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Local News, News, Online Features

Simsicks recount rescue efforts in Bradford Township

KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter

Aug 17, 2017

Tom and Becky Simsick had just pulled onto the berm near Marilla Reservoir in Bradford on Sunday when a truck careened past their parked vehicle in th...

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Local & Social

Nation & World, PA State News

New York 8th state found to have improperly issued CDLs to immigrants

By JOSH FUNK - AP Transportation Writer

December 15, 2025

New York is the eighth state found to routinely issue commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that are valid long after they are no longer legally ...

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Nation & World, PA State News

As gerrymandering battles sweep country, supporters say partisan dominance is ‘fair’

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Presss

December 15, 2025

When Indiana adopted new U.S. House districts four years ago, Republican legislative leaders lauded them as “fair maps” that reflected the state's com...

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Crime, PA State News

Swatting incidents inspire plans for tougher penalties

By LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square

December 15, 2025

HARRISBURG – A rise in swatting, defined as bogus emergency calls meant to trigger an armed police response, particularly at Pennsylvania schools and ...

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Business, PA State News

Pennsylvania straddles the AI divide

December 15, 2025

HARRISBURG — A clash of future visions that seems to encapsulate both the fears and hopes of many Pennsylvanians found expression at the Capitol this ...

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Local News

SHINGLEHOUSE: Candlelight remembrance

December 15, 2025

Kevin J. Dusenbury, funeral director/owner of Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home in Shinglehouse, announced his Candlelight Service of Remembrance will be ...

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