Several Schools to Receive Scholarships
State representative Tina Pickett and Sen. Gene Yaw, the Bridge Educational Foundation, and WM (formerly Waste Management) to present $35,000 to Grace Christian Academy, Epiphany Elementary School, St. Agnes School and Trinity Lutheran School. The scholarships were awarded through Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program, which helps provide scholarships to families of students in private or non-public schools.
PA State Lawmakers Return to Capitol
Pennsylvania state lawmakers returned to the Capitol in Harrisburg following an extended summer break. With only a handful of session days remaining, the legislature faces a tight deadline to address unfinished business. Advocates for various causes gathered inside and outside the Capitol building as lawmakers reconvened. Among the pending legislative issues facing lawmakers are measures regarding skill games, second-degree murder sentencing, minimum wage, and recreational marijuana. The court-mandated deadline to legalize, tax, and regulate skill games is Oct. 13, while the court’s deadline for lawmakers to rewrite the unconstitutional second-degree murder sentencing was July 24.
Athens Man Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
An Athens man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges, says the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. According to a release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of PA, Rodney 45 year old Edward Randall, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of trafficking drugs and illegal firearm possession. The Office says that Randall was officially charged with distribution of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, while also being charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. The maximum penalty under federal law for the most significant offense is 40 years in prison, a fine, and a period of supervised release after imprisonment.