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An anonymous group called The Secret Handshake took credit for the 12-foot statue, which Park Police removed early Wednesday.

Major school systems including Philadelphia, Boston, Houston and Norfolk, Virginia are considering shuttering schools.

HARRISBURG — As Pennsylvania’s budget stalemate lingers through the third month without a new spending plan, Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced Wednesday that the Treasury would begin a $500 million short-term loan program to aid Head Start providers and county governments struggling without state appropriations.

DANVILLE — The Community Giving Foundation: Danville has awarded $52,599 in grants from the Jack and Helen Wunich fund.

GREGG TOWNSHIP — A steel web plate is being installed on a historically significant metal truss bridge in Gregg Township to stabilize and strengthen the span.

MIDDLEBURG — A California solar firm is proposing a long-term lease of 20 acres of land from Midd-West School District.

HARRISBURG — Private health insurers will continue coverage for all vaccines approved in 2024 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine panel, moving away from the panel’s current construct that’s acting to change the recommended schedules, the Shapiro administration announced.

MANDATA — Line Mountain School District Superintendent David Campbell and board members at Tuesday night’s meeting discussed a recent proposal from the Pennsylvania School Board Association for a cap on cyber tuition of $10,000.

HARRISBURG — Democrats in the Pennsylvania House capitalized on their majority position this week to advance four separate bills intended to enhance gun safety, though none are likely to move through the Republican-majority Senate should they make it that far.

Jon Meyer takes us to the Bloomsburg Fair, where many of the traditions Mike Stevens saw in 1989 are standing the test of time.