Monday, May 09, 2011

TODAY'S NEWS: MONDAY, MAY 9, 2011

TODAY MARKS THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF WPPA RADIO!

PSP INVESTIGATIONG VANDALISM

A RECENT RASH OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF HAS STATE POLICE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MAY STATE POLICE IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AND IN HAMBURG HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR SMASHING OUT WINDOWS OF VEHICLES IN THE SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AND HAMBURG AREAS. PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE REPORT THAT ON MAY 5TH SOMEONE THREW A BRICK THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF A FORD F150 IN THE AUBURN AREA AND AGAIN IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AND IN DEER LAKE. THE THREE INCIDENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6:30 PM-6:30AM. ANOTHER INCIDENT IN BERNVILLE CAUSED OVER $300 DAMAGE. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION STATE POLICE ASK YOU TO CALL THEM. IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN (570-593-2000) AND IN HAMBURG (610-562-6885)


THEFT AT TURKEY FARM

STATE POLICE AT FRACKVILLE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF A BLACK LEATHER WALLET CONTAINING $130 IN CASH AND OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION. THE THEFT OCCURRED MAY 4TH IN WALKER TOWNSHIP AT THE KOCH'S TURKEY FARM. THE VICTIM 53 YEAR OLD MARCUS MIRANDA REPORTED TO OFFICIALS THAT HE LEFT HIS WALLET IN A BATHROOM OF THE TURKEY FARM AND WHEN HE RETURNED AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN FLED THE SCENE IN AN UNKNOWN DIRECTION OR UNDETECTED. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION STATE POLICE ASK YOU TO CONTACT THEM AT (570-874-5300)


FATAL CRASH IN PERRY TOWNSHIP

POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING A FATAL CRASH IN BERKS COUNTY THAT HAPPENED FRIDAY NIGHT. 50-YEAR-OLD GLEN ALLEN SAYER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AFTER FLIPPING HIS MOTORCYCLE ON WEST SHORE DRIVE IN PERRY TOWNSHIP. POLICE REPORT SAYER WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET. WEST SHORE DRIVE WAS CLOSED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR UNTIL THE CRASH WAS CLEARED.

NEW TRIPOLI WOMAN CRASHES INTO WALL

A NEW TRIPOLI WOMAN SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER CRASHING HER CAR INTO A CONCRETE WALL SUNDAY NIGHT. POLICE REPORT 29-YEAR-OLD TERRI HODEL WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON STATE ROUTE 737 IN BERKS COUNTY WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL OF HER CAR. HODEL WAS FLOWN TO LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL FOR HER INJURIES.

HEARING SET IN PALIN STALKER CASE

A COURT MAGISTRATE IS SET TO CONSIDER A REQUEST BY FORMER ALASKA GOV. SARAH PALIN TO EXTEND A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST A 19-YEAR-OLD PENNSYLVANIA MAN ACCUSED OF STALKING HER. TODAY'S HEARING, A MAGISTRATE IN ANCHORAGE WILL CONSIDER EXTENDING THE ORDER AGAINST SHAWN CHRISTY OF MCADOO BY SIX MONTHS. PALIN, HER FATHER, CHUCK HEATH, AND HER FRIEND, KRISTAN COLE, ALSO HAVE BEEN SEEKING LONG-TERM PROTECTIVE ORDERS AGAINST CHRISTY'S PARENTS, CRAIG AND KAREN CHRISTY. CRAIG CHRISTY IS ACCUSED OF BARRAGING PALIN'S PARENTS WITH HARASSING TELEPHONE MESSAGES, INCLUDING 26 IN ONE DAY, AND CONTACTING COLE'S CHILDREN ON FACEBOOK. COLE'S REQUEST FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST KAREN CHRISTY WAS DENIED LAST MONTH. PALIN AND COLE OBTAINED ORIGINAL RESTRAINING ORDERS AGAINST SHAWN CHRISTY LAST YEAR.


STATE NEWS:

EASTON, PA. (AP) - A MAN FACING EITHER LIFE IN PRISON OR THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THE MURDERS OF FOUR PEOPLE LAST SUMMER SAYS HE HOPES EASTON JURORS WHO WILL START HEARING EVIDENCE TO DECIDE HIS FATE TODAY GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE KILLINGS. MICHAEL ERIC BALLARD PLEADED GUILTY LAST MONTH TO KILLING DENISE MERHI, HER FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND A NEIGHBOR IN NORTHAMPTON. BALLARD HAS TOLD THE ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL THAT HE FEELS HIS GUILTY PLEA WAS UNAPPRECIATED.

PHOENIXVILLE, PA. (AP) - AUTHORITIES SAY A WORKER DIED AND THREE OTHERS HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED BY CHEMICAL FUMES FROM COOLING UNITS IN A VACANT COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING IN CHESTER COUNTY. STATE POLICE IN SAY THE PHILADELPHIA MAN WHO DIED SATURDAY WAS PART OF A COMPANY HIRED TO REMOVE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND SCRAP MATERIAL FROM THE CHARLESTOWN TOWNSHIP BUILDING.

CONNELLSVILLE, PA. (AP) - AUTHORITIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SAY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WORKED FOR ABOUT SIX HOURS TO RESCUE FOUR PEOPLE AFTER A VEHICLE PLUNGED 300 FEET DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT. STATE POLICE IN FAYETTE COUNTY SAY THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF A DIRT ROAD IN CONNELLSVILLE TOWNSHIP SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AUTHORITIES SAY
ALL FOUR PEOPLE HAD TO BE HOISTED UP THE SLOPE DUE TO THEIR INJURIES AND THE REMOTE LOCATION.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - THE HEAD OF PHILADELPHIA-BASED CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY COMCAST IS BEING HONORED BY FILMMAKER STEVEN SPIELBERG. SPIELBERG WILL PRESENT COMCAST CEO BRIAN ROBERTS WITH THE SHOAH FOUNDATION'S ANNUAL AMBASSADORS FOR HUMANITY AWARD AT A PHILADELPHIA BENEFIT GALA TONIGHT. THE FOUNDATION WAS CREATED BY SPIELBERG TO PRESERVE ORAL HISTORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST.

NATIONAL NEWS:

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYS EVEN WITH NO ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE THAT OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS AT A COMPOUND IN PAKISTAN, THE REWARDS OUTWEIGHED THE RISKS OF THE RAID THAT KILLED THE TERRORIST MASTERMIND. OBAMA TOLD CBS' "60 MINUTES" YESTERDAY THAT BIN LADEN DESERVED HIS FATE.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A WASHINGTON D.C. LOBBYING FIRM IS TRYING TO CONVINCE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT DIDN'T KNOW OBAMA BIN LADEN HAD BEEN HIDING OUT IN A COMPOUND OUTSIDE ISLAMABAD. PAKISTAN IS PAYING THE LOBBYING FIRM BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WANT TO RISK LOSING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IT GETS IN U.S. AID EACH YEAR TO THE STRAIN BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS.

WASHINGTON (AP) - NO BREAKTHROUGHS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEK WHEN THE U.S. AND CHINA SIT DOWN TO HIGH-LEVEL TALKS. BUT BOTH SIDES HOPE TO BUILD ON THE PROGRESS MADE DURING A STATE VISIT BY CHINESE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO (HOO JIN-TOW) TO WASHINGTON IN JANUARY. ISSUES INCLUDE AMERICA'S MASSIVE TRADE DEFICIT WITH CHINA, CURRENCY RATES AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS.

BEIRUT (AP) - THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN ON ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS HAS GONE HOUSE-TO-HOUSE TODAY. A RIGHTS ACTIVIST SAYS SECURITY FORCES ARE CONDUCTING RAIDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, DETAINING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AS PART OF A WIDENING EFFORT. THE ACTIVIST SAYS THE ARRESTS ARE ZEROING IN ON THE DEMONSTRATIONS' ORGANIZERS AND PARTICIPANTS.

MEMPHIS, TENN. (AP) - MEMPHIS HAS A NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION -- ONE THAT THE CITY CAN DO WITHOUT. THE RISING MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS DRAWING PEOPLE WHO GAWK AND TAKE PHOTOS. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ABANDONING LOW-LYING HOMES FOR DAYS AS THE DANGEROUSLY SURGING RIVER THREATENS TO CREST TOMORROW AT A NEAR-RECORD 48 FEET.

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