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Wednesday, Oct. 9

Hempfield School District teachers and supporters rally before a school board meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (Source: Hempfield Education Association)

• Hempfield teachers seek contract: It has been 100 days since the previous contract expired. The union is seeking improvements in salaries and working conditions. (Source: WGAL)

• Environmental groups distribute 12,000+ trees for planting in Lancaster County: They are being provided through the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, an initiative of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. (Source: ABC 27)

• Breeze Airways begins Lancaster service: The first Lancaster-Orlando flights took place Tuesday. (Source: ABC 27)

• City police ask public to help locate missing teen: Skylar Bier, 15, was last seen Monday afternoon on Woodward Street, officials said. (Source: CBS 21)

• Nation/world: Florida braces for Hurricane Milton landfall. (Source: NBC News) Bob Woodward book alleges Trump sent Putin Covid tests. (Source: NPR) Prosecution, defense both want U.S. Supreme Court to block execution. (Source: ABC News) Chemistry Nobel goes to scientists who decoded protein structures. (Source: CNN) Oklahoma revises bid documents that favored Trump-endorsed Bibles. (Source: UPI)