Today's News-Saturday, November 28, 2009

CAR CRASHES INTO DAYCARE

A GILBERTON WOMAN WAS INJURED FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHEN A CAR CRASHED INTO A PORT CARBON BUSINESS. PORT CARBON POLICE SAY 37 YEAR OLD JENNIFER MOCK OF POTTSVILLE WAS FOLLOWING A JEEP DRIVEN BY A 17 YEAR OLD FROM PORT CARBON ON ROUTE 209 . THE JEEP MADE A TURN ONTO WOOD STREET, BUT MOCK WAS DISTRACTED BY A PUPPY IN THE FRONT SEAT AND HER CAR ENDED UP INSIDE LITTLE SUNSHINES DAYCARE ON WASHINGTON STREET. ASHLEY MERCHLINSKY OF GILBERTON SUFFERED A LEG INJURY INSIDE THE BUILDING, BUT NONE OF THE OTHER CHILDREN OR WORKERS, SOME 40 IN ALL, WERE HURT. MOCK SHOWED SIGNS OF BEING INTOXICATED, FAILED A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST AND WAS ARRESTED. THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 2PM YESTERDAY.

WOMAN WALKING ON HIGHWAY

A PINE GROVE WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT EARLY THIS MORNING IN PINE GROVE TOWNSHIP. STATE POLICE AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN SAY MICHELLE SCHNECK WAS SEEN WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EASTBOUND LANE OF OAK GROVE ROAD, AND WAS FOUND TO BE DRUNK. SHE FACES CHARGES.

THANKSGIVING FIRE FOUND TO BE ACCIDENTAL

A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A HOME ON THANKSGIVING HAS BEEN RULED ACCIDENTAL. THATS ACCORDING TO A STATE POLICE FIRE MARSHAL. THE HOME AT 106 WOODLAND DRIVE, OWNED BY THE JAMES AND LISA BEIGLER FAMILY, WERE NOT HOME AT THE TIME FIRE BROKE OUT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BLAZE STARTED NEAR A CLOTHING DRYER IN THE HOME. CREWS FROM LANDINGVILLE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BATTLED THE BLAZE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. TOTAL LOSS IS ESTIMATED AT NEARLY $200 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

GETTYSBURG, PA. (AP) - BUSINESSMAN DAVE LEVAN IS TRYING AGAIN TO GET A SLOTS LICENSE FOR THE GETTYSBURG AREA. HE AND A GROUP OF UNIDENTIFIED INVESTORS ARE SEEKING A LICENSE THAT WOULD ALLOW NO MORE THAN 500 MACHINES AT A HOTEL -- POSSIBLY THE EISENHOWER INN AND CONFERENCE CENTER IN CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIP.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - PHILADELPHIA POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MURDER SUSPECT WHO ESCAPED FROM JAIL IN NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA. OFFICIALS SAY 27-YEAR-OLD OSCAR ALVARADO GOT AWAY FROM THE CURRAN FROMHOLD CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AROUND 6 P.M. THURSDAY. HE WAS BEING HELD ON MURDER CHARGES.

AMBRIDGE, PA. (AP) - AUTHORITIES IN THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COMMUNITY OF AMBRIDGE SAY A MAN USED AN 18-INCH SWORD TO STAB HIS DRUNK NEIGHBOR AFTER HE YELLED RACIAL SLURS. VERNON BRIDGES ALLEGEDLY STABBED RONALD BOOK ON THURSDAY. THE SWORD ENTERED BOOK'S ABDOMEN AND CAME OUT HIS BACK. POLICE SAY BRIDGES IS CLAIMING SELF-DEFENSE.

GUYS MILLS, PA. (AP) - STATE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THIEVES WHO TARGETED A HUNTING PRESERVE THAT CATERS TO DISABLED VETERANS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. POLICE SAY SOMEONE STOLE SMALL HEATERS FROM HUNTING BLINDS AT THE PRESERVE NEAR MEADVILLE. PENNSYLVANIA'S RIFLE SEASON FOR DEER OPENS ON MONDAY.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A PHILADELPHIA SINGER WHO FOR THREE DECADES HOSTED A TV SHOW SPOTLIGHTING THE SINGING AND DANCING TALENTS OF LOCAL CHILDREN HAS PASSED AWAY AT AGE 87. AL ALBERTS WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SINGING GROUP THE FOUR ACES, AND HOSTED "AL ALBERTS SHOWCASE" ON WPVI-TV.

UNDATED (AP) - THERE ARE PLENTY OF DETAILS ABOUT THE CAR CRASH THAT SENT TIGER WOODS TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES EARLY YESTERDAY BUT THERE ARE ALSO PLENTY OF QUESTIONS. POLICE HOPE TO GET ANSWERS TODAY. FLORIDA STATE TROOPERS TRIED TO TALK TO THE GOLFER LAST EVENING, BUT HIS WIFE SAID HE WAS SLEEPING AND THEY AGREED TO COME BACK TODAY.

BEIJING (AP) - AN AMERICAN WANTED IN THE U.S. ON ECOTERRORISM CHARGES HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON IN CHINA ON CHARGES OF MANUFACTURING DRUGS. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER JUSTIN FRANCHI SOLONDZ WILL BE DEPORTED. THE FBI OFFICE IN SEATTLE LISTS SOLONDZ AMONG ITS "MOST WANTED" FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM CHARGES INCLUDING ARSON OF A GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

KABUL (AP) - A DOZEN PRISONERS HAVE ESCAPED THROUGH A TUNNEL THEY DUG FROM THEIR JAIL CELL TO THE OUTSIDE IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN. POLICE SAY THE ESCAPEES INCLUDED LOW-LEVEL TALIBAN MILITANTS, DRUG-DEALERS AND OTHER MINOR CRIMINALS. A 13TH PRISONER WAS ARRESTED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE.

DHAKA, BANGLADESH (AP) - A FERRY PACKED WITH PEOPLE GOING HOME FOR AN ISLAMIC FESTIVAL CAPSIZED AS THEY DISEMBARKED AT A TERMINAL IN SOUTHERN BANGLADESH. AUTHORITIES SAY AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND SCORES MISSING. MANY OF THE DEAD ARE SAID TO BE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

JUPITER, FLA. (AP) - AUTHORITIES IN FLORIDA CONTINUE THE SEARCH FOR A MAN POLICE SAY OPENED FIRE ON HIS FAMILY AFTER THANKSGIVING DINNER, KILLING FOUR PEOPLE. PAUL MERHIGE OF MIAMI IS BELIEVED TO BE DRIVING A ROYAL BLUE 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY WITH A REAR SPOILER AND FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE.