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Tyrone Williams was charged with aggravated assault after he assaulted a staff member Sunday at Loysville Youth Development Center in Tyrone Township, Perry County, according to state police at Newport.

Shoemaker to stand trial A York County man will stand trial on charges resulting from a June 30 domestic dispute.

A York County man will stand trial on charges resulting from a June 30 domestic dispute.

Tyrone Williams was charged with aggravated assault after he assaulted a staff member Sunday at Loysville Youth Development Center in Tyrone Township, Perry County, according to state police at Newport.

New Bloomfield plans to upgrade borough office Dave Resinger Construction and Cabinetry of Loysville tentatively won separate contracts of $26,740 and $17,895 for the renovatiton of the two rooms and for ...

The Fayetteville AA's plated a total of 10 runs in the second and third innings to rip Cumberland 13-1 in a West Shore Twilight Baseball League game Monday evening shortened to five innings.

Stolen gun turns up at Philly crime scene A gun stolen from a Duncannon home was found at the scene of a robbery that left a Philadelphia police officer dead. via Perry County Times

“Pennsylvania's water-related infrastructure is old, some of it dating back to before World War II”

State officials know it will be difficult to raise the billions of dollars that will be needed to repair Pennsylvania's transportation infrastructure, including potholed highways and weight-restricted bridges. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

It's 3 a.m. and your kids are safe asleep in Pennsylvania, even with an election approaching. via PittsburghLIVE.com

Friday is the deadline for registering a cleanup effort with Pick It Up PA, a statewide effort to clean up litter and trash from roads, parks, neighborhoods and open spaces set for April 19 to May 3. Community ... via MergeDigital

The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania will urge changes to how the state draws congressional and legislative districts at a press conference at 10 a.m. today in the Capitol Rotunda. via The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Many of Pennsylvania's major employers - medical facilities, pharmaceutical makers and manufacturers - use radioactive materials”

Under an agreement signed last week with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Pennsylvania assumed regulatory authority over approximately 700 radioactive material users in the state, a change Gov. via GantDaily.com

“You would think the state would want to spend every dollar they can to help those people who need it the most”

More than 60,000 households will be shortchanged by the state's decision for an early shutdown of its energy-assistance grant program for the poor, according to a new study. via The Philadelphia Inquirer

“They've often said that their life has been a miracle a day since the sextuplets were born”

Jon and Kate Gosselin and their children are featured on the Discovery Health and TLC show, "Jon and Kate Plus Eight." Purchase reprints of Evening Sun Photos at EveningSunPhotos.Com. The fans are coming from ... via Evening Sun

“By forfeiting your pension, politicians will come to understand that avarice will no longer be rewarded”

When he leaves office at the end of November, State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo can begin collecting about $104,000 in annual pension payments - nearly $30,000 more than he now makes as a lawmaker. via Philly.com

“The department received a letter from Senator Piccola dated March 26 and is reviewing it.”

When GTECH sought and won a $6.3 million annual contract to run Pennsylvania's slots computer system in 2003, it turned to Ken Jarin, a key fundraiser for Gov. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“It's tangible evidence of his being there”

The only known signature made by President Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg will be sold at auction next week in New York City. via Philly.com

Lower Paxton Township, Pa. Police are attempting to identify a suspect wanted in an identity theft case involving an 80-year-old Lower Paxton Township woman. via WHTM-TV Harrisburg

“About the only reason I do sell any is to get enough to pay for my gas to run the tractor. That's all I want out of it. "It's a hobby; that's all it is.”

Smith taps into sticky hobby Paul Smith, 78, said he has been making maple syrup for 16 years, ever since he retired. via Perry County Times

It was about 1:30 p.m., and state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe was in full flight on a favorite subject -- the spending demands of Gov. Ed Rendell.

Rendell refuses to call tax increases tax increases, complained Metcalfe, R-Butler, and he uses statistics to disguise the fiscal pain.

Members of the House Appropriations Committee -- all four of them there for his testimony -- didn't bat an eye at the rhetoric flowing from one of the Legislature's most vocal fiscal hawks.

''I don't know who is feeding the governor his numbers,'' Metcalfe said, drawing to a close, ''but Pennsylvania taxpayers certainly realize that the state extracting $230 million more in taxes is a tax increase.'' Read more