WPPA / T-102 RADIO NEWS / Wednesday

08/09/06 A MAHANOY PLANE MAN IS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT

A MAHANOY PLANE MAN WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING HIS WIFE MONDAY MORNING. 34 YEAR OLD GERALD BARRY JR. ASSAULTED 30 YEAROLD JENINE BARRY AT THEIR HOME IN THE BOROUGH OF GILBERTON. STAE POLCE AR FRACKVILLE REPORT THAT THE VICTIM WAS INTERVIEWED AT THE ASHLAND HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. TROOPERS OBSERVED PHYSICAL INJURIES TO JENINE BARRY. GERALD BARRY WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND CHARGED WITH SIMPLE ASSAULT,TERRORISTICS THREATS AND HARRASMENT. BARRY WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE DISTRICT JUDGE BENADETTE HANAS AND COMMITED TO SCH. COUNTY PRISON IN LUI OF $15,000 BAIL.


08/08/06 DRUG INVESTAGATION RESULTS IN ARREST

A 40 YEAR OLD READING MAN WAS ARESTED IN SUMMIT SATION ON DRUG CHARGES AS THE RESULT OF INVESTAGATIONS WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY PART OF MAY 2006 BY MEMBERS OF THE SCH. COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS DRUG ENFORCEMENT UNIT. 40 YEAR OLD FREDERICK MORROW OF READING HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH OF DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE,POSSESION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER A CONTOLLED SUBSTANCE AND CRIMAINAL CONSPIRACY .MORROW WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE DISTRICT JUDGE DAVID PLACHKO .BEING UNABLE TO POST BAIL MORROW WAS COMMITED TO SCH. COUNTY PRISON.


08/08/06 CITY CRASH CAUSES POWER OUTAGE

ACCORDING TO POTTSVILLE POLICE AN ALLEGEDLY INTOXICATED MAN DROVE HIS VEHICLE INTO A UTILITY POLE ON PEACOCK STREET AROUND 10 PM TUESDAY NIGHT KNOCKING DOWN THE POLE SENDING ELECTRICAL WIRES INTO THE STREET AND CAUSING A POOL OF UNIDENTIFIED FLUID TO APPEAR BENEATH THE VEHICLE.THE DRIVERS IDENITY COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED AND THERE WAS NO CONFIRMATION OF ANY OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE.PPL UTILITIES ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AND FIREMEN NOTIFIED RESIDENTS THAT 2 TRANSFORMERS WOULD BE SHUT OFF AND POWER WOULD BE OUT FOR AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME.ACCORDING TO OFFICALS IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST A FEW HOURS TO PUT UP THE NEW POLE AND REPAIR WIRE DAMAGES.


08/09/06 THE COMMONWEALTH RECOGNIZES 2 LOCAL BOROUGHS


THANKS TO THE STATE MINERSVILLE IS GETTING A NEW WIND TURBINE AND THE SHENADOAH SEWER AUTHORITY RECEIVING $ 403,200 FOR A NEW FILTER PRESS.SECRETARY OF THE STATE DEPT.OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND STATE REP. NEAL GOODMAN MET WITH MINERSVILLE OFFICALS TUESDAY TO VIEW THE SITE OF ONE OF 15 SMALL WIND TURBINES THAT WILL BE PLACED ACROSS THE STATE. ACCORDING TO THE POTTSVILLE REPUBLICAN THE PROJECT WAS CREATED THROUGH A STATE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORTY GRANT TO BRING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY INTO THE DAILY LIVES OF PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS.EACH OF THE 15 TURBINES WILL GENERATE ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO POWER A TYPICAL RESIDENCE AND IS INTENDED TO GET PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT ADOPTING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES IN THEIR HOMES AND BUSINESSES.THE WIND WILL BE USED TO POWER A NEW COMMUNITY POOL WHICH IS EXPECTED TO OPEN IN 2007. AND DURING THE OFF SEASON THE TURBINES POWER WILL BE SOLD TO PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES BENEFITTING THE BOROUGH.MCGINTY ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE SHENADOAH SEWER AUTHORITY HAS RECEIVED $403,200 GRANT FROM DEP FOR A ROTARY SLUDGE DE-WATERING FILTER PRESS.THE GRANT IS PART OF A $625 MILLION GROWING GREENER 2 INITITIATIVE THAT WILL AWARD PROJECTS THAT HELP ADDRESS THE STATES MOST PRESSING ENVIROMENTAL PROBLEMS WHILE COMPETING FOR DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION.