TODAY'S NEWS: JANUARY 17, 2011

COURT NOT IN SESSION DUE TO HOLIDAY

THE FEDERAL TRIAL OF THREE LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS IS NOT IN SESSION TODAY IN OBERVANCE OF THE HOLIDAY. WPPA'S BRITTANY HAS MORE:

COP TRIAL

ACCOUNTS EXAMINER LEAVES POSITION

ACCOUNTS EXAMINER, BRETT CLARK, IS LEAVING HIS COUNTY POSITION BEHIND FOR A NEW JOB. HIS POSITION WAS CREATED AS PART OF A LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT BETWEEN CONTROLLER MELINDA KANTNER AND THE COMMISSIONERS JUST TWO MONTHS AGO. THE REPUBLICAN HERALD REPORTS, CLARK'S DEPARTURE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT LAWSUIT. CLARK TOOK A HIGHER PAYING JOB AT REST HAVEN NURSING HOME IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN.

MAN WANTED FOR WAL-MART THEFT

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS ARE WILLING TO PAY UP TO $1,000 FOR INFORMATION ON A WANTED MAN. POLICE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR STEALING MORE THAN $1,000 IN MERCHANDISE FROM THE SAINT CLAIR WAL-MART. POLICE REPORT ON JANUARY 4 THAT MAN ALONG WITH AN ACCOMPLICE STOLE A SONY PLAYSTATION ALONG WITH ABOUT 40 VIDEO GAMES THEN FLED IN A RED OR MAROON JEEP LIBERTY THAT HAD A STOLEN LICENSE PLATE. THE MAN IS ALSO BEING SOUGHT FOR A SIMILAR INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT THE COAL TOWNSHIP WAL-MART. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CALL CRIME STOPPERS, TOLL-FREE, AT 877-847-7472 OR SAINT CLAIR POLICE.

POLICE CAPTURE ONE SUSPECT IN DOUBLE HOMICIDE

ONE SUSPECT HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY POLICE IN A DOUBLE HOMICIDE IN HAZLETON THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY JUST BEFORE 2AM. 19-YEAR-OLD ANGEL SANCHEZ IS NOW IN CUSTODY AND CHARGED IN RELATION TO THE KILLINGS, BUT 24-YEAR-OLD RODOLFO HIRALDO-PEREZ IS STILL ON THE RUN. FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY A NEARBY RESTAURANT'S SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS HELPED PUT SANCHEZ BEHIND BARS, BUT HAZLETON POLICE ARE ASKING FOR INFORMATION ON HIRALDO-PEREZ'S WHEREABOUTS. YOU CAN REACH THEM AT 570-459-4950.


UNDERAGE DRINKING PARTY

AN UNDERAGE DRINKING PARTY FRIDAY NIGHT IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN ENDED IN 18 CITATIONS FOR SOME UNLUCKY PARTYGOERS. THE RENTAL PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY BOROUGH COUNCILMAN JERRY BOWMAN. SCHUYLKILL HAVEN POLICE REPORT LOUD MUSIC AND A STRONG SMELL OF BEER AND MARIJUANA FILLED THE HOME. 23 PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOUSE WERE DETAINED AND PHOTOGRAPHED. CHARGES ARE PENDING.

WOMAN OVERTURNS CAR IN CRASH

A NAGS HEAD WOMAN SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES AFTER LOOSING CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE REPORT, 27-YEAR-OLD ELIZABETH WALBURN WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON JAMES STREET IN KASKA WHEN A DEER ENTERED THE ROADWAY. WALBURN SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING THE DEER AND STRUCK A ROCK EMBANKMENT. HER VEHICLE THEN OVERTURNED COMING TO REST ON ALL FOUR TIRES. WALBURN WAS TAKEN TO SCHUYLKILL MEDICAL CENTER EAST BY POTTSVILLE AMBULANCE. SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.

NOEL FLASTERSTEIN IS A UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION EXPERT, ATTORNEY FOR CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES, AND GENERAL COUNSEL FOR 2ND AMENDMENT CLUB OF AMERICA. HE SHARED HIS OPINIONS WITH US ON THE ARIZONA SHOOTING.

NOEL FLASTERSTEIN

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NOEL FLASTERSTEIN VISIT HIS WEBSITE AT GUN RIGHTS FOR YOU .COM

STATE NEWS:

HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - THERE WON'T BE A PARADE TO MARK TOM CORBETT'S INAUGURATION AS PENNSYLVANIA'S 46TH GOVERNOR ON TUESDAY, BUT CORBETT AND HIS WIFE, SUSAN, WILL BEGIN THEIR DAY AT 8 A.M. AT A CATHOLIC MASS A BLOCK FROM THE CAPITOL, AND THEN CORBETT WILL TAKE HIS OATH ON THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL. STATE SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE RONALD CASTILLE WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH.

PALMYRA, PA. (AP) - AUTHORITIES IN LEBANON COUNTY SAY FOUR TEENAGERS WERE KILLED IN A TWO-CAR CRASH ON SUNDAY. THE FOUR WERE HEADING SOUTH ON MOUNT WILSON ROAD WHEN THEIR CAR SLID SIDEWAYS AND WAS HIT BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE AT ABOUT 11:30 A.M. THE HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS SAYS THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT CONFIRMED THAT THE TEENS WERE STUDENTS AT MANHEIM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED AFTER A MAN'S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE TRUNK OF THEIR CAR FOLLOWING A POLICE PURSUIT THAT ENDED IN PENNSYLVANIA. SGT. PEDRO MEDINA SAID TRENTON OFFICERS BEGAN PURSUING THE SUSPECTS' CAR AROUND 12:55 A.M. SUNDAY, AND THEY STOPPED THEM A SHORT TIME LATER ON ROUTE 1 IN BUCKS COUNTY. WHILE SEARCHING THE CAR, OFFICERS FOUND THE BODY.

BETHLEHEM, PA. (AP) - A SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF MAKING THREATS ONLINE, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING A GUN TO SCHOOL. OFFICIALS SAID JAMES W. KELLEY OF BETHLEHEM WORKS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AT BROUGHAL MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE BETHLEHEM AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE WAS CHARGED WITH TWO FELONY TERRORISTIC THREAT COUNTS.

NATIONAL NEWS:

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. (AP) - THE BIG WINNER AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES IS A MOVIE ABOUT A GUY WHO RILES UP EVERYONE ON CAMPUS WITH HIS NEW AND INVASIVE WEBSITE. "THE SOCIAL NETWORK," ABOUT THE FOUNDING OF FACEBOOK, WON FOR DAVID FINCHER'S DIRECTION, AARON SORKIN'S SCRIPT AND THE SCORE FROM TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS. THE FILM IS NOW POSITIONED AS THE FRONT-RUNNER AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS.

TUCSON, ARIZ. (AP) - DOCTORS ARE STILL EXPRESSING BOTH OPTIMISM AND CAUTION ABOUT THE REMARKABLE RECOVERY SO FAR OF ARIZONA REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS AFTER SHE WAS GRAVELY WOUNDED IN THE ARIZONA
SHOOTINGS. HER CONDITION HAS BEEN UPGRADED FROM CRITICAL TO SERIOUS. BUT DOCTORS SAY THE EXTENT OF HER RECOVERY REMAINS UNCERTAIN BECAUSE IT'S RARE FOR PEOPLE WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE HEAD TO REGAIN ALL OF THEIR ABILITIES.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (AP) - A NOTORIOUS FORMER DICTATOR OF HAITI, WHO FLED INTO EXILE IN 1986, HAS UNEXPECTEDLY RETURNED AMID THE ISLAND NATION'S POLITICAL CRISIS AND EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY. JEAN-CLAUDE "BABY DOC" DUVALIER (DOO-VAHL-YAY') WAS PART OF A FATHER-AND-SON DYNASTY THAT PRESIDED OVER ONE OF THE DARKEST CHAPTERS IN HAITIAN HISTORY. DUVALIER PLANS A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY. HE HASN'T SAID YET WHY HE RETURNED.

TERESOPOLIS, BRAZIL (AP) - RENEWED RAINS IN A REGION NORTH OF RIO DE JANEIRO ARE SLOWING HELICOPTER RESCUE EFFORTS AIMED AT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE STRANDED BY MASSIVE MUDSLIDES IN BRAZIL. MEANWHILE, THE DEATH TOLL KEEPS RISING. IT'S UP TO 633 WITH THOUSANDS MORE PEOPLE HOMELESS.

BAGHDAD (AP) - THE GOVERNOR OF IRAQ'S WESTERN ANBAR PROVINCE HAS SURVIVED UNHARMED AFTER YET ANOTHER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT-AT LEAST THE FOURTH ON THE LEADER. THE SUICIDE ATTACK TODAY LEFT SIX PEOPLE WOUNDED. THE GOVERNOR LOST AN ARM AND UNDERWENT INTENSIVE SURGERY TO REBUILD HIS LEG AFTER A SUICIDE BOMBER STRUCK HIS RAMADI OFFICE IN DECEMBER 2009.