AROUND THE STATE
<p>Hospitals to pay $1.5M
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<p>Hospitals to pay $1.5M
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<p>Susquehanna Valley WWII VETS luncheon: Espy Fire Hall, doors open 11 a.m.; sandwich and soup buffet at noon. Contact: John Paul, 784-8891.
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<p>LIME RIDGE — Parents of about 75 children will be searching for new day care providers now that the Gordon Thompson Learning Center announced it will close May 3.
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<p>MAHONING TWP. — A woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend saw the most serious charge withdrawn Wednesday because the victim did not want to testify.
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<p>MAHONING TWP. — A former heroin user found sleeping in a car with an infant and packets of the drug must now submit to weekly testing, the district attorney said.
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<p>COOPER TWP. — A man pointed a gun to his wife’s head, threatening to shoot her and himself in a fight at their home in the Pepper Hills Trailer Court, police say.
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<p>MONTOUR TWP. — A Shamokin man and a Danville-area woman were cited for having sex in public after an officer spotted a suspicious car outside a business, arrest papers say.