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FIRED! Girl Scout Counselors Using Male Pronouns With PA Camper: Officials FIRED! Girl Scout Counselors Using Male Pronouns With PA Camper: Officials
Fired! Girl Scout Counselors Using Male Pronouns With PA Camper: Officials Multiple counselors were fired from their positions at a summer camp after they began calling a camper by male pronouns and attempted to keep this from the full-time Girl Scout staff, according to an official statement from the Central Pennsylvania council on Wednesday, July 24. The incident which led to the dismissal of temporary camp staff, most of whom are college students, happened at Camp Small Valley in Halifax, PA, Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania explained. The incident was as follows, according to a statement sent to Daily Voice from GSHPA: "Recently, it came to …

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Popular PA Cafe Owner Dies In Crash Into Tree: State Police Popular PA Cafe Owner Dies In Crash Into Tree: State Police
Popular PA Cafe Owner Dies In Crash Into Tree: State Police The owner of a once popular, but recently shuttered, cafe died in a car crash on Wednesday, January 11, authorities announced the following day.  Tiffany A. Munro, 44, of Halifax, was driving a 2002 Volkswagen Coupe south at a “high rate of speed” when she lost control of her vehicle, left the east side of the roadway, and crashed into a tree in the 600 block of North River Road in Halifax Township around 2 p.m., according to Pennsylvania state police. The car then spun out counterclockwise and came to a rest facing northwest in the southbound lane, the police detailed in the release. …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Ex-Police Officer In Two PA Boroughs Took $98K, Stole Guns From Evidence Locker: Authorities Ex-Police Officer In Two PA Boroughs Took $98K, Stole Guns From Evidence Locker: Authorities
Ex-Police Officer In Two PA Boroughs Took $98K, Stole Guns From Evidence Locker: Authorities A central Pennsylvania former police officer has been charged for thefts he committed on the job, authorities say. 48-year-old Christopher John Still formerly of the Marysville and Halifax boroughs of police is accused of submitting for hours he never worked while employed with the Halifax Borough from 2019 and 2022— resulting in a theft of $98,754.50, according to a release by the Dauphin County district attorney's office on Dec. 1.  Additionally, he is accused of taking three guns from the evidence locker— two of which were sold to Reeser’s Gun Shop for $500, according…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Drunk Motorcyclist Leads State Police On Chase Along Pennsylvania Highway Across Two Counties Drunk Motorcyclist Leads State Police On Chase Along Pennsylvania Highway Across Two Counties
Drunk Motorcyclist Leads State Police On Chase Along Pennsylvania Highway Across Two Counties A wanted 40-year-old man led state police on a chase across two central Pennsylvania counties on Sunday, September 11, authorities say. Rickey Allen Keys of Halifax led police on a chase on his 1983 Honda motorcycle from Upper Paxton to Washington townships PA 147 starting around 7:30 a.m., according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Keys was wanted on multiple active arrest warrants and for traffic violations when state police first attended to stop him. The pursuit weaved through Dauphin and Northumberland counties, troopers say. Keys has been charged with three felon…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
55 More Defiant Pennsylvania Restaurants Ordered Closed -- Some Possibly For Good 55 More Defiant Pennsylvania Restaurants Ordered Closed -- Some Possibly For Good
55 More Defiant Pennsylvania Restaurants Ordered Closed -- Some Possibly For Good Pennsylvania officials ordered an additional 33 restaurants temporarily closed, and have sought an injunction against 22 establishments in repeated violation of COVID-19 orders.  The Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Food Safety announced earlier this month announced it would be performing unannounced inspections in an effort to enforce Gov. Tom Wolf's temporary COVID-19 mitigation order. Wolf's order mandates the closure indoor dining, gyms and limiting indoor gatherings to a maximum capacity of 10 people, until Jan. 4. A Crawford County restaurant was initially ordered closed, b…

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by Cecilia Levine