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Paid fire service; 1960s mystery; rare night-sky event: Good Morning, Pennsylvania

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What you need to know: Thursday, June 23, 2022

Today’s weather

High: 74; Low: 63. Rain.

Photo of the day

An aerial view of the Pride of the Susquehanna riverboat

Take a look from the skies of Central Pennsylvania as the iconic red-and-white Pride of the Susquehanna riverboat sails along the river. Jimmie Brown | jbrown@pennlive.com

True Crime PA: special report

Businesses on edge: Even with months between hits, the Harrisburg shopkeeper killer was good and getting better: more efficient, more lethal.

Almost caught: In 1963, family and investigators hoped a Harrisburg grocer who survived being shot in the head would be able to ID a repeat robber-killer.

Close to home: Someone was killing and robbing shop owners in the early 1960s. Among them: the Dauphin County district attorney’s uncle, who owned a shoe store.

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Top stories

Money ban: Lawmakers have struck a tentative deal to get private money out of election administration. It would increase state funding for county election offices.

Voter turnout: The 2022 Pa. primary election set turnout records as more Democrats and Republicans voted than in any midterm election primary in 25 years.

Paid fire service: Paxtang will contract with Swatara Township for fire service, rejecting a bid by Harrisburg. Paxtang, which is lacking volunteer firefighters, will pay Swatara’s fire company $25,000 a year through 2028.

Special sight: Early tomorrow, all five planets visible to the naked eye and the moon will line up in an arc across the night sky.

Police news

Rape charge: A 66-year-old man working at a residential facility contracted by Dauphin County Children & Youth raped a mentally disabled girl, authorities said.

Most wanted: A man accused of killing a Cumberland County barbershop owner is one of the 15 most wanted people in America after more than a year on the run.

Triple-fatal crash: Three people were killed in an Adams County crash yesterday, police said, and others in the vehicle were critically injured.

Sports

Helping teen: A fundraiser has been created to support a Mechanicsburg senior baseball player who is awaiting a heart transplant.

Gone too soon: Former Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Tony Siragusa has died at the age of 55. The team also lost linebacker/defensive end Jaylon Ferguson, found dead at age 26. Causes of their deaths haven’t been announced.

In brief

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