33
  
  Litigation can be slow, U.S. Middle District Judge John E. Jones III said, citing an observation by Gypsy Rose Lee.
  
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• Not guilty verdict reached in West York shooting death

  17-03-2016 18:22
  
  Carlos R. Johnson, 36, was found not guilty Thursday in the 2014 shooting and robbery of 41-year-old Lancelot Hylton.
  
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• Police impersonator pulled woman over, asked to see her ID

  17-03-2016 18:04
  
  A man believed to be impersonating police pulled a woman over Wednesday night in Lower Paxton Township and asked to see her ID, officials said.
  
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• State Police cheating scandal: What we know and what we don't

  17-03-2016 17:53
  
  The Pennsylvania State Police has faced tremendous scrutiny in the last two months due, in part, to cheating allegations at the academy that have expanded to include more than just the cadets. Here's what we know so far.
  
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• Location of Harrisburg chief's 'Chat 'N Chew' changed

  17-03-2016 17:31
  
  The location of the Harrisburg police chief's community meeting Friday has been changed.
  
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• Why are these Pennsylvania communities prosperous?

  17-03-2016 17:30
  
  The Distressed Communities Index, developed by the Economic Innovation Group, aims to determine the well-being of communities in the United States.
  
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• Harrisburg workers: Prepare your wallets for local services tax hike

  17-03-2016 17:23
  
  The final hearing about the tax hike Wednesday night at a Harrisburg council committee meeting drew no public comments. The full council could vote on the measure as early as March 22.
  
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• Pa. Supreme Court to hear dispute over whether state police must release cruiser dash cam videos

  17-03-2016 17:11
  
  A Commonwealth Court panel ruled in July that the police must provide the videos from the Centre County crash scene to Michelle Grove under the state's Right to Know Law. State police contested that ruling and this week Pennsylvania's highest court agreed to hear their appeal.
  
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• Why are these Pennsylvania communities distressed?

  17-03-2016 17:10
  
  The Distressed Communities Index, developed by the Economic Innovation Group, aims to determine the well-being of communities in the United States.
  
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• Student threatened to bring gun to midstate school

  17-03-2016 17:01
  
  A student has been identified who is accused of threatening to bring a gun to Susquehanna Township Middle School Thursday, a school official said.
  
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• Man threatened to shoot up Wal-Mart with BB gun after dispute with clerk: police

  17-03-2016 16:52
  
  Steven Leonard Vera-Morales walked into the Wal-mart on the 2000 block of Fruitville Pike after a dispute with a store employee and showed a gun in his waistband, police said.
  
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• Harrisburg tax preparer charged with $100K fraud against the IRS

  17-03-2016 16:44
  
  U.S. Attorney Peter Smith said Felix Ramon Diaz, 56, has been indicted in U.S. Middle District Court on 45 counts of assisting in the preparation of false tax returns
  
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• Man taken to hospital for evaluation after police incident at Mt. Joy McDonald's: report

  17-03-2016 16:33
  
  Manheim police persuaded the man, who had a gun, to surrender.
  
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• Who dumped dead ducks along Lancaster County road?

  17-03-2016 16:32
  
  Someone dumped dead, farm-raised ducks along a Lancaster County road Wednesday.
  
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• Harrisburg needs to treat violence 'as a contagious disease': community volunteer

  17-03-2016 16:23
  
  Until the recent flurry of shootings in Harrisburg, John Reuwer thought neighborhood patrols in South Allison Hill were having some impact.
  
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• 31,579 cases of Bumble Bee tuna recalled, may be contaminated

  17-03-2016 16:13
  
  Thousands of cases of Bumble Bee tuna are being recalled after the manufacturer realized a flaw in the sterilization process that could result in alife-threatening illness for anyone who eats the tuna.
  
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• Deportee bit, scratched immigration agents, feds say

  17-03-2016 15:59
  
  Jose Luis Benitez-Hernandez, 30, had been given the chance by a federal judge to leave the U.S, voluntarily, but he failed to honor that promise, authorities said.
  
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• Feds file more child-sex charges against man accused of molesting infant

  17-03-2016 15:45
  
  Evan M. Lawbaugh, 32, of Waynesboro, now also is accused of molesting a 4-year-old girl and recording the assault and of possessing thousands of images and hundreds of videos of child pornography.
  
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• Car runs red light, hits school bus: Police

  17-03-2016 15:23
  
  A car went through a red light and collided with a school bus this morning in York County.
  
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• 3 friars charged in Pa. child sex abuse case have been removed from their jobs

  17-03-2016 14:56
  
  They are accused of enabling a pedophile to work with children.
  
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• Man ordered to trial on cockfighting charges; lawyer says roosters were pets

  17-03-2016 14:22
  
  Pennsylvania Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals officials say the animals they found had been "dressed for fighting."
  
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• Six percent of Pa. state troopers are non-white: How do other agencies compare?

  17-03-2016 13:40
  
  A new commissioner has set out to improve diversity in the Pennsylvania State Police, but how does its 6 percent non-white troopers compare with other agencies?
  
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• 2 dead after crash on Route 322 in Susquehanna Twp.: Police

  17-03-2016 13:37
  
  The single-vehicle accident occurred at about 9:45 p.m. along the eastbound lanes of the roadway, near Cameron Street, police said.
  
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• Brutal Pa. bar beating using 2-by-4 caught on video

  17-03-2016 12:16
  
  The true extent of the brutality of a beating outside a western Pennsylvania bar is only now coming into focus, thanks to a surveillance video.
  
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• Dad received illegal prison sentence for giving son counterfeit cash to spend at school carnival, Pa. court says

  17-03-2016 12:14
  
  Jason Kelley's lawyer should have known a plea deal he negotiated wasn't enforceable, an appeals court panel concluded.
  
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