Here are the stories keeping our reporters busy Wednesday:

• Rigged? In a presidential race where one candidate has raised concerns about a rigged election, Columbia County's annual testing of voting machines took on increased significance today.

• Cats on their own:  In one town, firefighters aren't plucking felines from trees anymore.

• A messy arrest: Police found a college student wanted in connection with a beating stumbling out of a dining hall, with whipped cream and chocolate all over his face, they say.

Look for these stories and more in Thursday's Press Enterprise.

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• A boy's dream: A crash in Catawissa spared the driver serious injury, but thrilled a boy whose heroes are firefighters.

• Taxes up: One borough is looking at hiking resident's taxes.

• Groping alleged: A sporting goods supervisor sexually assaulted his employee, police say.