TODAY'S NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2010

MISSING GIRL FOUND

POTTSVILLE POLICE LOCATED A MISSING 15 YEAR OLD NEW PHILADELPHIA GIRL SATURDAY NIGHT. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE AT FRACKVILLE, JASMINE MARIE STEINHEISER, A STUDENT AT ST. CLAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL, WAS RETURNED UNHARMED TO HER MOTHER. STEINHEISER WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HER MOTHER ON WEDNESDAY.

LOCAL MAN CHARGED IN CASINO ASSAULT

AN AREA MAN FACES CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING A PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE GAMING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FRIDAY NIGHT AT HOLLYWOOD CASINO, DAUPHIN COUNTY. 31-YEAR-OLD, MICHAEL KRAMER, OF PINE GROVE, ALLEGEDLY STRUCK THE OFFICER WHILE BEING ESCORTED FROM THE FLOOR DUE TO INTOXICATION. KRAMER FACES CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, SIMPLE ASSAULT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, AND PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS. HE IS BEING HELD IN DAUPHIN COUNTY PRISON ON $100,000 BOND.

MAHANOY CITY MAN FACES BURGLARY CHARGES

A SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY BY FRACKVILLE POLICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE MALINCHOK INSURANCE AGENCY BURGLARY. EDWARD REEVES, OF MAHANOY CITY, FACES FELONY CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY, BURGLARY, CRIMINAL TRESPASS, AND MULTIPLE MISDEMEANOR CHARGES. REEVES IS BEING HELD IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PRISON ON $50,000 STRAIGHT CASH BAIL. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE AT FRACKVILLE, THERE IS ANOTHER MAN INVOLVED IN THE BURGLARY AND BOTH MEN HAVE ALSO BEEN CONFIRMED IN A ROBBERY OF A WEST MAHANOY TOWNSHIP GARAGE.
　
FRACKVILLE BURGLARY

FRACKVILLE STATE POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY THAT HAPPENED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. POLICE REPORT THE SUSPECTS BROKE IN THROUGH A REAR WINDOW AT AUTO DIESEL AND ELECTRIC IN WEST MAHANOY TOWNSHIP AND REMOVED MONEY FROM A SODA MACHINE AND CASH REGISTER. THEY ALSO TOOK SEVERAL ITEMS FROM THE BUILDING. ARRESTS ARE PENDING IN THIS INVESTIGATION.

SIX PEOPLE ESCAPE INJURY IN CAR CRASH

SIX PEOPLE MANAGED TO ESCAPE A TWO CAR ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN WEST BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP ALONG ROUTE 61. 28-YEAR-OLD JAMIE SHULSKI OF ASHLAND LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN, COLLIDING WITH 61-YEAR-OLD HENRY STEIGERWALT OF SHOEMAKERSVILLE. SHULSKI'S VEHICLE, WHICH WAS CARRYING THREE PASSENGERS INCLUDING TWO THREE-YEAR-OLDS, SPUN AROUND AND STRUCK A GUIDE RAIL BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

CAR CRASH

A MAN SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES AFTER ROLLING HIS CAR ONTO ITS' ROOF SUNDAY AROUND 1AM. POLICE REPORT 57-YEAR-OLD WARREN BOYES OF PEACHTREE CITY LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING ON AN ICE COVERED ROADWAY. BOYES WAS TAKEN TO SAINT LUKE HOSPITAL BY FRACKVILLE AMBULANCE. HE WAS CHARGED FOR DRIVING TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS.

GRINCHES AFTER HOLIDAY DONATIONS

PENNSYLVANIANS BEWARE...THE SEASON FOR CHARITABLE GIVING IS NOW IN HIGH GEAR, WHICH ALSO MEANS WATCHING OUT FOR GRINCHES IN THE FORM OF SCAMMERS WHO WANT YOUR DONATION DOLLARS. TOM JOSEPH REPORTS...

GRINCHES

STATE NEWS:

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - ATTORNEYS FOR LONG-POWERFUL STATE SENATOR VINCENT FUMO ARE BATTLING EFFORTS BY FEDERAL PROSECUTORS TO INCREASE HIS 4 1/2-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE IN A CORRUPTION CASE - EVEN AS THEY SEEK A NEW TRIAL, SAYING HE WAS DENIED AN IMPARTIAL JURY. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARGUE THAT U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE RONALD BUCKWALTER WAS ON SOLID LEGAL GROUND IN IMPOSING THE SENTENCE.

POTTSTOWN, PA. (AP) - AUTHORITIES IN SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA SAY A THREE-ALARM FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS LEFT OCCUPANTS OF TWO DOZEN UNITS HOMELESS. OFFICIALS SAY THE BLAZE BROKE OUT SATURDAY NIGHT IN A BUILDING AT THE WEXFORD APARTMENTS IN POTTSTOWN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - OFFICIALS IN PHILADELPHIA SAY THREE FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED BATTLING A HOUSE FIRE, BUT THE INJURIES ARE SAID TO BE NOT LIFE-THREATENING. THE BLAZE IN A THREE-STORY HOME IN THE FRANKFORD SECTION OF THE CITY WAS REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING. OFFICIALS TELL WPVI-TV IT TOOK CREWS ABOUT AN HOUR TO
BRING IT UNDER CONTROL.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A MEMORIAL NEAR THE LIBERTY BELL IN PHILADELPHIA MARKING THE SPOT WHERE GEORGE WASHINGTON LIVED AS PRESIDENT WITH A NUMBER OF SLAVES IS SCHEDULED TO BE DEDICATED THIS WEEK. THE OPENING HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY, BUT THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER REPORTS IT WAS PUSHED BACK TO REVISE INTERPRETIVE MATERIALS TO BETTER PORTRAY SLAVERY IN THE NATION'S EARLY DAYS.

NATIONAL NEWS:

CHICAGO (AP) - DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES HAVE MOVED IN AFTER A POWERFUL STORM UNLEASHED SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE STORM DROPPED NEARLY 2 FEET OF SNOW IN PARTS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. OFFICIALS SAY PLUNGING TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS ON ROADWAYS EVEN IN PLACES WHERE THE STORM HAS PASSED.

WASHINGTON (AP) - THE FIRST SENATE TEST VOTE IS SCHEDULED TODAY ON THE TAX-CUT DEAL STRUCK BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND REPUBLICANS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT EXPECTS THE BILL TO PASS BY YEAR'S END. THE NO. 2 SENATE DEMOCRAT, DICK DURBIN OF ILLINOIS, SAYS A "GOOD CROSS-SECTION" OF SENATORS IN HIS PARTY ARE READY TO ACCEPT THE DEAL.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A $4.5 BILLION EXPANSION OF FREE SCHOOL MEALS FOR THE LOW-INCOME STUDENTS IS EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW TODAY BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. THE LEGISLATION TO FEED MORE LUNCHES AND DINNERS TO HUNGRY CHILDREN AT SCHOOL ALSO GIVES THE GOVERNMENT THE POWER TO MAKE THE MEALS HEALTHIER. OBAMA WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS
WIFE, MICHELLE, AS HE SIGNS THE BILL AT A DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (AP) - OFFICIALS SAY SEVERAL SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A SUICIDE ATTACK KILLED SIX AMERICAN TROOPS AT A JOINT NATO-AFGHAN BASE IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN. AN EXPLOSIVES-PACKED MINIBUS BLEW UP AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE BASE. A NATO SPOKESMAN SAYS SEVERAL ARRESTS WERE MADE LAST NIGHT.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) - THE SEARCH FOR A SOUTH KOREAN FISHING BOAT THAT SANK IN THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN'S FRIGID WATERS TODAY HAS BEEN SCALED BACK. TWENTY SURVIVORS WERE RESCUED BUT THE SEARCH MONDAY, BUT OFFICIALS SAY IT'S "INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY 22 MISSING SAILORS WILL BE FOUND IN THE OPEN SEA WHERE VESSELS TRAWL FOR DEEPWATER FISH. THREE KOREAN VESSELS CONTINUE TO SEARC