HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration says it won’t follow through on a threat to shut down horse and harness racing in Pennsylvania after three weeks of negotiations have produced an agreement that could see a Senate committee vote next week.

Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding gave no details in a Friday night statement about the plan.

Redding had threatened to shut down racing last month, saying the state was out of money to continue financing regulatory functions over the industry.

Redding has said that the state secured concessions from horsemen, breeder organizations and racetrack operators to fix the long-term deficit in the State Racing Fund.

He says the forthcoming legislation provides a financial fix to maintain the integrity of the industry and to modernize it for the first time in decades.

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ALTOONA — A homeless man with prosthetic legs has been jailed on charges he kicked one police officer in the head and assaulted another during a disturbance at a central Pennsylvania convenience store.

Logan Township police believe 44-year-old Brian Dick is not a veteran, but claimed to be about 1:20 a.m. Thursday while trying to obtain free food after a Veterans Day promotion expired at a Sheetz store.

Police say Dick uses titanium legs below the knee in each leg, and lives in the woods near the store, about 90 miles east of Pittsburgh.

Both township officers were treated and released at UPMC Altoona hospital.

Online court records don’t list an attorney for Dick, who remained in the Blair County jail unable to post $50,000 bond on charges including assaulting law enforcement officers.