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• 'He just had a big, big heart': Loved ones remember slain Pa. turnpike worker

  21-03-2016 23:38
  
  The night before he was killed during an attempted tollbooth robbery on Pennsylvania Turnpike's Fort Littleton Interchange, the proud father basked one more time in his children's victories.
  
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• Harrisburg again presents evidence to shut down controversial midtown bar

  21-03-2016 23:34
  
  Officials from the embattled Third Street Cafe on Monday appeared before Harrisburg's License and Tax Appeal Board for the second time in an effort to retain their business license.
  
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• A momentary pause: At Democratic leaders' request, Gov. Wolf agrees to delay threatened budget veto

  21-03-2016 22:43
  
  Dems seek time to see if there's room for a negotiated resolution; GOP says there's little to talk about.
  
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• Timeline shows close proximity of events in turnpike shootings

  21-03-2016 22:31
  
  Police were called just after 7 a.m. Sunday to the Fort Littleton toll booths for a report of a robbery in progress, which was shortly followed by a call of shots fired.
  
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• Gov. Wolf orders state flags at half-staff for murdered turnpike workers

  21-03-2016 22:17
  
  Flags will remain at half-staff until Crouse and Heist are interred, Wolf's office said.
  
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• Search for person who shot pony 130 times with paintball gun continues, reward reaches $10,000: report

  21-03-2016 22:06
  
  The Humane Society of the United States has contributed $5,000 to the reward for information in the case. An anonymous donor contributed $1,000 and PETA added $4,000 last week, bringing the reward total to $10,000.
  
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• Constable helps police catch Lancaster man accused of drug dealing

  21-03-2016 21:46
  
  Frederick Ernesto Rosario, 24, of Lancaster, was arrested at around 9:30 a.m. March 18 on the 300 block of Groff Avenue after Constable Paul Castline attempted to serve two summary warrants.
  
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• Police search for missing Carlisle man

  21-03-2016 21:26
  
  Angel Cruz was last seen leaving his home on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Gas station regulars shocked by Pa. Turnpike tollbooth shooting that occurred across the street

  21-03-2016 21:14
  
  One of the workers heard the shots Sunday morning, and on Monday, several regular customers at Cutchall's Gold Star service center dissected the events of the Turnpike shooting.
  
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• Police arrest 18-year-old Lancaster man caught with stolen handgun

  21-03-2016 21:05
  
  Edwin Julian Ortiz had a Glock semi-automatic handgun in his pocket when police arrested him at around 4:05 a.m. on March 19 near the first block of Lime Street.
  
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• Body of missing Lycoming County woman found with gunshot, stab wounds: police

  21-03-2016 20:49
  
  Michelle Lynn Inch, 32, bled to death as the result of gunshot wounds, an autopsy conducted Monday determined, state police reported.
  
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• Shepherds’ Accountability When The Flock Is Abused

  21-03-2016 20:46
  An indictment in Pennsylvania underscores the Catholic Church hierarchy’s failure to track abuse cover-ups.
  
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• Pittsburgh’s Youth-Driven Food Boom

  21-03-2016 20:46
  The once-struggling former steel town is drawing millennials with innovative new restaurants and bars.
  
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• Pennsylvania: Second Justice Quits Over Email Scandal

  21-03-2016 20:46
  A second State Supreme Court justice quit Tuesday in a scandal over offensive emails that he and others exchanged with friends and lawyers.
  
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• Pennsylvania Charges Ex-Leaders of Catholic Order With Aiding Sexual Predator

  21-03-2016 20:46
  The complaint filed by the Pennsylvania attorney general was the first time members of a Catholic religious order had been charged with abetting an abuser.
  
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• Clergy Accused of Abuse in Pennsylvania

  21-03-2016 20:46
  
  The state's attorney general, Kathleen G. Kane, discussed a grand jury report that said two Catholic bishops at the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese hid the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by more than 50 priests and other religious leaders over a 40-year period.
  
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• Attorney: Hiding Sexual Abuse Is Over

  21-03-2016 20:46
  
  Kathleen G. Kane, Pennsylvania's attorney general, spoke after three former Franciscan leaders were charged with allowing a known sexual predator to take jobs that allowed him to molest scores of children.
  
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• Documentary about pastor who challenged church gay marriage law will be screened at LVC

  21-03-2016 20:23
  
  "An Act of Love" tells the story of the Rev. Frank Schaefer, who a few years ago became one of the faces of gay marriage rights when he challenged church law.
  
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• Man charged with having child porn on home computer

  21-03-2016 20:20
  
  A Carlisle man was charged with having child pornography on his computer, Carlisle police said.
  
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• Halifax man killed in car crash

  21-03-2016 20:08
  
  A Halifax man died in a car crash in upper Dauphin County Sunday night, said the county coroner.
  
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• Cornwall-Lebanon school bus hit in crash

  21-03-2016 20:07
  
  A Cornwall-Lebanon School bus with no students on board was involved in a crash Monday morning 419 at the bus garage entrance, police said.
  
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• Man caught wearing homeowner's clothing at burglary arrest: police

  21-03-2016 19:50
  
  Zachary Eli Jock was arrested at around noon on Sunday on the 400 block of North 3rd Street when the homeowner came home from vacation and found Jock in the home illegally.
  
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• 'Show me some new stuff': The best social media reactions to #AppleEvent

  21-03-2016 19:47
  
  Today's Apple event has the Internet buzzing over new products and new price points, plus confirmation to the rumor mill buzz of a smaller iPhone.
  
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• Water main replacement work starts in Hampden Township

  21-03-2016 18:58
  
  A water main replacement project is beginning this week in Hampden Township, Pennsylvania American Water announced.
  
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• What's in the State Police record of the former trooper who killed two at turnpike tollbooth?

  21-03-2016 18:55
  
  Clarence Briggs spent the breadth of his 24-year career as a state trooper protecting a part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
  
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• Boil water advisory in effect in parts of Harrisburg

  21-03-2016 18:46
  
  A boil water advisory is in effect Monday for some Harrisburg residents.
  
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• Search warrant on accused Fort Littleton Exchange shooter's BMW reveals new details about Pa. Turnpike killings

  21-03-2016 18:35
  
  Held at gunpoint, one toll worker loosely tied her co-worker's hands, allowing him to escape in an attempt to take the gunman's weapon, a search warrant filed by state police indicates.
  
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• Convicted murderer likely hanged himself in prison cell: report

  21-03-2016 18:14
  
  Micah Jermaine Stewart was found dead in his prison cell at Graterford state prison March 9. State police said he likely hanged himself, according to reports.
  
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• Man exposed himself to women, girls in rural Lancaster County communities: DA

  21-03-2016 17:46
  
  Benjamin Richard Grafius is accused of a "three-month spree" where he exposed himself and masturbated in front of women and children, officials said.
  
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• 'I can't imagine what prompted him to do it': Newville resident on shooting at Pa. Turnpike tollbooth

  21-03-2016 17:33
  
  Residents around Newville, near the home of the retired state trooper who killed two Pennsylvania Turnpike workers Sunday, say they wonder if the real reasons for the tragedy will ever be known.
  
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• A message to readers and advertisers from PA Media Group president

  21-03-2016 17:28
  
  We wish to sincerely apologize for another late delivery of The Sunday Patriot-News this past weekend.
  
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• Midstate farm linked to raw milk death gets no state inspections

  21-03-2016 17:23
  
  Genetic sequencing provided the link.
  
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• Dedicated protector: Retired York City police officer killed in turnpike shooting remembered

  21-03-2016 17:13
  
  Ronald Heist spent most of his career with the York City Police Department as a foot patrolman. He worked with and trained K-9s.
  
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• Daughter of slain turnpike worker: 'I wish I could tell him how proud I was of him'

  21-03-2016 16:56
  
  A day after her father was killed in an attempted tollbooth robbery on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Emmaline Crouse talked about the scripture that influenced his life and possibly the actions that led to his death.
  
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• Autopsy scheduled for body found in Susquehanna River

  21-03-2016 16:36
  
  Harrisburg Police and River Rescue responded to City Island Sunday after a body was found just off shore in the Susquehanna River.
  
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• Witness to turnpike shootings describes what happened, but who can say why?

  21-03-2016 16:14
  
  Dave Fogal saw or heard nearly everything -- from the armed shooter approaching the tool booths to the arrival of a state police trooper who ultimately brought the shooter down.
  
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• Turnpike shooter Clarence Briggs was arrested, charged with assaulting his wife in 2014

  21-03-2016 16:02
  
  The assault and harassment charges were dismissed four months after they were filed.
  
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• Pa. Supreme Court justice assaulted in Philadelphia will return to work soon

  21-03-2016 15:55
  
  Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty is expected to return to work soon after being assaulted Friday night in Philadelphia.
  
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• Bomb threat prompts Manheim Central lockdown

  21-03-2016 15:22
  
  The school was searched by police and dogs.
  
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• Cop takes knee to face breaking up vicious street fight (Video)

  21-03-2016 14:35
  
  A police officer suffered a split lip when trying to break up a vicious fight between two women on a downtown Harrisburg street packed with St. Patrick's Day revelers and weekend partiers Saturday night.
  
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• Sports betting at work: How much are U.S. employers losing on March Madness?

  21-03-2016 14:30
  
  As some college basketball teams head to the Sweet Sixteen, the biggest losers might be U.S. employers.
  
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• Saturday night in Harrisburg: A fight downtown, fear in Uptown and memorials on Allison Hill

  21-03-2016 14:30
  
  When PennLive sent teams of reporters Saturday night into neighborhoods that were the scenes of seven shootings in a recent eight-day period, they found people who say they live with the threat of violence every day.And they don't believe anyone outside the city cares.
  
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• 'The crisis is right here': After rash of shootings, residents talk about two Harrisburgs

  21-03-2016 14:23
  
  While police flooded South Allison Hill on Saturday night, no cops were spotted in the Mercer Street area where a young man was fatally shot this month.
  
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• Couple accused of luring robbery victim with online prostitution ad

  21-03-2016 12:36
  
  An online ad promising prostitution was merely a front for a robbery plot, but police had an even better plot to catch the pair.
  
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• Missing Pa. man, 39, found dead

  21-03-2016 12:15
  
  A family's worst fears have been realized in the search for an Easton, Pa., man, missing since last Saturday.
  
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• Pa. student accused of downloading child porn on school's WiFi

  21-03-2016 11:57
  
  A high school student in Pennsylvania is accused of using his school's wireless internet to download as many as 500 pictures and videos containing child porn.
  
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• 'Why don't you love me?': Prison term stands for man who beat elderly mom

  21-03-2016 11:54
  
  Kenneth Luchsinger, 56, attacked his mom and threw her on her kitchen floor of her Bucks County home in May 2014, two months after she fractured her hip, court records show.
  
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• 'It was a terrible, terrible lesson for her to learn': Mom of 15-year-old girl shot in Harrisburg

  21-03-2016 11:45
  
  The March 15 shooting that shattered the girl's thighbone was one of seven shootings in Harrisburg within ten days. The girl's mother spoke to PennLive about the shooting and her daughter's recovery.
  
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• Get ready for 'an early taste of April'

  21-03-2016 11:41
  
  Highs will be in the upper 60s later this week.
  
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• Pa. boy, 14, charged with shooting, killing 13-year-old

  21-03-2016 11:37
  
  A fatal shooting among two teen boys Sunday night has resulted in some serious criminal charges against the 14-year-old suspect.
  
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