Today's News-Friday, February 12, 2010-UPDATED 9AM

FOUR INJURED IN TREVORTON CRASH


FOUR INJURED IN TREVORTON CRASH


FOUR PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO AREA HOSPITALS FOLLOWING A CRASH IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.  THAT HAPPENED AROUND EIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF TENTH AND WEST SHAMOKIN STREET IN TREVORTON.  POLICE SAY 40 YEAR OLD LAURIE BUSS OF TREVORTON PULLED INTO THE PATH OF A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 31 YEAR OLD HEATHER LOCKNER OF SHAMOKIN.  LOCKNER'S VEHICLE THEN FLIPPED OVER, HITTING TWO PARKED VEHICLES.  POLICE SAY BUSS, LOCKNER'S TWO PASSENGERS, 22 YEAR OLD JESSICE THEURER AND 23 YEAR OLD ALEX KOSINSKI WERE TAKEN TO EITHER SHAMOKIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OR GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT.

STORM CLEANUP

ROAD CREWS CONTINUED THROUGH THE NIGHT REMOVING PILES OF SNOW FROM STREETS ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE BIG STORM DIG OUT. MAIN ROADS ARE CLEAR FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE, BUT SECONDARY AND TERTIARY ROADWAYS ARE STILL PARTIALLY SNOW COVERED. MANY COMMUNITIES REMAIN UNDER SNOW EMERGENCY, AND A NUMBER OF THE COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT DAY. THE GOOD NEWS, THE SUN WILL SHINE TODAY HELPING TO MELT SOME OF THE SNOW PACK, AND NO MAJOR SNOW EVENTS ARE PREDICTED. HOWEVER, WE MAY SEE SOME OF THE WHITE STUFF ON MONDAY, PRESIDENTS DAY. THE WEATHERWATCH COMPUTER IS UP AND RUNNING, WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

STATE OF THE CITY

POTTSVILLE MAYOR JOHN D.W. REILEY MADE HIS ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS LAST NIGHT. SHERRY MARCHEFSKY HAS MORE:

STATE OF THE CITY

ROMA BURGLARIZED

CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY AT A WEST MARKET STREET RESTAURANT. SOMETIME LATE MONDAY OR EARLY TUESDAY, SOMEONE BROKE INTO ROMA PIZZA, TAKING $200 DOLLARS IN CASH FROM A REGISTER, AND OTHER MONIES FROM ELSEWHERE IN THE BUILDING. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROMA BURGLARY SHOULD CALL POTTSVILLE CITY POLICE AT 622-1234. 

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - PHILADELPHIA SCHOOLS REMAIN CLOSED FOR A THIRD DAY AS THE CLEANUP FROM THIS WEEK'S MASSIVE BLIZZARD CONTINUES. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGIONAL OFFICES WILL BE OPEN. PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PITTSBURGH WILL ALSO REMAIN CLOSED TODAY BUT ARE SCHEDULED TO REOPEN ON MONDAY, TWO HOURS LATER THAN USUAL.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS REMAIN WITHOUT POWER IN THE BLIZZARD'S AFTERMATH AND SOME MAY NOT GET IT BACK UNTIL SUNDAY. GOV. ED RENDELL CALLED UP 400 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD TO PATROL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HARDEST HIT BY THE STORM.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - THIS WEEK'S MASSIVE SNOWSTORM HAS CLAIMED AT LEAST FOUR LIVES IN PENNSYLVANIA. SIXTY-YEAR-OLD GARY FUNK AND 47-YEAR-OLD DONNA ABER-URAN WERE KILLED WHEN THE SNOWMOBILE THEY WERE RIDING STRUCK A CAR IN LANCASTER. ANOTHER DEATH OCCURRED IN A MASSIVE PILE-UP ON INTERSTATE 81 DURING THE STORM.

HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - TESTIMONY HAS RESUMED IN THE CORRUPTION TRIAL OF FORMER HOUSE DEMOCRATIC WHIP MIKE VEON AND THREE OF HIS AIDES. VEON'S ONE-TIME CHIEF OF STAFF TESTIFIED YESTERDAY THAT STATE EMPLOYEES LOOKED FOR MINOR LEGISLATIVE DUTIES BACK IN THE HOME DISTRICT SO THEY COULD GET REIMBURSED FOR EXPENSES WHILE CAMPAIGNING.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - THE NATION'S SECOND DOUBLE HAND TRANSPLANT HAS
BEEN PERFORMED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER. HOSPITAL OFFICIALS DURING A 12-HOUR OPERATION ALSO REPLACED THE RIGHT FOREARM OF CHRIS POLLOCK, A 41-YEAR-OLD HARRISBURG MAN WHO LOST BOTH HANDS AND THE FOREARM IN A FARMING ACCIDENT.
POWER OUT YESTERDAY IN ORWIGSBURG

EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TWO FEET OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, POWER OUTAGES WERE KEPT TO A MINIMUM. THAT WAS UNTIL A LINE CAME DOWN IN THE ORWIGSBURG AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PPL ELECTRIC CREWS HAD TO TACKLE A DOWNED LINE WHICH CAUSED NEARLY 2-THOUSAND CUSTOMERS TO BE WITHOUT POWER. PPL OFFICIALS SAID MOST OF THE AFFECTED CUSTOMERS HAD SERVICE RESTORED WITHIN AN HOUR, AND THE REMAINDER SHORTLY THEREAFTER. NO POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED BY PPL THIS MORNING.

KABUL (AP) - AFGHAN OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE INVESTIGATING THE DEATHS OF FIVE PEOPLE WHOSE BODIES WERE FOUND FOLLOWING A RAID BY NATO FORCES IN GARDEZ THURSDAY NIGHT. FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE DEAD SAY AMERICAN FORCES KILLED INNOCENT CIVILANS. NATO FORCES SAY AFTER A RAID ON INSURGENTS, THEY FOUND THE BODIES OF TWO MEN AND TWO BOUND AND GAGGED WOMEN.

NEW YORK (AP) - FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON COULD BE RELEASED FROM A NEW YORK HOSPITAL TODAY, FOLLOWING A PROCEDURE YESTERDAY TO UNCLOG A HEART ARTERY. DOCTORS AT NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL PLACED TWO STENTS INSIDE THE ARTERY IN A ONE-HOUR PROCEDURE. CLINTON HAD QUADRUPLE BYPASS AT THE SAME HOSPITAL MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AGO.

CONGRESSMAN PATRICK KENNEDY SAYS ALTHOUGH HE WON'T BE RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION HE'LL STILL REMAIN COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SERVICE. THE RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRAT HAS DECIDED NOT TO SEEK A NINTH TERM, SAYING HIS LIFE IS "TAKING A NEW DIRECTION."  KENNEDY'S FATHER, SEN. TED KENNEDY, DIED JUST MONTHS AGO.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAYS IT'S DRUG TESTING SOME 2,000 ATHLETES AS THE VANCOUVER OLYMPICS BEGINS. THE HEAD OF THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY SAYS MORE THAN 30 ATHLETES HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM COMING TO VANCOUVER FOR BREAKING DOPING RULES IN RECENT MONTHS.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. (AP) - TWO ASTRONAUTS HAVE WRAPPED UP AN OVERNIGHT SPACEWALK TO PUT AN ADDITION ONTO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THE ASTRONAUTS USED A GIANT ROBOT ARM TO ATTACH THE NEW ROOM THAT HAS AN ENORMOUS BAY WINDOW. THEY'LL HAVE TO TACKLE THE PLUMBING ON SATURDAY.