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State’s federal broadband funding boosted $117M

Pennsylvania will receive nearly $1.2 billion in federal funding to establish or improve high-speed internet service in unserved and underserved areas — an amount that would have been more than $100 million smaller without the work of Penn State Extension, officials said. Announced June 26 by President Joe Biden, the state’s allocation is part of $42.5 billion in broadband funding authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority late last year contracted with Penn State Extension to develop and update state broadband ...

Inspector General charges 52 with fraud

HARRISBURG — The Office of State Inspector General filed felony public assistance fraud charges against 52 individuals during May 2023. The restitution owed to the Commonwealth in these cases totals $347,497. Additional cost savings will be realized as the defendants will be temporarily disqualified from receiving public benefits in the programs they allegedly defrauded. “It is imperative that we fulfill our duty to the citizens of Pennsylvania by ensuring the proper allocation of public benefits,” said State Inspector General Lucas M. Miller. “We are fortunate to partner with ...

Officials: Tanker driver lost control before I-95 collapse

The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The driver of a tanker truck hauling gasoline lost control on a curved off-ramp on Interstate 95, causing the truck to flip and catch fire, leading to the collapse of the northbound lanes in early June, federal safety officials said Thursday in a preliminary report. The National Transportation Safety Board’s brief report outlined what happened on June 11, when an elevated section of Interstate-95 collapsed after the tanker truck caught fire underneath it. It largely confirmed what state officials said earlier. The truck, which was a ...

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Man convicted of driving into fundraiser crowd, killing mother sentenced to life

BLOOMSBURG, (AP) — A man convicted of driving into a fundraiser crowd in Pennsylvania last summer, killing one and injuring 19 others, then going home and bludgeoning his mother to death has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. President Judge Gary Norton told Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes, 25, in Columbia County Court on Tuesday that his crimes “were the result of pure evil” as he sentenced him to two life terms in the two deaths. He also imposed an additional 123 to 380 years on 19 counts of attempted homicide. Authorities said Sura Reyes told ...

Ex-police officer charged with more sex crimes in 19 new cases

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A retired Philadelphia police officer already in custody on child sex assault charges is now charged with dozens more sex crimes that stem from his time on duty. Former patrol officer Patrick Heron was previously charged with posing as an officer after he retired in 2019 to lure young girls into meeting him or soliciting intimate photos, allegations that District Attorney Larry Krasner has called alarming. Heron is now charged with sexual misconduct against girls and women in 19 new cases stemming from 2005 to 2019, while he was on the police force. He is also ...