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Tuesday, Oct. 15

Lancaster County Prison. (Source: OUL file)

• County challenges arbitration ruling for prison workers: In September, arbitrators retroactively awarded union staff extra time off for working overtime in the existing prison’s hot summer conditions. (Source: LNP)

• OSHA to investigate flagger’s death: Linetta Wells, 56, of Pottstown, was struck and killed by an SUV on Oct. 10 at the intersection of Stone Mill Road and Plymouth Road in Manor Township. (Source: ABC 27)

• Harris, Trump stump for rural votes in Pa.: The state is crucial to both campaigns’ paths to victory. (Source: Fox 43)

• Lancaster steps up inventory of water pipes: AmeriCorps interns are going door-to-door to help complete a federally mandated inventory of lead water pipes. (Source: ABC 27)

• Schools expand access to free menstrual products: Districts have received more than $115,000 in state funds to do so. (Source: LNP)

• Nation/world: Harris calls Trump ‘unhinged.’ (Source: ABC News) Trump stops taking questions after medical emergencies at rally, plays music instead. (Source: AP) Armed man arrested, charged with threatening FEMA workers in North Carolina. (Source: UPI) U.S. sends troops, antimissile system to Israel. (Source: NBC News) Canada expels Indian diplomats, linking them to Sikh separatist’s murder. (Source: Reuters) Lilly Ledbetter dies at 86. (Source: NPR)