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Jimmy Stewart film spotlights Mercersburg Academy legacy
Mercersburg Academy is highlighting one of its most notable graduates ahead of the theatrical release of “JIMMY,” a biographical film that explores the life of actor and World War II veteran Jimmy Stewart.
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As cremations rise, this Pa. farm offers place to scatter ashes
Today, just 150 years after the nation’s first crematorium was built, more than 63% of all bodies are cremated, according to the National Funeral Directors Association.
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‘Without merit.’ NYCRPD chief refutes accusations in officers’ lawsuit
Northern York County Regional Police Chief David Lash intends to fight accusations that he retaliated against officers who raised complaints in the wake of the deaths of three detectives last year.
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Slain Philadelphia officer Shane Seiber honored as hero for life he led
Slain Philadelphia Police Officer Shane Seiber was remembered Tuesday as a hero, not for the way he died, but for the way he lived.
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Bristol Halloween display criticized by NAACP as racially offensive
The Halloween display at the corner of Farragut and Cleveland in Bristol features a graveyard, colorful potted mums, cornstalks and carved jack-o-lanterns. But it’s the near life-size figures wrapped in black plastic and hung from nooses on a tree that has generated controversy.
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PA officials fight back against election falsehoods that erode trust
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, York County President Commissioner Julie Wheeler and state’s deputy secretary of state for elections and commissions Jonathan Marks discussed how the upcoming midterm election would be administered in a manner that would ensure its accuracy and security.
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Twila Tanner’s last words to her daughter were of love for her family
Twila Tanner, 51, was one of nine individuals killed in a mass shooting in Erie on Oct. 9.
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SpaceX rocket launch visible from central Pa. Did you see it?
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which carried science experiments and supplies to the International Space Station, launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station around 6:33 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
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Homicides now 9 in Erie mass shooting as coroner counts unborn child
Angelina Stone and her baby were killed along with her mother, two brothers, her two other young children, her aunt and a family friend in a shooting that occurred in and around 722 Perry St. on the late afternoon of Oct. 9.
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Erie shooting victim was both mom and ‘the main piece of the puzzle’
Candles, flowers and photos formed a shrine at Manchester Commons in Fairview, where Lora Roberts worked for more than eight years as a medical technician.
