Official warns of safe water issueHARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration says it is trying to address a warning by a federal official that the state isn’t appropriately enforcing safe drinking water standards.StateImpact Pennsylvania reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the warning in a Dec. 30 letter.In it, EPA Water Protection Division Director Jon Capacasa wrote that the state Department of Environmental Protection’s inadequate staffing caused the number of unaddressed Safe Drinking Water Act violations to nearly double from 4,298 to 7,922 over five years.A spokesman for Wolf’s DEP says the agency is discussing ways to address the concerns. Environmental advocates warn that years of budget cuts have cost DEP a quarter of its staff.

Trooper accused of indecent assaultHARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania state trooper is suspended without pay, charged with indecent assault of a child.The charges against 46-year-old Cpl. Patrick Finn stem from Luzerne County. A 9-year-old in December claimed Finn got into bed with her, touched her and told her he wanted to have sex with her.It is not known if Finn has a lawyer.Finn was working out of the Carlisle barracks.