LOCAL NEWS 12.12.09

ROBBERY AT DOLLAR GENERAL

A POTTSVILLE MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH NUMEROUS COUNTS FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT AT DOLLAR GENERAL THURSDAY NIGHT. COPS WERE CALLED OT THE STORE AROUND 8:30PM AND FOUND 55 YEAR OLD LEONARD ROBINSON HAD TAKEN MERCHANDISE FROM THE STORE. OFFICERS FOUND ROBINSON A SHORT TIME LATER AT PROGRESS AVENUE AND LAUREL BOULEVARD AND TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. ROBINSON IS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY, RETAIL THEFT, TERRORISTIC THREATS, RESISTING ARREST, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY AND PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS. HE IS NOW A PRISONER AT SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PRISON. DURING THE INCIDENT, THE STORE MANAGER HAD TRIED TO STOP ROBINSON, AND WAS THREATENED WITH A PURPORTED GUN.



SAVE MONEY ON YOUR HOLIDAY LIGHTS

92% OF PEOPLE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WILL HAVE XMAS LIGHTS DISPLAYED OUTSIDE AND IN THEIR HOMES. THEIR DISPLAYS ARE ILLUMINATED 4-5 HOURS A DAY AND THOSE COSTS CAN ADD UP. DIRECT ENERGY HAS A FEW TIPS TO HELP YOU CONSERVE: USING A TIMER, MAKING A SWITCH TO LED LIGHTS, TURNING DOWN THE HEAT AT DINNER PARTIES, AND TURNING OFF UNUSED LIGHTS AND ELECTRONIC ARE A FEW WAYS TO KEEP THOSE COSTS LOW THIS SEASON. IT WILL SAVE YOU MONEY WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE FESTIVE NATURE OF THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.


CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS/TAX DEDUCTIONS

IF YOU’RE PLANNING ON DONATING TO CHARITY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, DON’T FORGET TO KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS. THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION IS REMINDING TAXPAYERS THAT YOU CAN DEDUCT MANY CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS ON YOUR 2009 INCOME TAX RETURNS. YOU HAVE UNTIL DEC 31 TO MAKE CASH OR OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS PLACES OR WORSHIP AND NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY GROUPS. MORE INFO CAN BE FOUND AT TAXTIPS4U.ORG


AUBURN WOMEN OVERTURNS CAR IN ICY CONDITIONS

AN AUBURN WOMEN WAS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE CRASH YESTERDAY AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30AM ON KOHLERS HILL ROAD, NORTH OF RAHN ROAD GREENWISCH TWP. LAUREN SCHLEGEL, AGE 20, LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE WHEN SHE DROVE UPON AN ICY SECTION OF THE ROADWAY DUE TO SOME STANDING WATER/BLOCKED DRAIN. WHILE NEGOTIATING A RIGHT TURN, SHE SLID, CROSSED OVER THE NORTHBOUND LANE AND LANDED ON HER ROOF. SCHLEGEL WAS TAKING BY KUTZTOWN AMBULANCE TO LEHIGH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER DUE TO EXPOSURE TO WATER AND COLD TEMPS.



1 PERSON SLIGHTLY INJURED IN 2 CAR CRASH ON RT 61

AN ORWIGSBURG ELDER WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED IN A 2 CAR CRASH ON RT 61 IN IN NORTH MAMHEIM TWP YESTERDAY AT 5PM. JACK HARWICK, 83, WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT ONTO SOUTH LIBERTY STREET WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT SIDE BY BRENDA CROLEY, 45, OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN. HARWICK’S CAR ROLLED ONTO IT’S DRIVER’S SIDE AND HE WAS THEN FLOWN TO LEHIGH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER. BOTHER DRIVERS WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS.