HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's chief Supreme Court justice says county courts are adopting civil case management processes to help them wrap up cases within two years.

Chief Justice Ronald Castille said Monday a two-year review of county court practices had found too many civil cases had lingered for too long.

He blames certain court rules that made it difficult for inactive cases to be purged. In other cases, he says, counties didn't have case management systems or they had a culture that allowed lawyers to dictate the pace of litigation.

Now, he says, each county has a case management plan and president judges know that cases shouldn't go beyond two years.

There are exceptions for cases that are unusually complicated or if extenuating circumstances apply, as when lawyers have long-term illnesses.

CANADENSIS — Two schools closed for more than a week due to a massive police manhunt have reopened in northeastern Pennsylvania.Students returned to class Monday at Monsignor McHugh Elementary and Evergreen Charter School.Hundreds of law enforcement officers are still searching for 31-year-old Eric Frein in the dense woods surrounding nearby Canadensis.Authorities say Frein has been on the run since Sept. 12 when he allegedly gunned down one state trooper and wounded another in Blooming Grove.The Pocono Mountain School District resumed regular bus service Monday, with a few exceptions.