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HARRISBURG — The application period for a popular stipend program designed to recruit and retain classroom teachers in Pennsylvania opens next week.

HARRISBURG — As energy demands swell, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection seeks developers to pursue express-path projects for new power plants and energy storage facilities to buttress the PJM power grid.

LEWISBURG — A Montgomery man accused of punching a game warden at State Game Lands near the lost village of Alvira pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest in Union County Court.On Friday, Michael James Bartholomew, 30, of Sherwood Drive, Montgomery, entered the plea before Union County Judge Michael Piecuch. In pleading no contest, Bartholomew did not admit guilt but acknowledged there was enough evidence for a jury to find him guilty.The plea agreement, if accepted by the judge, calls for a 12-month probationary sentence.

SUNBURY — An eyesore in Sunbury that has been the topic of conversation for the past several months is now a vacant lot after city officials had the property torn down earlier this week.

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LEWISBURG — A Westmoreland County man accused of being involved in the theft of copper piping and wiring from the former Laurelton Center pleaded no contest to a burglary charge in Union County Court.On Friday, Christopher Duane Hall, 42, of Garfield Street, New Kensington, pleaded no contest to a felony count of burglary in front of Union County Judge Michael Piecuch.

LEWISBURG — A Montoursville man accused of attempted homicide is headed to trial in Union County Court.

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SUNBURY — Residents in Sunbury and Northumberland will have a 10-day amnesty period to resolve outstanding warrants.

LEWISBURG — A Millmont woman accused of stealing $50,000 from the Mifflinburg American Legion plans to take her case to trial in Union County Court.