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Harrisburg cops had no legal grounds to search man for gun based on a second-hand tip, U.S. court says Updated Jan 29, 2021; A federal appeals court overturned the 6 ½-year prison sentence for a Harrisburg man Friday after concluding city police had no grounds to stop and search him for a firearm based on a tip they received second-hand. The panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit also voided Devin Bullock’s related federal conviction for being a felon in possession of a fire...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A disgraced Pennsylvania judge who locked up thousands of...

Disgraced kids-for-cash Judge Mark A. Ciavarella’s bid for a compassionate release from his 28-year federal prison sentence has been denied. Citing a host of medical ailments ranging from chronic kidney disease to hypertension, Ciavarella, 70, argued last month he is at increased risk of developing complications from COVID-19 and that he should be released from Federal Correctional Institution-Ashland, Kentucky, where he is serving his sentence for accepting kickbacks as a Luzerne County j...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Restauranteurs across Pennsylvania breathed a collective sigh of relief this week as the three-week ban on indoor dining ordered by Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine came to an end. A struggling industry once again must pick up the pieces left behind after this abrupt change in their business model; rehiring waitstaff, replenishing inventory, and reevaluating menus.   Despite strong mitigation measures, the COVI...

Restaurants that continue to defy the closing orders and operate in any manner, according to the Department of Agriculture will be referred to the Pennsylvania Department of Health for further legal action. About 79 visits to restaurants throughout the state were complaint-driven based on establishments offering dine-in service, said Shannon Powers, Department of Agriculture spokeswoman. The restaurants are among 180 establishments issued warnings by the department The 40 restaurants were order...

U.S. judge refuses to block Gov. Wolf’s COVID-19 inspired ban on indoor dining Updated Dec 24, 2020; Posted Dec 23, 2020 Feniccis of Hershey is one of the central Pennsylvania restaurants that unsuccessfully challenged Gov, Wolfs ban on indoor dining in federal court. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com Facebook Share Saying the edict doesn’t violate the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge Wednesday refused a plea by two midstate restaurants and a local trade association to block Gov. Tom...

Breakers Edge at Hershey Park HARRISBURG – An Illinois woman has settled litigation against Hershey Park for serious injuries she says she sustained on a water park ride alongside her family there more than two years ago. Dorothy Brett of Oak Lawn, Ill. first filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on July 2 versus Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company (doing business as “Hershey Park”), of Hershey. “On July 19, 2018, the p...