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Sentence reduced for truck driver in triple-fatal crash

HARRISBURG (AP) — A judge has reduced the sentence of a Mississippi truck driver convicted in an alcohol-related crash on a Pennsylvania interstate three years ago that killed three people, including a toddler. A Dauphin County judge originally sentenced 32-year-old Jack Satterfield to 28¢ to 78 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges including vehicular homicide while driving under the influence in the October 2018 crash on Interstate 83 in Lower Paxton Township. PennLive.com reports that Judge Deborah Curcillo on Monday reluctantly imposed a new term of 27 to 54 years ...

Delaware man charged in shooting that killed guard

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man has been charged in a shooting at a north Philadelphia office building that claimed the life of a security guard, authorities said. Officers were called to the building in the Logan section of the city just before 11:30 a.m. Friday and found a man shot on the first floor. They were told that the offender was on the third floor, the location of administrative offices of Pathways to Housing, which provides services for the homeless. Police found the suspect on the third floor armed with a large knife and took him into custody without incident. Witnesses said ...

Charges filed in July shooting

MIDDLEBURG — A juvenile faces manslaughter and other charges in Snyder County for a shooting incident that occurred July 28 in West Perry Township, which led to the death of another individual. The unnamed juvenile is charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and unlawful possession of a firearm by a minor, according to a release from Snyder County District Attorney Mike Piecuch. Charges were filed after completion of a state police investigation that determined that the alleged offender caused the death by handling a firearm in a reckless or grossly negligent ...

Growing GOP governor field puts nomination ‘up for grabs’

HARRISBURG (AP) — The big field of Republicans running for governor of Pennsylvania is increasingly unsettled, with more candidates joining it, few leading party figures picking favorites and persistent talk that one of the most senior state Republican lawmakers may run. Perhaps the most-asked question among Republican lawmakers, donors and strategists is whether Jake Corman, the state Senate’s president pro tempore, will declare his candidacy for governor. In a brief interview in a Capitol corridor, Corman would not say whether he is considering running, or if it had crossed his ...

Pennsylvania recruiting school bus drivers amid shortage

The Associated Press Pennsylvania is contacting 375,000 holders of commercial driver’s licenses in a recruitment campaign meant to ease a severe shortage of school bus drivers, officials said Thursday. The state has a little more than 42,000 school bus drivers, the smallest complement in five years and about 2,000 fewer than in 2017, which has left some districts scrambling to get students to and from school. Officials are hoping to address the shortage by appealing to drivers looking for work or seeking to supplement their income. “We want to do everything we possibly can to ...

Lawmakers keep regulatory waivers for 6 more months

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature voted Wednesday to again extend hundreds of regulatory waivers that Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration had approved under its pandemic-related disaster emergency authority. The House and Senate voted unanimously to add another six months to a prior extension they granted, as the delta variant of the coronavirus is causing a statewide surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Wolf will sign it, his office said. Lawmakers agreed with most of the Wolf administration’s recommendations on extending the ...