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• Dauphin County train collision claimed life of new mom

  06-09-2016 23:38
  
  Trisha Lyn Hoffman, 29, of Halifax, just had a baby girl in late May. She died Monday after her vehicle was struck by a freight train.
  
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• Drought watch extended to four more counties in Pennsylvania

  06-09-2016 23:37
  
  The declaration brings the number of counties under drought watch to 38.
  
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• Hot week ahead for the Harrisburg area

  06-09-2016 23:34
  
  The high temperatures for the rest of the week are in the 90s, according to the National Weather Service in State College.
  
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• Man accused of sexually assaulting young girl faces additional charges in separate case

  06-09-2016 23:22
  
  Timothy Shawn Walrath was recently charged with sexually abusing a preteen in 2002 and 2003 in addition to prior charges for separate sexual abuse allegations.
  
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• Cosby could face up to 13 more accusers at trial

  06-09-2016 23:19
  
  A judge wants to get Cosby to trial sooner rather than later.
  
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• Pa. Turnpike needs more power to deal with toll scofflaws, audit warns

  06-09-2016 23:00
  
  A state audit released Tuesday warns that plans for the Pennsylvania Turnpike to raise tolls repeatedly in the coming years may not be sustainable, leaving the 550-mile road network at financial risk.
  
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• County prison inmate facing burglary charges admitted to stalking F&M sorority students: police

  06-09-2016 22:45
  
  Tyler Kenneth Lee, no fixed address, told multiple county prison staffers that he had violent thoughts against women, specifically the sorority girls, according to charging documents.
  
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• Man accused of killing girlfriend waives preliminary hearing

  06-09-2016 22:31
  
  Michael Jason Houseweart, 28, of Canton, Friday waived his preliminary hearing. His formal court arraignment is scheduled Oct. 3.
  
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• Pa. court rejects DNA testing plea by convicted killer of Cumberland County teacher

  06-09-2016 22:25
  
  DNA testing wouldn't absolve Donald Wiles of the 1988 murder of Gerald P. Garrity, the Superior Court judges found.
  
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• Man beaten to death with shotgun, shoved in car trunk

  06-09-2016 22:16
  A man police allege was high on a synthetic drug is accused of bludgeoning another man to death with a shotgun.
  
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• Harrisburg man gets federal prison for heroin trafficking

  06-09-2016 21:16
  Prosecutors said city police caught Daleo Powell with nine bundles of heroin.
  
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• Ed Rendell is getting a divorce - and the records are sealed

  06-09-2016 21:15
  
  Their five-year separation is now a divorce.
  
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• Coroner makes ruling in death of Dauphin County women involved in train collision

  06-09-2016 21:07
  
  Trisha Hoffman, 29 of Halifax, died Monday afternoon when she drove her Hyundai Santa Fe eastbound on Susquehanna Trail Road and pulled out directly into the path of the train.
  
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• Coroner makes ruling in death of Dauphin County woman involved in train collision

  06-09-2016 21:07
  
  Trisha Hoffman, 29 of Halifax, died Monday afternoon when she drove her Hyundai Santa Fe eastbound on Susquehanna Trail Road and pulled out directly into the path of the train.
  
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• Kindergarten teacher who let student be kidnapped isn't immune from lawsuit, U.S. court says

  06-09-2016 20:53
  
  The child was taken from school and molested by a woman claiming to be her mother.
  
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• 'This is what rape culture looks like' fliers cover Pennsylvania college campus

  06-09-2016 20:42
  
  University of Pennsylvania's campus was covered in fliers showing an email inviting freshman girls to a party, but only if they weren't "a tease."
  
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• Woman dies in crash after trying to avoid truck

  06-09-2016 19:55
  A 77-year-old Berks County woman died Tuesday morning when her car hit a bridge abutment near Strausstown, state police say.
  
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• Donald Trump to campaign in Philadelphia

  06-09-2016 19:27
  
  Pennsylvania is a key battleground state in the race for president.
  
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• Man working at McDonald's accused of indecently touching teenage girl

  06-09-2016 19:12
  A Harrisburg man is accused of indecently touching a 17-year-old girl at a McDonald's restaurant in West Hanover Township, state police say.
  
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• Woman robbed by man who hit her car, then donned mask and drew gun

  06-09-2016 19:01
  A driver who rammed the back of a York County woman's car then pulled on a mask, drew a gun and robbed her, York Area Regional Police said.
  
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• Listen up: Rozettas Tones performs at Music on the Mountain

  06-09-2016 18:47
  
  Rozettas Tones was one of two Celtic music groups that performed Sunday at Kings Gap Environmental Education Center.
  
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• Steelton police working to avoid another 'melee' at next home football game

  06-09-2016 18:42
  
  With another home football game this Friday, Steelton police are working with school officials to prevent a repeat of the melee involving more than100 teens that occurred after last weekend's game.
  
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• Bill Cosby appears in Norristown for pre-trial hearing Tuesday

  06-09-2016 18:41
  
  Entertainment icon Bill Cosby is set for a pre-trial conference Tuesday in Montgomery County Court on three counts of aggravated indecent assault.
  
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• Harrisburg's ITT Tech campus closed for holiday, but it may be permanent

  06-09-2016 18:29
  
  Students and faculty wanting more information about ITT Technical Institute's plans to close all its campuses were met at its Harrisburg campus with closed doors and a sign.
  
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• Fired midstate cop pleads guilty to federal corruption charges for stealing drug money

  06-09-2016 18:01
  
  Former Fairview Township police Officer Tyson Baker pleaded guilty to charges that carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.
  
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• Fired cop pleads guilty to federal corruption charges for stealing drug money

  06-09-2016 18:01
  
  Former Fairview Township police Officer Tyson Baker pleaded guilty to charges that carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.
  
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• Will ID theft victim get stuck with $3,600 in parking tickets he claims he doesn't owe?

  06-09-2016 17:43
  
  A Commonwealth Court panel on Tuesday revived legal a battle between an ID theft victim and the City of Philadelphia over 15 years worth of unpaid parking tickets.
  
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• 12 charged after heroin, meth sting in Lancaster County

  06-09-2016 16:59
  
  County Drug Task Force detectives have spent the past year surveilling the suspects and conducting undercover buys to build a case against the, officials said. Most of the activity was in the New Holland area.
  
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• Should Middletown council be elected at-large? Council to decide tonight

  06-09-2016 16:57
  
  Whether to eliminate the ward system for electing Middletown Borough council members will be up for a vote tonight.
  
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• 'Drunk' naked woman accused of sex act outside Pa. Wawa

  06-09-2016 16:15
  
  Customers at a Pennsylvania Wawa store got an eyeful in the parking lot as Pa. State Police say an intoxicated naked woman was caught performing a 'lewd act' with another woman inside a parked car with its windows down.
  
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• A police officer to a legal secretary: 30 Pennsylvanians killed during 9/11 attacks

  06-09-2016 14:30
  
  Thirty Pennsylvanians were among the nearly 3,000 men, women and children that were killed during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
  
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• Hay fire closes portion of Route 116 in York County: Police

  06-09-2016 14:18
  Route 116 is closed between Gitts Run Road in Heidelberg Township and Wilson Ave. in Penn Township, police said.
  
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• Pa. cops save suicidal woman dangling from bridge: 'Just let me go'

  06-09-2016 14:16
  
  Police in Pennsylvania became unsung heroes in the wee hours of Sunday morning as they worked to save a woman poised to jump from a bridge.
  
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• Are we safer 15 years after 9/11?

  06-09-2016 14:00
  
  The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, showed the flaws in the United States' national security -- a lesson learned with the blood of nearly 3,000 men, women and children. But, after 15 years of counterterrorism and surveillance initiatives, are we any safer?
  
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• 2 female escorts robbed by fake cop at Pa. hotel

  06-09-2016 13:57
  
  Two female escorts plying their trade at a King of Prussia hotel over the weekend say they were robbed by a man with a gun who claimed he was a police officer who was part of a sting operation. Turns out, he was a fake.
  
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• Centralia's memory kept alive by another reunion event

  06-09-2016 13:45
  
  Centralia - the modern-day ghost town due to underground mine fires - recently hosted the first annual pilgrimage at its only church left standing.
  
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• College trustees chairman's tweets on Caitlyn Jenner, yoga pants draw fire

  06-09-2016 13:29
  Tweets on topics ranging from Caitlyn Jenner to yoga pants have landed the Ursinus College board of trustees chairman in hot water.
  
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• Contaminated foods at your grocery store and the John Deere part that can crush you: 9 recalls

  06-09-2016 13:23
  
  This report gives you a look at the food and product recalls announced recently.
  
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• Teen missing after Pa. concert

  06-09-2016 13:18
  
  The Made in America Festival rocked Philadelphia Sunday night, but in its wake, a teen who trekked from Oregon for the show has been reported missing.
  
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• Taco was professor's first meal after ending hunger strike over tenure concerns

  06-09-2016 13:18
  
  A Lehigh Valley college professor has ended his hunger strike protesting his denial of tenure and what he views as a flawed process.
  
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• Body found at Pa. Dunkin' Donuts

  06-09-2016 13:05
  
  Morning usually means donuts and coffee at most Dunkin' Donuts shops. But around 6:30 a.m. Monday, a body was found instead outside a Dunkin's Donuts in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Crash involving a tractor-trailer shuts down portion of Route 222 in Lancaster County

  06-09-2016 13:01
  The crash was first reported at about 6 a.m. Tuesday along the northbound lanes near Col. George Howard Blvd. in East Cocalico Township, according to Lancaster County 911.
  
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• PSU professor struggled personally, professionally before death: Co-workers, acquaintances

  06-09-2016 13:00
  
  Professor Ronald Bettig was driven to the quarry where he died by the two people now accused of killing him, police say. But his path there, and to them, may have begun long before that.
  
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• One woman dead after crash in Dauphin County: Police

  06-09-2016 12:46
  The woman, who was not wearing her seatbelt, was partially ejected from the vehicle during the crash, police said.
  
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• What kind of email does the Harrisburg mayor get? Read 15 exchanges

  06-09-2016 12:45
  
  PennLive requested emails for July 2015 from Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse. Here are 15 of the most interesting exchanges.
  
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• Managing Harrisburg: A look at Mayor Eric Papenfuse through one month of his emails

  06-09-2016 12:30
  
  PennLive requested 31 days of emails last year to get an idea of an average month's work as reflected through correspondence to and from Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse.
  
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• Crash shuts down portion of I-83 near York

  06-09-2016 12:27
  
  The crash was reported at about 5:50 a.m. Tuesday, between Exit 19, the exit for Market Street and Exit 21A, the exit for Route 30 east.
  
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• 'July-like heat' expected for the midstate this week

  06-09-2016 11:44
  
  The forecasted high temperature is expected to be at or above 90 from Tuesday through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Chelsea Clinton to campaign for mom in Carlisle

  06-09-2016 05:14
  
  The "Women for Hillary Organizing Event" is set to start at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Cumberland County Democrats office at 25 West High Street.
  
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• Police ID woman killed after her car, train collided in Dauphin County

  06-09-2016 03:56
  
  The woman's car collided with the train at 2:37 p.m. in Halifax, immediately killing the 29-year-old driver, according to police.
  
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