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SCOTT TOWNSHIP, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A state representative is planning on introducing a bill that will notify communities and law enforcement when a child with autism goes missing.

State Representative Robert Leadbeter released a memo on Monday, announcing his plans to push a purple alert system, which would quickly notify community members and law enforcement when a child with autism or other cognitive disabilities goes missing.

It would send users a photo, description, and last known location of the missing individual statewide.

(WBRE/WYOU) — The ambush of two state troopers in Susquehanna County in August once again raised questions about the communications problems between the state police and local police and other first responders.

28/22 News I-Team Reporter Andy Mehalshick went looking for answers and has a story you will only see on 28/22 News.

28/22 News confirmed that state troopers were able to communicate with each other, cruiser to cruiser, through the commonwealth's radio system, but they could not communicate directly with the local first responders.

DANVILLE — Around 60 Danville middle schoolers got set up with their own cards to check out books from the Thomas Beaver Free Library on Monday.

MOUNT CARMEL — Sen. Lynda Schlegel Culver (R-27) invites the community to attend an open house and flag raising ceremony at her newly renovated Mount Carmel District Office on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to noon.

The Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau announced the arrival of its fifteenth annual Covered Bridge jigsaw puzzle. This year’s artwork showcases the Creasyville Bridge in Columbia County.

MIFFLINBURG — Two newcomers are on the general election ballot for the open Region I seat on the Mifflinburg Area School Board.

FREMONT — A collaborative working relationship between Fremont and Freeburg fire companies is yielding positive results with the purchase of new vehicles, volunteers say.

SELINSGROVE — A $13.39 million renovation will soon be underway at two senior housing facilities in Selinsgrove.

LEWISBURG — The state Attorney General’s Office on Monday launched a pilot program in Columbia, Montour, Snyder and Union counties to assist offenders with behavioral health and mental health services.

SUNBURY — Getting regular mammogram screenings is not something that should be put off, because the slightest detection by doctors of any irregularities can be the first step in saving lives.