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• I-81 north reopens following crash in Franklin County

  27-09-2016 23:57
  The crash occurred around
  
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• Suburban Women Find Little to Like in Donald Trump’s Debate Performance

  27-09-2016 23:51
  Undecided women in Philadelphia’s suburbs, a crucial voting bloc, said Mr. Trump had not only failed to win them over but in many cases had repelled them.
  
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• Manheim Township won't renew police chief's contract, begins search for new top cop: report

  27-09-2016 23:08
  
  Manheim Township officials voted not to renew the contract of township police Chief Neil Harkins two weeks ago and announced a search for a new chief, according to a LancasterOnline.com report.
  
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• Defense: Mother who used heroin while pregnant can't be charged in death of newborn

  27-09-2016 21:45
  District Attorney Krista L. Deats, in opposing the dismissal motion, argues Reddig's son, Colin James Campbell, was a person.
  
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• Faster between King of Prussia and Philly? PennDOT says it has a plan

  27-09-2016 21:43
  
  In addition to making changes that will improve the ride on the highway, other aspects of the initiative deal with local roads and public transit.
  
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• Drugged driver who killed pedestrian denied break on 5- to 13-year jail term

  27-09-2016 21:27
  
  Jonathan Anderson was high on morphine when he drove 15 feet off a road and struck a 20-year-old man, police said.
  
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• Heavy rainfall expected in the Harrisburg area this week

  27-09-2016 21:13
  
  Heavy rainfall is possible in the Harrisburg area later this week, according to the National Weather Service in State College.
  
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• FBI report shows rise, fall of violent crimes in Pennsylvania's midsized cities

  27-09-2016 21:10
  
  The FBI released its annual report of crimes recorded by law enforcement agencies from around the country. The report -- Crime in the United States, 2015-- indicates there was a 3.9 percent increase in violent crimes in 2015.
  
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• Hershey and Pinnacle need time to decide if they will keep fighting to merge

  27-09-2016 20:54
  
  But they have said that, if the merger is denied, it will hamper their abilities to hold off big systems from outside the area which would skim off patients and hurt their ability to keep highly-advanced services in the Harrisburg region.
  
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• State System, faculty announce plans to start negotiating again

  27-09-2016 20:49
  
  About three weeks remain ahead of the strike date.
  
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• 911 calls of creepy clowns not an issue for midstate police departments, except one.

  27-09-2016 20:43
  
  Creepy clown sightings around Pennsylvania have some people on edge. So, when an 18-year-old put on a clown mask in East Pennsboro, he was met by police.
  
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• Police ID body found in Swatara Twp. creek as man with dementia

  27-09-2016 20:20
  Investigators believe no foul play was involved regarding the 69-year-old California man's body discovered Tuesday morning in Spring Creek.
  
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• Police ID body found in Swatara Twp. creek

  27-09-2016 20:20
  Investigators believe no foul play was involved regarding the 69-year-old California man's body discovered Tuesday morning in Spring Creek.
  
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• Black cop didn't prove he was fired for marrying white woman, U.S. court says

  27-09-2016 20:15
  
  Yeadon Borough officials claimed Everett Terry was axed for lying on his health insurance forms.
  
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• Crash closes I-81 in Franklin County

  27-09-2016 19:57
  
  A Tuesday afternoon crash has closed the northbound lanes of a portion of Interstate 81, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
  
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• Were Pennsylvania's three largest cities more violent in 2015?

  27-09-2016 19:00
  
  FBI statistics show that while Philadelphia struggled to control violent crime in 2015, Pittsburgh and Allentown experienced noticeable decreases.
  
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• Body found in Swatara Township

  27-09-2016 18:28
  
  No foul play is suspected regarding a body found in Swatara Creek near Route 441 Tuesday.
  
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• Fourth suspect nabbed in ring cops say stole $200K in electronics, sold out of warehouse

  27-09-2016 18:00
  
  Christopher D. Turner, 41, has been charged with theft, criminal conspiracy and receiving stolen property, after Upper Allen Township police say he was part of the ring that stole electronic merchandise and stored it in a warehouse for sale.
  
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• Sex predator who preyed on midstate girls loses bid to void 30- to 60-year jail term

  27-09-2016 17:54
  
  Timothy Anderson of Lancaster was convicted in three separate child-sex cases.
  
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• 'You didn't protect yourself,' judge tells woman who wouldn't testify against boyfriend who beat her with hammer

  27-09-2016 17:49
  
  A jury on Tuesday convicted Frederick Owens of aggravated assault.
  
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• Appeals judges halts Pinnacle-Hershey merger

  27-09-2016 17:47
  
  It's the outcome the Harrisburg region's two biggest health systems feared.
  
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• Lancaster County boy dies in crash during motorcycle race

  27-09-2016 17:44
  
  Kyle McGrane of Gap is one of two who died in the weekend event.
  
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• Ex-Northumberland County prison guard found guilty 10 years ago begins jail term

  27-09-2016 17:22
  
  Kazimir Craig Grohowski, 45, was sentenced Monday to the same term of 2 to 4 years he had received in 2009.The Mount Carmel resident had avoided jail through a series of appeals.
  
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• Pa. woman dies in small-plane crash

  27-09-2016 17:18
  
  An FAA spokeswoman has said the plane stalled while trying to land and crashed into a field.
  
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• 89-year-old woman, cats die in mobile home fire

  27-09-2016 16:43
  
  Firefighters said they struggled with radio communications.
  
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• PennLive readers weigh in on who won Monday night's presidential debate

  27-09-2016 15:37
  
  In a poll we posted following the first presidential debate between candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, PennLive readers chose a winner.
  
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• Men charged with taunting, unnecessary roughness during Steelers/Eagles game

  27-09-2016 15:11
  
  State police said Terrance William Henry Jr., 42, went to a home along the 5000 block of Greens Drive in Lower Macungie Township at about 6:45 p.m. "to taunt" Douglas Allen Keinert, 51, about the game.
  
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• Huge $11.9M verdict for family of inmate who killed himself in Pa. jail

  27-09-2016 14:01
  
  The family of an accused Pa. pizza shop owner who took his own life by stuffing his own T-shirt down his throat while lodged at the Monroe County jail has won a huge, $11.9 million award for damages from a federal jury in Scranton.
  
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• Crash slowing traffic along Route 581 near Lemoyne

  27-09-2016 14:00
  
  The crash was reported at about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, along Route 581 westbound iN Lemoyne, near Exit 5A, the exit for Route 11, PennDOT said.
  
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• State police searching for man who bit woman's breast

  27-09-2016 13:33
  Police did not provide a description of the suspect. Troopers said the incident is being treated as a case of simple assault.
  
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• Pa. attorney and her son both found dead in home, likely abused heroin

  27-09-2016 13:21
  
  A son was in trouble with the law, and his attorney mother was representing him. But instead of having their day in court, both the mother and her son were found dead late last week in a Pa. home, with the county DA saying both were battling heroin.
  
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• Pa. attorney dies in motorcycle crash with car

  27-09-2016 13:05
  
  A 55-year-old attorney from western Pennsylvania lost his life when his motorcycle crashed into a car driven by a 22-year-old that was making a left turn.
  
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• Crash closes portion of Route 322 in Perry County

  27-09-2016 12:57
  The incident was reported at about 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, just west of the exit for Newport and Route 34 in Howe Township, according to PennDOT.
  
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• Clown sighting; woman refuses to testify against boyfriend: Overnight Police Report

  27-09-2016 12:29
  Here's what you may have missed in police and court-related stories from around the midstate on Monday.
  
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• Heavy rains expected for the midstate this week

  27-09-2016 11:42
  
  As much as 1 to 2 inches of rain is possible for the area on both Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Guatemalan 'drug mule' overdoses and dies on rural Pennsylvania highway

  27-09-2016 05:56
  
  The body was found over a guardrail on Route 153 in Huston Township, home to less than 1,500 residents, on Sept. 16.
  
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• Trump vs. Clinton: Best debate reactions from Twitter

  27-09-2016 05:55
  
  Would the "real Founders" have approved?
  
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• Clinton vs. Trump: Who won the first presidential debate?

  27-09-2016 05:13
  
  Now that it's over, who do you think won? Clinton? Trump? Neither?
  
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• Biggest Trump-Clinton debate surprise?: Trump would support Clinton

  27-09-2016 04:48
  
  No talk of "rigged" process.
  
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• Trump-Clinton debate: six surprises of the first hour

  27-09-2016 04:05
  
  Trump shows his gruff demeanor; Clinton adopts a bemused demeanor.
  
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• First presidential debate between Trump, Clinton: Recap

  27-09-2016 03:01
  
  We will also be discussing tonight's debate right here in the comments section of this post as it unfolds.
  
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• Sunny, pleasant Tuesday ahead for midstate

  27-09-2016 03:00
  
  Tuesday will be sunny, with a high of 73.
  
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• Eastern York school officials detail police incident at school

  27-09-2016 01:50
  Police will be present when students and staff arrive to the schools in the morning.
  
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• Was Penn State Thon money confiscated at the Bloomsburg Fair?

  27-09-2016 01:28
  
  Officials at Bloomsburg Fair said Penn State students did not have a permit to carry out fundraising in the fair parking lot. The money was confiscated; headed for charity.
  
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• Pa. teen dies in violent crash; girls' coach accused of sexting; 2-year-old shots boy: Daily Buzz

  27-09-2016 01:01
  
  A picture is worth a thousand words. And there is a story of alleged crime, heartbreak, even stupidity behind each one of the photos from this week in Pa. crime.
  
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• Dauphin County railroad crossing where new mom died in train collision closed to public indefinitely

  27-09-2016 00:43
  
  Pennsylvania's Fish and Boat Commission closed their boat access and railroad crossing Monday, three weeks after Trisha Hoffman, 29, was killed when her car collided with a freight train.
  
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• First presidential debate between Trump, Clinton: Live updates

  27-09-2016 00:30
  
  We will also be discussing tonight's debate right here in the comments section of this post as it unfolds.
  
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• Trump told businesses to pay his foundation, presumably to avoid taxes: report

  27-09-2016 00:08
  
  One of the payments came from Comedy Central.
  
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