TODAY'S NEWS: MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2011

WPPA/CAREER LINK JOB FAIR

OVER THIRTY LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHO ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO HIRE, WILL BE AT THE WPPA/CAREER LINK JOB FAIR HELD AT THE FAIRLANE VILLAGE MALL THIS WEDNESDAY. STOP BY ANYTIME FROM 10AM TO 6PM TO SPEAK WITH REPRESENTATIVES THAT WILL BE ON HAND TO DISCUSS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. APPLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE SPOT TO ALL JOB SEEKERS.

MAHANOY TOWNSHIP FAMILY IN NEED OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT

THE FRIENDS OF A MAHANOY TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR, WHO RECENTLY RECEIVED A KIDNEY-LIVER TRANSPLANT, ARE COMING TOGETHER TO RAISE MONEY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS, 60-YEAR-OLD TIM BRADBURY RECEIVED THE TRANSPLANT SURGERY HE NEEDED. THE REPUBLICAN HERALD REPORTS BRADBURY IS NOW RECUPERATING FROM THE SURGERY ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND SON WHO DONATED THE NEEDED ORGANS. A SPAGHETTI DINNER HAS BEEN ORGANIZED TO HELP TO THE FAMILY DEFRAY MEDICAL COSTS. THE DINNER WILL BE HELD FROM 4 TO 7PM ON APRIL 6 AT THE GOOD AMERICAN HOSE COMPANY WHERE BRADBURY IS A 30-YEAR MEMBER. ADVANCE TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE MAHANOY TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS' OFFICE. MONETARY DONATIONS ARE ALSO BEING ACCEPTED.

ACCIDENTAL FIRE CRITICALLY INJURES ONE

MAR LIN CITIZENS HOSE COMPANY RESPONDED TO A FIRE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A NEIGHBOR REPORTED THE FIRE AND RESCUED THE VICTIM. POLICE REPORT 50-YEAR-OLD JEFFREY ADAMS, OF 305 BEECHWOOD AVE, MAR LIN, WAS PULLED FROM THE SMOKE FILLED HOME AFTER HIS SON CONTACTED NEIGHBOR MICHAEL TURNITSKA TO FIND THE VICTIM. ADAMS SUFFERED INJURIES AND WAS LAST REPORTED IN CRITICAL, BUT STABLE CONDITION IN THE BURN UNIT AT LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL. STATE POLICE LATER ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AND UPON INVESTIGATION RULED THE FIRE ACCIDENTAL CAUSED BY IMPROPERLY DISPOSED SMOKING MATERIALS. THE HOME SUSTAINED HEAVY SMOKE, FIRE AND WATER DAMAGE ESTIMATING $10,000.

FRACKVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

STATE POLICE AT FRACKVILLE RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALL IN SATURDAY NIGHT JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. POLICE REPORT 33-YEAR-OLD WESLEY GRUBB, OF FRACKVILLE, BECAME PHYSICAL AND THREATENED HIS 23-YEAR-OLD GIRLFRIEND AFTER A VERBAL DISPUTE. THE VICTIM SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, BUT EMS WAS NOT CALLED TO THE SCENE. GRUBB WAS CHARGED WITH SIMPLE ASSAULT RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HARASSMENT, ENDANGERING ANOTHER PERSON AND MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS. GRUBB WAS ARRAIGNED AND COMMITTED TO SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PRISON IN LIEU OF 10% OF THE $20,000 BAIL.

THINGS LOOKING UP FOR MOUNTAINS IN PA HIGHLANDS

A CONSERVATION GROUP IS WORKING TO PROTECT A SIZEABLE CHUNK OF FOREST LAND WITHIN PENNSYLVANIA'S HIGHLANDS AND FARMLAND-HEAVY LANCASTER COUNTY. TOM JOSEPH HAS MORE:

PA HIGHLANDS & FARMLAND

STATE NEWS: SOMERSET, PA. (AP) - AUTHORITIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SAY AN ELDERLY WOMAN DIED AFTER HER SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE WAS HIT BY A TRAIN. SOMERSET POLICE SAY THE WOMAN WAS HEADING SOUTH ON ROUTE 281 SATURDAY MORNING AND WAS CROSSING THE TRACKS WHEN THE CSX TRAIN STRUCK HER SUV. OFFICIALS SAID 78-YEAR-OLD ANN SIMPSON WAS KILLED.

HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - GROWING USE OF POWERFUL SYNTHETIC DRUGS LINKED TO VIOLENT EPISODES HAS ALARMED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND PROMPTED LAWMAKERS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND ELSEWHERE TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION TO BAN THEM. AUTHORITIES SAY CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS MARKETED AS "BATH SALTS" STARTED ARRIVING FROM EUROPE LAST YEAR AND ARE SNORTED TO MIMIC THE EFFECTS OF COCAINE AND METHAMPHETAMINES.

CHAMBERSBURG, PA. (AP) - TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN TOMORROW FOR A SOUTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA MAN CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE IN A FATAL HIT AND RUN OUTSIDE A TAVERN ALMOST A YEAR AGO. THE CHAMBERSBURG PUBLIC OPINION REPORTS AUTHORITIES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY ALLEGE THAT GERALD BUTERBAUGH OF HUSTONTOWN DELIBERATELY HIT DALE HENRY OF BURNT CABINS, FULTON COUNTY, OUTSIDE THE HILLSIDE TAVERN IN METAL TOWNSHIP ON MAY 31

ST. SPRINGFIELD, PA. (AP) - AFTER CONSIDERING THE ISSUE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, A SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA ZONING BOARD HAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST ALLOWING AN INVESTMENT GROUP TO PUT UP BILLBOARDS. THE SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD VOTED 4-0 LAST WEEK TO DENY AN INVESTMENT GROUP'S APPLICATION TO ERECT SIX BILLBOARDS ALONG BALTIMORE PIKE IN DELAWARE COUNTY.

NATIONAL NEWS: RAS LANOUF, LIBYA (AP) - MOAMMAR GADHAFI'S HOMETOWN OF SIRTE (SURT) IS THE NEXT OBJECTIVE OF LIBYAN REBEL FORCES. SIRTE, THE GATEWAY TO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY, HAS BEEN TARGETED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY INTERNATIONAL AIR STRIKES. LIBYA'S REBELS HAVE QUICKLY RECOVERED HUNDREDS OF MILES OF TERRITORY SINCE THE AIRSTRIKES BEGAN.

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS EXPECTED TO EXPLAIN TONIGHT WHY THE MILITARY MISSION IN LIBYA IS JUSTIFIED. THE PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK FROM NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY AND WILL INSIST U.S. LEADERSHIP WAS INDISPENSABLE. BUT HE'LL ALSO STRESS NATO AND ARAB ALLIES ARE NOW TAKING THE LEAD, AND WILL NOW BEAR MOST OF THE BURDEN.

TOKYO (AP) - NEW READINGS SHOW CONTAMINATION IN THE OCEAN HAS SPREAD ABOUT A MILE FARTHER NORTH OF JAPAN'S DAMAGED NUCLEAR SITE THAN BEFORE. WORKERS ARE TRYING TO PUMP OUT CONTAMINATED WATER SUSPECTED OF SENDING RADIOACTIVITY LEVELS SOARING. THE WATER HAS TO BE PUMPED OUT BEFORE THE CRIPPLED COOLING SYSTEM CAN BE RESTARTED.

MIAMI (AP) - PROSECUTORS WILL ANNOUNCE TODAY WHETHER THEY'LL SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY DURING A COURT APPEARANCE FOR THE MIAMI PARENTS CHARGED WITH FATALLY BEATING THEIR 10-YEAR-OLD ADOPTIVE DAUGHTER. JORGE (HOHR'-HAY) AND CARMEN BARAHONA FACE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES AND A SLEW OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CHARGES. THE DAUGHTER'S BODY WAS FOUND FEB. 14 IN THE BACK OF HER FATHER'S TRUCK. A SON, WHO SURVIVED, WAS DRIPPING IN A TOXIC CHEMICAL.

CHICAGO (AP) - DOCTORS SAY THERE ARE UNIQUE ASPECTS OF FACEBOOK THAT CAN MAKE IT A PARTICULARLY TOUGH SOCIAL LANDSCAPE TO NAVIGATE FOR KIDS ALREADY DEALING WITH POOR SELF-ESTEEM. DOCTORS AREN'T SURE WHETHER THE SO-CALLED "FACEBOOK DEPRESSION" IS UNIQUE TO THE SOCIAL NETWORK OR AN EXTENSION OF DEPRESSION SOME KIDS FEEL IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.