Senate panel approves adding Sunday hunting in Pa
The Senate Game and Fisheries Committee advanced Senate Bill 607 by 7-4, seeking to repeal the Sunday hunting ban and let the Pennsylvania Game Commission choose how many Sundays to open. Opponents include three Republicans and Farm groups express opposition to expanded hunting on Sundays.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission
Pennsylvania
Senate
Dan Laughlin
Erie County
Game and Fisheries Committee
Jake Corman
Centre County
Cris Dash
Indiana County
Scott Hutchison
Venango County
Lindsey Williams
Allegheny County
Cooperation between agencies drives large drug roundup
FBI Pittsburgh Special Agent in Charge Mike Nordwall urged federal state and local agencies to work together after indictments and arrests of 25 drug dealers in Lawrence and Mercer counties and Ohio. He noted three arrests in Lawrence County and eighteen in Mercer County and stressed a joint effort to combat drug crime. Paris Pratt called the operation a win for Mercer and Lawrence counties.
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Pittsburgh
Mike Nordwall
Lawrence
Mercer
Ohio
Nordwall
Lawrence County
Mercer County
Paris Pratt
Feds raid Lawrence Mercer counties on narcotics charges
A federal sweep led to 25 suspects facing drug trafficking charges in Lawrence and Mercer counties. Three Lawrence County men and 17 Mercer County residents are among the defendants. four remain at large including Forrest Gilmore of New Castle and Jermall Johnson of Erie. The operation utilized wiretaps and raids across New Castle Shenango Valley and eastern Ohio, with seizures of drugs guns and cash. Authorities urge tips via FBI Pittsburgh and note public safety is the priority.
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Mercer County
U.S
Forrest Gilmore
New Castle
Jermall Johnson
Erie
Jimmy Gadson
Sharon
Michael Love
Jackson Center
FBI
Pittsburgh
Fbipittsburgh
Stephen R. Kaufman
Western District of
Pennsylvania
Lawrence
Mercer
Kaufman
Shenango Valley
Ohio
Masury
Columbus
Cleveland
Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday
President Biden signed legislation creating Juneteenth as the 12th federal holiday to honor the end of slavery. The House approved the bill 415 to 14 and the Senate unanimously. federal employees will observe the day Friday since June 19 falls on a Saturday. The move marks a broad, bipartisan shift in how the nation commemorates freedom and civil rights.
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Senate
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Texas
Martin Luther King
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Opal Lee
White House
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