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PA State Budget Finally Settled
A Pennsylvania budget deal is near, lawmakers said. State senators are returning to Harrisburg ahead of a potential budget deal , when the State House returns. Lawmakers said they are making progress. It’s been more than 130 days since the Pennsylvania General Assembly missed the budget deadline. In the time since then, Senate Republicans and House Democrats passed dueling budget measures that neither could agree on. The House’s proposal came with a $50.3 billion price tag, while the Senate backed a $47.9 billion plan.
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34 Year Old Sentenced for Burglary
34 year old TYLER RODNEY WRIGHT, Lockwood, NY, was sentenced to the Bradford County Correctional Facility to a maximum of 23 months for Burglary, graded as a Felony of the Second Degree. Wright was charged by Sayre Borough Police Department Officers back in January of 2025. Wright was a former employee of a business on Keystone Avenue in South Waverly, and broke into that business overnight to steal cash. As part of the conviction and sentence, Wright is ordered to pay $6,779.00 in restitution to the owners of that business.
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Bradford County Inmate Sentenced
75 year old CHARLES E. GYNNIP, JR., currently residing in the Bradford County Correctional Facility, but formerly of Elmira, NY, was sentenced the Bradford County Correctional Facility for a maximum of 23 months for Corruption of Minors, a Misdemeanor. Gynnip was charged by Officer Jason Serfas of the Athens Township Police Department after the Officer investigated allegations that Gynnip touched a juvenile female inappropriately. The incident occurred in 2017, and was not reported to authorities until 2021, and by that time Gynnip was no longer in the area.