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HARRISBURG — A group of Republicans and Democrats in the Pennsylvania House introduced the latest proposal to enact universal voter identification at all elections.

HARRISBURG — The new school year is getting old and so it seems are the chief concerns weighing on school administrators across Pennsylvania.

Staffing shortages, budget mandates and mental health needs of students are all issues facing Valley school districts and highlighted in a recent Pennsylvania School Boards Association report.

LEWISBURG — A Sunbury man who admitted to having sexually explicit conversations with a 14-year-old Mifflinburg girl in April will spend the next six to 23 months in Union County Jail.On Monday, Union County Judge Michael Piecuch sentenced David C. Brittingham, 27, of Airport Road, Sunbury, to the county jail incarceration followed by three years of probation. He must also register for life as a Megan's Law offender.In December, Brittingham pleaded guilty to two felony counts of dissemination of child sex act material and unlawful contact with a minor.

Weed companies spent $1.6 million last year pushing Pennsylvania lawmakers to legalize recreational use of the drug.

Former presidents and their spouses receive lifelong Secret Service protection after they leave office, but children and other relatives over age 16 do not.

Two women were identified as decedents in a Saturday afternoon wreck

PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Multiple gunshots can be heard on surveillance video 28/22 News obtained from a viewer. Neighbors say they woke up to the noise and a heavy police presence early Monday morning in Plains Township.

28/22 News is still waiting to hear from police, but neighbors in the area say the police activity on the street is surprising because the area is usually fairly peaceful.

"It was around 4:00 in the morning, a little after 4:00. I heard loud banging: Bang, bang, bang, bang," a neighbor told 28/22 News.

Presidents, including Trump, have used autopens for decades.

Michelle Canzoneri faces involuntary manslaughter, endangering the welfare of children, and drug charges in Carbon County.