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Weather
High: 81, low: 53. Partly sunny.
Photo of the Day
Urban Churn has sold ice cream at the Broad Street Market. Now it's opening a shop in Midtown. This is Moka Pot Affogato, espresso poured over ice cream. Sean Simmers | ssimmers@pennlive.com PENNLIVE.COM
Today’s talkers
Controversial hire: Harrisburg School Board last night hired James Ellison as its lawyer. He’d previously worked for the district, but the reunion didn’t receive a warm reception from residents. Read more.
Safe cities list: Parts of Dauphin and York counties fared well in a study ranking Pennsylvania’s safest cities. Read more.
Food & drink
We all scream: Central Pa. has several family-friendly farms and stands offering rich ice cream in flavors from basic chocolate to cotton candy. Read more.
Eggsciting: Are those dyed hard-boiled eggs staring at you from the fridge? Turn them into deviled eggs! Here are a few beyond-the-norm recipes.
- See also: McDonald's ditches fancy burgers
Good news
Young collegian: A Cumberland County student who skipped a few grades in search of academic challenges will be starting Penn State in the fall, at barely 16 years old. Read more.
Change in plans: After an injury ended her ballet career, a Camp Hill teenager went to law school. Urged by talent scouts, she began entering pageants, eventually becoming Miss Pennsylvania USA. Read more.
In sports
NFL and diversity: One NFL team will have a black general manager during the draft this week. Forty-one of the NFL Network’s 50 highest-rated draft prospects are black, and the league is made up of about 72% minority players. Read more.
Future Nittany Lion: Penn State football has landed its ninth verbal commitment in the recruiting Class of 2020. Read more.
- See also: Will Penn State special teams rebound?
In brief
14-year-old dies a week after being shot; state’s highest rated hotels; Fieldhouse restaurant won’t reopen after all; dog killed by cop after attack; Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s mother dies; Nissley Vineyards unveils canned wine; some Wegmans eliminate plastic bags; today’s obituaries