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Husband of Pa. ICE facility detainee struggles with separation, visiting rules: ‘We just have to wait’

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified, Shaheen Pasha
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Editor’s note: this is the seventh article of an eight-part series about Moshannon Valley Processing Center produced as part of a partnership with Penn State University. Justin Jones is a soft-spoken man; gentle, thoughtful and mild mannered. He wears glasses and has a short reddish-brown beard. Twice a week, Jones walks into the visitation room at Moshannon Valley Processing Centersit, the largest ICE detention facility in the northeast that is located about 30 minutes west of State College.
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Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for much of Central Pa.

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Published: Jun. 06, 2026, 4:55 p.m. Hood River photographer Blaine Franger captured a spectacular spring thunderstorm in the Columbia River Gorge on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, from the Hood River area.Blaine Franger/BlaineBethanyGallery.com Severe thunderstorms will begin rolling through Dauphin County and the surrounding counties around 5 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
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Women in Pa. ICE detention facility call out for help from lawmakers, who were ushered away

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified, Shaheen Pasha
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Updated: May. 28, 2026, 5:03 p.m. |Published: May. 28, 2026, 4:58 p.m. U.S. Rep. Summer Lee speaks to reporters outside Moshannon Valley Processing Center following the first congressional oversight visit there on May 28, 2026Joshua Vaughn/PennLive Female detainees at a Pennsylvania ICE facility shared stories about being mistreated, denied proper medical care and sexually assaulted, according to two Democratic Congress members who toured the facility during an unannounced visit Thursday.
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‘Pilgrimage of Dignity’: Man walks 130 miles to highlight conditions at Pa. ICE facility

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Editor’s note: this is the sixth article of an eight-part series about Moshannon Valley Processing Center produced as part of a partnership with Penn State University. The distance between the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency office in Pittsburgh and the largest ICE facility in the northeast is 130 miles. Or, nearly 300,000 footsteps to get to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County.
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How many people held by ICE in Pa. have criminal records? Fewer than you might think. Original

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Published: May. 04, 2026, 5:00 a.m. Protesters listen as Patty Torres, co-executive director of Make the Road Pennsylvania, speaks at Strawberry Square in Harrisburg. Protesters gather outside the office of U.S. Senator John Fetterman in Harrisburg. January 27, 2026. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.comDan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com The number of people held by federal immigration officials in Pennsylvania who have never been charged or convicted of a crime has skyrocketed since September.
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ICE detains Dauphin County asylum-seeker even after criminal charges are dropped

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| MSN Verified
On October 27, Omar Vidaurre Luis showed up to Dauphin County Prison for a court hearing on a pending non-violent misdemeanor charge and was met by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The father and husband was taken into ICE custody and shipped off to Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County.
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ICE detains Dauphin County asylum-seeker even after criminal charges are dropped

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Updated: Apr. 07, 2026, 11:51 a.m. |Published: Apr. 07, 2026, 11:50 a.m. Faith leaders gather to bring attention to the plight of Harrisburg resident Omar Viadurre Luis, who has been in ICE detention for over five months. April 7, 2026. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.comDan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com On October 27, Omar Vidaurre Luis showed up to Dauphin County Prison for a court hearing on a pending non-violent misdemeanor charge and was met by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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‘Absolutely preventable:’ 2 men died by suicide at Camp Hill prison as cameras watched

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Published: Mar. 30, 2026, 5:00 a.m. The State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill. January 30, 2024. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.comDan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com Omar Marlow and James Campbell were supposed to be under close observation while incarcerated. Both men were put in cells at SCI Camp Hill with cameras inside. Both men died by suicide while those cameras rolled. The state Department of Corrections declined to answer questions from PennLive about how these deaths happened.
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‘This is what democracy looks like:’ 3rd No Kings protest held in Harrisburg

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Updated: Mar. 28, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |Published: Mar. 28, 2026, 3:18 p.m. People have started gathering on the steps of the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., for a No Kings rally, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Sean Simmers, PennLive.com)Sean Simmers, PennLive.com While the crowd size waned a bit from the first No Kings Protest in 2025, the enthusiasm of the participants did not.
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ICE considered 3 sites in Dauphin County for detention centers

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| MSN Verified
While much of the state and national attention has focused on warehouses purchased by the federal government, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has quietly been reviewing several buildings in Dauphin County to turn into migrant detention facilities. Records obtained and published by the ACLU show the federal government solicited dozens of formal requests for information beginning in May 2025 from private contractors to build new ICE detention facilities across the country.
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ICE considered 3 sites in Dauphin County for detention centers

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
While much of the state and national attention has focused on warehouses purchased by the federal government, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has quietly been reviewing several buildings in Dauphin County to turn into migrant detention facilities. Records obtained and published by the ACLU show the federal government solicited dozens of formal requests for information beginning in May 2025 from private contractors to build new ICE detention facilities across the country.
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Aging Dauphin County Prison needs major renovations or new building: warden

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Big changes could happen to the Dauphin County Prison building, including potentially constructing a new jail, after Prison Board members approved a feasibility study for the outdated structure. The study would look at the current jail and its operations and provide a look at what needs to be changed or if it is time for the county to start fresh with a new facility. The board voted five to one to approve the $216,000 cost to hire a private company, CGL Management Group, to conduct the analysis.
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‘Not a valued partnership’ Dauphin County chair wants to limit ICE cooperation after death

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Spurred by PennLive’s reporting, Commissioner Justin Douglas announced Wednesday he would introduce a policy to further restrict Dauphin County’s association with federal immigration enforcement. Douglas said at Wednesday’s Dauphin County Prison Board meeting he was working with the solicitor’s office to draft a policy that would only allow the jail to turn over people to ICE if presented with a signed judicial warrant.
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ICE didn’t relay potentially lifesaving medical form for man who died in Pa. detention: Dauphin County officials

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Dauphin County Prison employees turned over Chaofeng Ge to ICE agents at the end of July with medical paperwork that contained potentially lifesaving information. What happened to those records in the roughly 100-mile drive to Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania remains a mystery but they never made it to the medical staff and Ge died by suicide in federal custody five days later.
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Harrisburg officials clarify ICE agreement, roles: ‘People are feeling a lot of unease’

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
The killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis by an ICE agent sparked outrage and protests nationally and has prompted local officials to consider their involvement with federal immigration agents. Harrisburg City Council member Robert Lawson called for a moment of silence at the opening of it meeting this week.
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Safety crisis’ at Franklin County jail: Understaffing leads to violence, higher costs, union says

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Understaffing at Franklin County Jail is leading to a safety and fiscal crisis inside the facility, according to the correctional officers’ union. “You come into a facility like this, and you might get assaulted,” said Thomas Howell, corrections officer at Franklin County Jail and chapter president for the correctional officers’ union. “Today may be the day I get spit on, kicked, punched, I don’t know.” Howell said three officers have been assaulted in the last few weeks.
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Isolation in Dauphin County jail can lead to lifelong medical problems: ‘If I don’t get out of here soon, I’m going to die’

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
It’s been a year since Imhotep Muhammad returned home from Dauphin County Prison after a jury acquitted him of the most serious charges that had him locked up for 26 months. The scars from that time, both physical and mental, remain. Thirty-six year old Muhammad was allowed outside one time during his time in DCP and he spent nearly 24 hours a day inside his cell as he awaited trial, unable to post bond, he said.
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Dauphin County imposes hiring freeze during state and federal budget deadlocks

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Updated: Oct. 27, 2025, 5:21 p.m. |Published: Oct. 27, 2025, 5:20 p.m. The Dauphin County commissioners, from left, George Hartwick, Justin Douglas and Mike Pries, listen to public comment before voting on a resolution that would prevent county employees and federal immigration enforcement from working together. September 10, 2025.
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New medical provider takes over at Dauphin County jail: ‘Penalize me if we don’t deliver’

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Updated: Oct. 10, 2025, 8:15 a.m. |Published: Oct. 10, 2025, 8:15 a.m. “Love In Action Juneteenth Rally” at the Dauphin County Prison. June 19, 2023. Sean Simmers | ssimmers@pennlive.com The new contract for medical services at Dauphin County’s troubled jail comes with a higher price tag but with elements that should also create a higher level of care.
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Dauphin County jail’s new medical provider deals with ‘obstruction’ by former provider

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Updated: Oct. 06, 2025, 1:42 p.m. |Published: Oct. 06, 2025, 1:41 p.m. Exterior shots of the Dauphin County Prison. Jimmie Brown | jbrown@pennlive.com| July 31, 2023. The transfer of medical services at the Dauphin County jail from PrimeCare to Mediko happened last week but not without an “unprecedented” level of obstruction by the former provider, according to Dauphin County Commissioner Justin Douglas.
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New medical provider at Dauphin County jail to meet with public

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Published: Sep. 08, 2025, 3:37 p.m. Love in Action Juneteenth Rally at the Dauphin County Prison on June 19, 2024. Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.comJoe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com Residents will have a chance to meet Dauphin County Prison’s new medical provider Tuesday.
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Voices raised as music comes to Dauphin County Prison

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Published: Sep. 03, 2025, 3:15 p.m. Tour of the Dauphin County Prison on May 1, 2015.Mark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com A joyful noise was heard inside Dauphin County Prison this week as incarcerated people and community members came together for the first time for music and worship. Residents living on E and F block at the jail were joined by members of the New Covenant Church for live music and a religious sermon Monday.
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One killed in weekend crash in Lancaster County

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Published: Sep. 01, 2025, 2:32 p.m. A state police patrol vehicle. June 4, 2025. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.comDan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com A 32-year-old man died in a two-vehicle crash Saturday in Lancaster County. Austin Wade Owens was driving in the 2400 block of Robert Fulton Highway in Fulton Township shortly after 11 p.m. when he drove his vehicle across the yellow line, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
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‘Tax the rich’: Protestors take to the Capitol steps

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Published: Sep. 01, 2025, 1:28 p.m. Workers over Billionaires protest at the Capitol in Harrisburg Several hundred people took to the steps of the Capitol in Harrisburg Monday to protest against the influence a few extremely wealthy people have on politics in the United States and the direction of the country.
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Dauphin County Prison Board hikes phone rates, making it the costliest in the region

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
A win for incarcerated people and their families was taken away Wednesday by five members of the Dauphin County Prison Board, after federal rules were paused under the Trump administration. The board voted to increase phone call rates from the jail to 19 cents per minute, nearly triple the amount the board voted to lower rates to in April. The change likely will cost people trying to communicate with those inside the jail about $750,000 annually.
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Dauphin County fired worker charged with computer crimes, but keeps hiring his IT company anyway

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By Juliette Rihl Verified, Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Dauphin County fired an information technology employee after he was convicted of computer crimes —yet since then, the county has paid his company nearly $700,000 to serve as an information technology contractor. His company continues to receive county contracts. David Randall Maurer was terminated from his role as a county network technician in March 2017, just weeks after he was convicted of spying on his estranged wife.
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Prison board chair steps down as jail begins move to new healthcare provider

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Published: Aug. 20, 2025, 6:00 a.m. Controller Mary Bateman during a Dauphin County Prison Board meeting. Dec. 21, 2022. Sean Simmers ssimmers@pennlive.com Controller Mary Bateman has stepped down from her position as chair of the Dauphin County Prison Board, adding potential turbulence as the county moves on from its longtime, and fraught, jail medical provider. Bateman confirmed she resigned as chair earlier this month but declined to say why she gave up the title.
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Dauphin County set to vote on jail healthcare provider

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Updated: Jul. 29, 2025, 10:43 a.m. |Published: Jul. 29, 2025, 10:42 a.m. Protestors line the sidewalk in front of the Dauphin County Prison for a Juneteenth protest. June 19, 2025. Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.comJoe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com In what could mark the largest change at Dauphin County Prison in decades, county commissioners are set to vote for a medical provider during their Wednesday meeting.
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Men in Dauphin County jail get tablets back after ruling by solicitor

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Updated: Jul. 01, 2025, 3:12 p.m. |Published: Jul. 01, 2025, 3:11 p.m. Behind metal bars, a Dauphin County Prison inmate shows off his electronic tablet, which he can use to watch movies, listen to music and browse educational materials. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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‘I feel like I let him down:’ inmates tried to stop suicide in Dauphin County jail

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Updated: Jun. 18, 2025, 5:00 a.m. |Published: Jun. 18, 2025, 5:00 a.m. Family members, friends and advocates protest the death of Justin Cofield, 33, at Dauphin County Prison. Cofield’s death is the 21st death at the jail since the beginning of 2019. February 26, 2024. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.comDan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com Christopher Phy approached two men locked up with him inside Dauphin County Prison and offered them $40K each to help him kill himself.
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Future of health care at troubled Dauphin County jail to be decided this week

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Updated: Jun. 17, 2025, 11:05 a.m. |Published: Jun. 17, 2025, 11:04 a.m. A rally by Love in Action on Juneteenth 2024 protests the treatment of people incarcerated in Dauphin County Prison. (Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com, file)Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com The fate of Dauphin County’s longtime, and fraught, jail medical provider will be decided this week. The Dauphin County Prison Board will publicly deliberate and vote to select a healthcare provider during Wednesday’s meeting.
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“This a culture:” Juneteenth parade comes to Harrisburg

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Updated: Jun. 14, 2025, 5:18 p.m. |Published: Jun. 14, 2025, 5:17 p.m. Harrisburg Juneteenth Parade Hundreds of people gathered outside the Capitol Saturday to celebrate Black culture in Harrisburg during the first ever Juneteenth Parade. “To our ancestors, you guide and nurture us through the words and stories you gifted us,” Kimeka Campbell said to the crowd at the onset of the parade. “To our community, thank you.
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Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ rallies are being held throughout central Pa: live updates

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By Megan Lavey-Heaton Verified, Joshua Vaughn Verified, Charles Thompson Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
PA Politics Published: Jun. 14, 2025, 10:00 a.m. Groups protest Trump and ICE along Interstate 83 from Harrisburg to Maryland border Roughly 2,000 protest rallies are taking place Saturday, coinciding with the military parade in Washington, D.C. to mark the Army’s 250th birthday and celebration of President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. The No Kings movement is taking place nearly everywhere but D.C. One of the flagship rallies is being held in Philadelphia. Gov.
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Dauphin County announces graduation behind bars

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Updated: Jun. 09, 2025, 11:50 a.m. |Published: Jun. 09, 2025, 11:49 a.m. Nine of the 15 people who received their GED or high school diploma while incarcerated at Dauphin County Prison attended a graduation ceremony at the jail on June 6.Dauphin County More than a dozen incarcerated people at Dauphin County Prison completed their high school education earlier this month.
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Ex-official discloses long-ago payments from Dauphin County jail medical provider

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Updated: May. 28, 2025, 5:03 a.m. |Published: May. 28, 2025, 5:00 a.m. Dauphin County Commissioner Jeff Haste and his wife Maria during the Big 33 pregame at Landis Field on May 31, 2021. Pa defeated Maryland. Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.comTHE PATRIOT-NEWS It took nearly a decade, but former Dauphin County Commissioner Jeff Haste has admitted to being indebted to the founder of the county’s largest private vendor while he was in office.
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Dauphin County to pay $80K extra for medical services after provider cuts contract early

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Dauphin County averted a potential catastrophe this month as the company that provides medical services at the jail was prepared to pull out before the county had a chance to select a new provider. PrimeCare has provided medical services at Dauphin County Prison since 1988. Their current contract was set to expire at the end of the year but in November, the company invoked an early-termination clause, which ended the contract at the end of this month.
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Coroner IDs Cumberland County man killed in forklift incident

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Quick Look - Current -Mostly Sunny TonightLow -Mostly Sunny TomorrowHigh -Mostly Sunny News Updated: May. 20, 2025, 1:55 p.m. |Published: May. 20, 2025, 1:51 p.m. The Adams County coroner’s office released the name of the Cumberland County man who died Monday at an RV dealership. Daniel G. Dunlevy, 65, of Mount Holly Springs, died Monday morning at Beckley’s RV dealership in the 4000 block of York Road in Mount Pleasant Township, according to the coroner’s office on Tuesday.
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Bar fight led to central Pa. shooting that injured 1: police

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Published: May. 20, 2025, 10:00 a.m. An argument inside a Franklin County bar spilled out into the street, leading to one man being shot in the leg, according to police. Chambersburg police were called to the 100 block of Central Avenue in the borough shortly before 2:30 a.m. April 19 to find a man shot in the leg and in need of immediate assistance, police said.
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Illinois man charged with raping Dauphin County teen he met online: police

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Updated: May. 20, 2025, 9:39 a.m. |Published: May. 20, 2025, 9:35 a.m. An Illinois man is facing numerous felony charges after police say he raped a 15-year-old girl he met online. Rohan Rai, 21, of Montgomery, Illinois, is charged with felony rape, unlawful contact with minors, as well as multiple counts of sexual assault, producing child pornography and related offenses. He is being held in Dauphin County Prison with bail denied.
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A Sober Ride Home with free Uber vouchers offered this holiday weekend

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Quick Look - Current -Mostly Sunny TonightLow -Mostly Sunny TomorrowHigh -Mostly Sunny News Updated: May. 20, 2025, 9:24 a.m. |Published: May. 20, 2025, 9:17 a.m. An Uber sign outside MGM Springfield casino in Springfield, Mass. on May 8, 2025.Nicole Simmons/MassLive Memorial Day weekend is nearly upon us and with that comes barbeques and potentially drinking. Three organizations are again helping make sure people who do drink are able to make it home safely.
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Damning national story on Sen. John Fetterman gets mixed reaction in Pa.

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By J.D. Prose Verified, Ivey DeJesus Verified, Ivey Dejesus, Joshua Vaughn Verified, Oliver Morrison Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
The reaction Monday to an explosive article about serious concerns over Sen. John Fetterman’s mental health ranged from hoping that he gets help to calling for him to resign. New York Magazine’s story last week detailing Fetterman’s struggles, and the fears expressed by some of his current and former staff members, including his ex chief-of-staff, has rocked the state’s political landscape and fueled speculation about the first-term Democratic senator’s ability to continue serving.
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‘If they’re lying about one, how do we know they’re not lying about all of them?’

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Onah Ruth Ossai of Swatara Township stands in front of the Dauphin County Prison during a February 2024 protest of the death of 33-year-old Justin Cofield. Cofield’s death was the 21st death at the jail since the beginning of 2019.
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Wildfire evacuation lifted for much of Cumberland County

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
The view along Baltimore Road, Shippensburg, leads to a fire that burned all day. Smoke billowed from mountain tops during fires in the Shippenburg area on Thurday, April 24, 2025.Markell DeLoatch | Special to Pe Most residents evacuated from their homes because of the wildfires in Cumberland County are able to return home, according to county officials.
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Bernie Sanders will be in Central Pa “fighting oligarchy”

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves to the crowd during a "Fighting Oligarchy" event in Los Angeles, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP United States Senator and former Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is coming to Central Pennsylvania for two days as part of his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. Sanders will be in Harrisburg Friday at the Farm Show Complex, 2300 North Cameron Street.
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Rain helps slow, but not stop Cumberland County wildfires

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Published: Apr. 26, 2025, 11:10 a.m. The view along Baltimore Road, Shippensburg, leads to a fire that burned all day. Smoke billowed from mountain tops during fires in the Shippenburg area on Thurday, April 24, 2025.Markell DeLoatch | Special to Pe The pitter-patter of rain surrounded Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources spokesperson Cecile Stelter as she provided an update on wildfires in Cumberland County Saturday morning.
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5 medical care providers vie for Dauphin County Prison contract worth millions

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Updated: Apr. 24, 2025, 5:01 a.m. |Published: Apr. 24, 2025, 5:00 a.m. Love in Action Juneteenth Rally at the Dauphin County Prison on June 19, 2024. Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.comJoe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com The field of competition to land the largest private contract in Dauphin County worth millions is now set. Five companies put in proposals to provide medical services at Dauphin County Prison earlier this month.
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A Dauphin County official has been charged with DUI. Can he be fired?

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified, Juliette Rihl Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Updated: Apr. 08, 2025, 5:05 a.m. |Published: Apr. 08, 2025, 5:05 a.m. Dauphin County Commissioner George Hartwick at the commissioners meeting. April 2, 2025. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.comDan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com Dauphin County Commissioner George Hartwick is facing increased scrutiny after agents charged him with DUI after they say he downed a half bottle of vodka and drove to work, where he crashed his county vehicle.
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Dauphin County commissioners ask for ‘thoughts and prayers’ after colleague’s crash, meeting debacle

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By Juliette Rihl Verified, Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Updated: Apr. 03, 2025, 9:10 a.m. |Published: Apr. 03, 2025, 9:03 a.m. Dauphin County commissioner George Hartwick's car following accidentJoshua Vaughn | jvaughn@pennlive.com Dauphin County officials are calling for “thoughts and prayers” for Commissioner George Hartwick after he scraped his county-owned SUV Wednesday morning against a pillar in the county garage. While Hartwick is reported to be safe, he appeared to be slurring his speech at a public meeting Wednesday shortly after the crash.
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‘That’s not my job’: Dauphin County coroner says jail problems aren’t his responsibility

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Dauphin County Coroner Graham Hetrick has used his office to call out cultural problems leading to violence and chronic health conditions. He recently referred to drug overdoses as a slow form of suicide and railed against mask and vaccine mandates during the COVID pandemic. But at a community forum Wednesday night, he said he draws the line at calling out problems at Dauphin County Prison when their bodies arrive at his office.
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Art created and smuggled out of Dauphin County Prison now hangs in The Met

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By Joshua Vaughn Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
Updated: Mar. 10, 2025, 5:02 a.m. |Published: Mar. 10, 2025, 5:00 a.m. JESSE KRIMES: CORRECTIONS Courtesy: The Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of Art If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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