Today's News-Friday, September 25, 2006

WATER BOIL ADVISORY

REPAIRS TO PART OF THE PINE GROVE WATER SYSTEM HAVE SOME RESIDENTS ON A BOIL ADVISORY. CUSTOMERS WHO LIVE ON NORTH TULPEHOCKEN STREET, FROM WIDEAWAKE STREET TO OAK GROVE ROAD ARE ASKED TO BOIL THEIR WATER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BEFORE USING IT. THE REPAIRS WERE MADE ON WEDNESDAY.

WOLFGANG CHANGES PLEA

A MOUNT CARMEL MAN WHO HAD PLEADED NO CONTEST TO KILLING HIS WIFE IN 2007 HAS WITHDRAWN HIS PLEA. THE NEWS ITEM REPORTS THAT 49 YEAR OLD STEVEN WOLFGANG WILL HAVE A HEARING ON THE REQUEST IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. WOLFGANG PLEADED NO CONTEST IN MAY TO KILLING HIS 42-YEAR-OLD WIFE, SHERRY, AND DUMPING HER BODY IN A CREEK IN ELDRED TOWNSHIP, THEN SET HER VEHICLE ON FIRE. WOLFGANG WAS BURNED IN AN APPARENT SUICIDE ATTEMPT. DEPENDING ON HOW THE JUDGE RULES, WOLFGANG COULD BE GRANTED A TRIAL ON THE CHARGES. HE REMAINS IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY PRISON PENDING COURT ACTION.

ACCUSED CHILD PREDATOR ARRESTED WEDNESDAY

A MAN FROM DONALDSON IS ACCUSED OF HAVING UNLAWFUL CONTACT WITH A MINOR BY USING A COMPUTER. THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS' OFFICE ACCUSE 22 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY GEHRES OF ALLEGEDLY SENDING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MESSAGES TO AN UNDERCOVER AGENT ON LINE BEGINNING LAST DECEMBER. AS THE CASE GOT DEEPER, GEHRES REPORTEDLY EXPOSED HIMSELF THROUGH A WEBCAM AND WANTED TO MEET FOR SEX.

FORMER BAND DIRECTOR SEX CASE

THE FORMER BAND DIRECTOR AT WILLIAMS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL REMAINS FREE ON BAIL WHILE THE CASE OF POSSESSING CHILD PORN MOVES TO COUNTY COURT. 44 YEAR OLD LEROY JOHNS JR., TOWER CITY, WAS ARRESTED IN JULY FOR 10 COUNTS OF POSSESSING CHILD PORN. THE REPUBLICAN HERALD REPORTS THAT JOHNS PAID FOR ACCESS TO INTERNET SITES TO GET PORN, AND PICTURES AND MOVIES OF CHILDREN UNDER 18 WERE FOUND. JOHNS WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO A PRELIMINARY HEARING YESTERDAY.

BOROUGH DAY

DOWNTOWN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN WILL COME ALIVE TOMORROW AT THE 21ST ANNUAL BOROUGH DAY. FROM BREAKFAST AT ST AMBROSE CHURCH TO SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS AT JERUSALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, BOROUGH DAY HAS SOMETHING TO OFFER FOR EVERYONE. STRETCHING THE LENGTH OF MAIN STREET TO PARKWAY, KIDS GAMES, MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD AND MUCH MORE WILL DRAW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO THE LITTLE TOWN THAT COULD. PARKING IS AVAILABLE ON THE ISLAND AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH SHUTTLE BUS TRANSPORTATION DOWNTOWN. COME OUT AND ENJOY BOROUGH DAY TOMORROW IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, ALWAYS THE LAST SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER.

ATV'S STOLEN AT GRATZ FAIR

A WICONISCO CYCLE SHOP IS VICTIMIZED AT THE GRATZ FAIR. FOUR ATV'S WERE STOLEN FROM THE TNT CYCLE DISPLAY AND PUT ONTO A TRAILER THEN FLED. THE THEFTS TOOK PLACE OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. LYKENS STATE POLICE ARE HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - AN AFTERNOON MARCH DURING THE G-20 SUMMIT IN PITTSBURGH TURNED CHAOTIC YESTERDAY. POLICE FIRED CANISTERS OF
PEPPER SPRAY AND SMOKE AT PROTESTERS AFTER ANARCHISTS RESPONDED TO
CALLS TO DISPERSE BY ROLLING TRASH BINS, THROWING ROCKS AND BREAKING WINDOWS. NEARLY 20 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - THE MOOD OF THE G-20 SUMMIT IN PITTSBURGH IS ONE OF CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM. U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY TIMOTHY GEITHNER CITED PROGRESS ON SEVERAL FRONTS, PREDICTING THAT SUMMIT PARTNERS WOULD ENDORSE THE OUTLINES OF A PROPOSAL TO DEAL WITH IMBALANCES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. THE MEETING CONTINUES TODAY.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER A SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA SWIM CLUB BROKE THE LAW IN ITS TREATMENT OF BLACK AND HISPANIC CHILDREN FROM A SUMMER DAY CAMP. THE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THE VALLEY CLUB'S TREATMENT OF CHILDREN FROM THE CREATIVE STEPS DAY CAMP. THE CLUB HAS DENIED ANY RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.

CHARLESTON, W.VA. (AP) - AN ALGAE BLOOM IS BEING BLAMED FOR THE DEATHS OF FISH, MUSSELS, SALAMANDERS AND OTHER AQUATIC LIFE IN NEARLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF DUNKARD CREEK ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA-WEST VIRGINIA BORDER. AN ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIAL SAYS DISCHARGES FROM A COAL MINE AND AN ACID-MINE DRAINAGE SYSTEM CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A HIGH-PROFILE ALLENTOWN LAWYER DEFENDED HIS PERSONAL USE OF A DONATION HE MADE TO A FOUNDATION, DENYING CHARGES
OF LAUNDERING MONEY. JOHN KAROLY JR. PREVIOUSLY PLEADED GUILTY TO
TAX EVASION AND FACES ABOUT FOUR YEARS IN PRISON. CLOSING ARGUMENTS
IN THE CURRENT TRIAL HAVE NOT BEEN SET.

KABUL (AP) - THE MILITARY SAYS FIVE U.S. TROOPS HAVE DIED IN ATTACKS IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN. A MILITARY STATEMENT SAYS THREE TROOPS DIED IN A ROADSIDE BOMBING, ONE WAS SHOT TO DEATH BY INSURGENTS AND ANOTHER DIED IN AN ATTACK WHILE ON PATROL.

VIENNA (AP) - OFFICIALS TELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT IRAN HAS REVEALED THAT IT HAS A SECOND, PREVIOUSLY UNDECLARED, URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT. IRAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT CAME IN A LETTER SENT MONDAY TO THE HEAD OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY. IRAN IS UNDER THREE SETS OF U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS FOR REFUSING TO FREEZE ENRICHMENT, WHICH CAN MAKE BOTH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WARHEAD MATERIAL.

NEW YORK (AP) - AUTHORITIES SAY AFGHAN-BORN NAJIBULLAH ZAZI SET UP SHOP IN SUBURBAN DENVER, SCOURED THE WEB AND VISITED BEAUTY SUPPLY STORES IN A HUNT FOR CHEMICALS NEEDED TO BUILD BOMBS FOR AL-QAIDA. ZAZI IS SET TO APPEAR IN COURT IN DENVER TODAY. HE'S CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO USE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - LEADERS OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR ECONOMIES ARE COMING TOGETHER ON REFORMS TO REIN IN GREEDY BANKERS, TOUGHEN FINANCIAL REGULATIONS AND GUARD AGAINST THE ECONOMIC IMBALANCES THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBAL RECESSION. IN A MOVE INITIATED BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, THE G-20 COUNTRIES DECIDED TO TAKE OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR ECONOMIC COORDINATION FROM THE SMALLER G-8.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - CHARLES MANSON FOLLOWER SUSAN ATKINS HAS DIED IN A CALIFORNIA PRISON HOSPITAL. ATKINS ADMITTED KILLING ACTRESS SHARON TATE 40 YEARS AGO. SHE HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM BRAIN CANCER AND EARLIER THIS MONTH LOST A FINAL BID FOR PAROLE. SHE WAS 61.