Cody Balmer waived his right to a preliminary hearing for charges of attempted arson at Governor Shapiro's mansion on April 14 and now faces 44 counts including arson, reckless endangerment, attempted homicide, burglary, and terrorism—he is held at SCI-Camp Hill while awaiting future court dates.
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After a transformer failure in Littlestown left about 4,000 customers without power in June, FirstEnergy announced it will build a new substation to improve service reliability. The East Germantown-Germantown Reliability Project will be energized by late March 2026 — part of a $28 billion effort to modernize the grid.
On Friday, families and advocates gathered at the State Capitol for Overdose Awareness Day to honor loved ones lost and stress the need to carry Narcan and learn overdose signs. At Pennsylvania State Police headquarters, forensic experts tracked dangerous drugs such as fentanyl—evidence that supports ongoing efforts to fight addiction.
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