Today's News-Monday, March 1, 2010-updated 7:45am

MAN PICKED UP ON OUTSTANDING WARRANT

A TIP LEADS TO THE ARREST AN ALLENTOWN MAN WANTED ON AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT 19 YEAR OLD RYAN ARROYO WAS AT A HOME ON MT VERNON STREET, SHENANDOAH OVER THE WEEKEND. ARROYO WAS WANTED BY WEST MAHANOY TOWNSHIP POLICE FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND RELATED COUNTS. STATE POLICE TOOK THE SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOLLOWING ARRAIGNMENT, ARROYO WAS TAKEN TO THE COUNTY PRISON, UNABLE TO POST BAIL.

FIRE WRAP

AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE MAN KILLED IN A FRIDAY NIGHT FIRE IN LAKE WYNONAH, AND INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THE EXACT CAUSE. 66 YEAR OLD RICHARD ZIMMERMAN OF 562 COYOTE DRIVE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 9PM FRIDAY. HIS BODY WAS FOUND NEAR AN EXIT OF THE HOME. COUNTY CORONER JOSEPH LIPSETT SAYS ZIMMERMAN DIED OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND SMOKE, AND THE DEATH CLASSIFIED AS ACCIDENTAL. REPORTS FROM THE STATE POLICE FIRE MARSHAL SAY IT STARTED IN THE CELLAR OF A HOME, BUT AN EXACT CAUSE HAS NOT YET BEEN FOUND.

DRIVER DISTRACTED BY CELL PHONE

STATE POLICE REPORT A CRASH SATURDAY NIGHT IN NEW CASTLE TOWNSHIP. THE DRIVER, 35 YEAR OLD KYLE RACZKA OF POTTSVILLE WAS APPARENTLY DISTRACTED BY A CELL PHONE CALL HE RECEIVED, AND LOST CONTROL ON A LEFT CURVE. RACZKA'S CAR STRUCK A GUIDE RAIL ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND HE FLED THE SCENE. RACZKA WAS NOT HURT, BUT WILL BE CHARGED WITH HIT AND RUN AND CARELESS DRIVING.

WOMAN TO BE CHARGED WITH HARASSMENT

A SHEPPTON WOMAN WILL BE CHARGED WITH HARASSMENT FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STATE POLICE AT FRACKVILLE REPORT THAT 39 YEAR OLD LISA ANN BANGS THREATENED 50 YEAR OLD CAROL ANN WALLACE AT A HOME ON WEST PINE STREET IN EAST UNION TOWNSHIP. BANGS THREATED WALLACE WITH BODILY HARM.

OBAMA OUT OF A CASE OF YUENGLING

AMERICA'S OLDEST BREWERY, YUENGLING, PLAYED A PART IN THE GOLD MEDAL HOCKEY GAME AT THE VANCOUVER OLYMPICS YESTERDAY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WAGERED A CASE OF POTTSVILLE-BREWED YUENGLING AGAINST CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER'S CASE OF MOLSON BEER. THE CANADIANS WON THE GAME 3-2, AND SO, THE CASE OF AMERICA'S OLDEST WILL HEAD NORTH OF THE BORDER.

REPUBLICAN LINCOLN DAY DINNER

COUNTY REPUBLICANS GATHERED IN POTTSVILLE LAST NIGHT FOR THE ANNUAL LINCOLN DAY DINNER. AMONG THE GUESTS WERE SUSAN CORBETT, WIFE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR TOM CORBETT. CORBETT HAS LOCAL TIES, HAVING GROWN UP IN THE PINE GROVE AREA:

SUSAN CORBETT

THE ANNUAL DINNER HAD BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE SNOW STORM THIS PAST WEEK. SUSAN CORBETT WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE DINNER, PINCH HITTING FOR HER HUSBAND TOM.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A PITTSBURGH CARTOON MUSEUM IS FEATURING AN EXHIBIT THAT CALLS ATTENTION TO THE LITTLE-KNOWN ROLE A COMIC BOOK CALLED "THE MONTGOMERY STORY," PLAYED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. JOE WOS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TOONSEUM, SAYS THE BOOK CHRONICLED EVENTS IN THE ALABAMA CITY AND WAS LATER DISTRIBUTED IN SPANISH AND ARABIC.

HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - AUTHORITIES SAY THIEVES ARE INCREASINGLY TARGETING TRACTOR-TRAILERS ALONG INTERSTATES 76, 81 AND 83 IN PENNSYLVANIA. SOMETIMES THEY STEAL RIGS LEFT IDLING AT REST STOPS, OR SNEAK PAST WAREHOUSE SECURITY SYSTEMS TO TAKE TRUCKS DURING THE NIGHT. THEY OFTEN TAKE THEIR LOADS OF ELECTRONICS, FOOD OR DRINK AND ABANDON THE TRAILERS ALONG THE ROAD.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - PITTSBURGH OFFICIALS HAVE ORDERED EMERGENCY RESPONDERS FROM NOW ON TO GET TO 911 CALLERS' DOORS, NO MATTER WHAT, AFTER AMBULANCE DRIVERS COULDN'T GET TO A DYING MAN'S HOUSE FOR TWO DAYS DURING A SNOWSTORM LAST MONTH. THE AMBULANCES COULDN'T GET ANY CLOSER THAN A QUARTER-MILE FROM 50-YEAR-OLD CURTIS MITCHELL'S HOME, AND HE WAS IN TOO MUCH PAIN TO WALK TO THEM.

CONCEPCION, CHILE (AP) - POLICE IN THE CHILEAN TOWN OF CONCEPCION (KOHN-SEHP-SYOHN') HAVE IMPOSED AN OVERNIGHT CURFEW TO CONTROL LOOTERS WHO'VE RANSACKED JUST ABOUT EVERY MARKET IN THE AREA FOLLOWING SATURDAY'S POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE. MEANWHILE, CHILE'S PRESIDENT IS PROMISING DELIVERIES OF FOOD, WATER AND SHELTER FOR THOUSANDS LIVING ON THE STREETS. THE DEATH TOLL HAS SURPASSED 700.

PARIS (AP) - AT LEAST 47 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A VIOLENT STORM IN WESTERN FRANCE. THE COUNTRY'S INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS HE EXPECTS THAT NUMBER TO INCREASE AS RESCUE WORKERS MAKE HOUSE-TO-HOUSE VISITS. THE STORM BLEW INTO FRANCE SUNDAY, FLOODING PORTS, DESTROYING HOMES AND LEAVING SOME ONE MILLION HOMES WITHOUT POWER.

PORTLAND, MAINE (AP) - NEARLY 200,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER FOLLOWING WINTER STORMS IN THE NORTHEAST. A SLOW-MOVING STORM BATTERED NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK AND MAINE. UTILITY CREWS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS MICHIGAN ARE HELPING REMOVE TREES THAT KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES. SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL STAYING IN SHELTERS.

NEW YORK (AP) - GET READY FOR SOME FLIGHT DELAYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. JFK INTERNATIONAL IS SHUTTING DOWN ITS MAIN RUNWAY FOR REPAIRS. THE FOUR-MONTH PROJECT IS NOT ONLY GOING TO DELAY FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF NEW YORK, BUT IT'LL HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT AT OTHER AIRPORTS, INCLUDING LOS ANGELES AND ORLANDO. THE SHUTDOWN PERIOD ALSO MEANS FEWER FLIGHTS FOR SOME AIRLINES AND HIGHER TICKET PRICES.

WASHINGTON (AP) - TWO THOUSAND FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION WORKERS WON'T HAVE A JOB TO GO TO TODAY. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY WERE FURLOUGHED BECAUSE REPUBLICAN SEN. JIM BUNNING BLOCKED PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE EXTENDED FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT PROGRAMS. MORE THAN A MILLION JOBLESS AMERICANS ALSO LOSE EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNTIL THE BILL IS PASSED.