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A recent pair of shootings might be the "reality check" local business owners needed to ensure Second Street is safe on weekend nights in the future -- at least for one proprietor.

Good Hope Middle School in Mechanicsburg is counted among the 342 schools that earned the National Blue Ribbon distinction, which recognizes a school's overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps.

Two dissenting justices warned that the courts should stay clear of the issue since it is a political matter.

Saturday's tour is part of a larger effort to rally support for a facility in Susquehanna Township.

The high court rejected an appeal of a Dauphin County case where a state trooper was allowed to testify by tape, rather than in person during a preliminary hearing.

In addition to stalking his wife threatening another family member, authorities said Davis called the victim numerous times within a couple of hours and left a threatening message.

Lehigh County was sued by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

The U.S. attorney's office in Philadelphia said Asplundh employed thousands of unauthorized workers between 2010 and 2014, its top management remaining "willfully blind" while lower-level supervisors hired people they knew were in the country illegally.

Investigators were unable to find bank records before 1999 to determine whether Cynthia Mills stole even more money since she started working at the Pittsburgh-based company in 1981.

Lancaster fire officials said the fire started behind the kitchen area of the business.