Tuesday, June 21, 2011

TODAY'S NEWS: TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011

ENJOY DINNER WHILE HELPING SOMEONE IN NEED. MITCHELL HECKMAN HAS MORE:

MINERSVILLE FIRE LEAVES 8 HOMELESS

EIGHT PEOPLE ARE NOW HOMELESS AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT IN MINERSVILLE JUST AFTER 2AM MONDAY. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO DELAWARE AVE. WHERE FOUR HOMES WERE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE BLAZE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED IN AN UNOCCUPIED HOME, BUT THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

FOUR TEENAGERS ASSAULTED WITH TRUCK

FOUR TEENAGERS WERE INJURED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN BLYTHE TOWNSHIP AFTER A MAN HIT THEM WITH HIS TRUCK. FRACKVILLE POLICE TELL US 38-YEAR-OLD GEORGE KLIPOLA OF MIDDLEPORT DROVE HIS PICK UP TRUCK INTO A GROUP OF TEENAGE BOYS AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A FIGHT. TWO OF THE BOYS HAD TO BE TAKEN TO LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL AFTER BEING PULLED UNDER THE TRUCK AND RAN OVER. THE OTHER TWO ALSO SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES. KLIPOLA WAS TAKEN TO COUNTY PRISON ON $75,000 STRAIGHT CASH BAIL.

MAN FLOWN TO HOSPITAL AFTER CRASH IN BUTLER TOWNSHIP

A NEW YORK MAN WAS FLOWN TO GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER MONDAY NIGHT AFTER FLIPPING HIS CAR SEVERAL TIMES ON I-81. FRACKVILLE POLICE TELL US THE DRIVER WAS SPEEDING WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE NEAR MILE MARKER 122. THE VEHICLE LANDED ON ITS ROOF, FORCING RESCUE TEAMS TO EXTRICATE HIM. THE DRIVER’S CONDITION IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

HAVEN REVITALIZATION

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN HELD IT'S QUARTERLY MAYOR'S MEETING MONDAY NIGHT. SUGGESTIONS WERE TAKEN ON THE PROPOSED WALKING LOOP THAT WILL ADD TO COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION. THE SCHUYLKILL HAVEN HERITAGE ACTION PLAN COMMITTEE IS TO REVITALIZE THE BOROUGH BY PROMOTING TOURISM. THE PLAN IS TO BUILD A TRAIL THAT WILL CONNECT POTTSVILLE TO PHILADELPHIA. SCHUYLKILL HAVEN RECEIVED A $2,000 GRANT TO HELP FUND THE PROJECT AND PARTS OF THE TRAIL HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT.


SCHUYLKILL HAVEN TO HAVE NEW FIELD

A NEW MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD IS PLANNED TO BE READY BY NEXT SPRING IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN. OVER $62,000 HAVE BEEN DONATED TO THE BOROUGH FOR THE FIELD THAT WOULD BE USED FOR SOFTBALL OR TEE-BALL. THE EXACT COST OF THE FIELD IS UNKNOWN BUT BOROUGH COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY CONSTRUCTION COULD BEGIN ON THE NEW FIELD BY AUGUST. THE NEW FIELD WILL REPLACE THE ONE PRESENTLY IN THE BOROUGH WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY IS DETERIORATED AND SHOULD BE REPLACED.


WILLIAMS VALLEY APPROVES NEW SUPERINTENDENT

THE WILLIAMS VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPROVED A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT. DONALD BURKHARDT OF COAL TOWNSHIP WILL EFFECTIVELY TAKE THE OFFICE ON JULY 1, HE REPLACES OUT GOING SUPERINTENDENT OLGA EHRHART WHO IS RETIRING AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE SCHOOL BOARD ALSO APPROVED A NEW 130 THOUSAND DOLLAR TELEPHONE SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED IN THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY WAITING APPROVAL FROM SOLICITOR RICHARD THORNBURG TO JOIN THE NATIONAL JOINT POWERS ALLIANCE

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON RT 309

CONTRACTORS ARE PREPARING FOR THE OVERHAUL OF RT 309 IN TAMAQUA. THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION AND SAFETY PROJECT WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK AND LAST UNTIL DECEMBER. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE UPGRADES TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS, EMERGENCY SIGNAL PRE-EMPTION DEVICES AND PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS. PENNDOT SAYS MOST OF THE PROJECT WILL NOT AFFECT TRAFFIC FLOW.

CASTLE DOCTRINE AWAITS SIGNATURE

LEGISLATION KNOWN AS THE "CASTLE DOCTRINE" IS NOW ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK AWAITING HIS SIGNATURE. HOUSE BILL 40 CREATES IN LAW A PRESUMPTION THAT AN ATTACKER OR INTRUDER INTENDS TO DO GREAT BODILY HARM AND THEREFORE FORCE MAY BE USED TO PROTECT ONESELF AND THEIR FAMILY IN THE FACE OF AN ATTACK. REPRESENTATIVE MIKE TOBASH SAID THE LEGISLATION THAT WORKS TO ENSURE A PERSON’S RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE IS LONG OVERDUE.

STATE NEWS:
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - POLICE IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SAY SPEED MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THE FIERY CAR CRASH THAT KILLED "JACKASS" CAST MEMBER RYAN DUNN. WEST GOSHEN TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY DUNN AND A PASSENGER DIED AFTER DUNN'S 2007 PORSCHE LEFT THE ROADWAY EARLY YESTERDAY AND BURST INTO FLAMES.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA POLICE OFFICER SAYS ONE OF THE THREE FELLOW OFFICERS SHOT TO DEATH WHILE RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALL TWO YEARS AGO SAID TO "TELL MY WIFE AND KIDS I LOVE THEM" BEFORE HE DIED. THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE AND PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW REPORT, OFFICER TIMOTHY MCMANAWAY WAS
OVERCOME WITH EMOTION AS HE TESTIFIED IN RICHARD POPLAWSKI'S TRIAL.

WASHINGTON, PA. (AP) - A WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 29 TO 58 YEARS BEHIND BARS IN THE 2009 BLUDGEONING DEATH OF HIS LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND. ACCORDING TO THE (WASHINGTON) OBSERVER-REPORTER, LARRY BOYD JR. WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - POLICE SAY A PHILADELPHIA-AREA MAN HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A WOMAN. POLICE SAY A MAN IN MANAYUNK CALLED 911 YESTERDAY AND SAID HE HAD SHOT HIS WIFE IN THE HEAD. OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE HOME AND FOUND THE WOMAN WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE
SCENE.

NATIONAL NEWS:

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS MAKING FINAL DECISIONS ON A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR GETTING TROOPS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN AHEAD OF HIS EXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW. THE PROCESS IS FOCUSED NOT ONLY ON HOW MANY TROOPS WILL COME HOME IN
JULY, BUT ALSO ON A BROADER BLUEPRINT DESIGNED TO GIVE AFGHANS CONTROL OF THEIR OWN SECURITY BY 2014.

WASHINGTON (AP) - LABOR REGULATORS ARE SET TO MAKE A MOVE THAT COULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR STRUGGLING UNIONS TO ORGANIZE NEW MEMBERS, AND GIVE BUSINESSES MUCH LESS TIME TO MOUNT ANTI-UNION CAMPAIGNS. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD PLANS TO ANNOUNCE SWEEPING NEW RULES TODAY THAT WOULD DRAMATICALLY SHORTEN THE TIME FRAME FOR
UNION ELECTIONS.

CHICAGO (AP) - JURORS AT FORMER ILLINOIS GOV. ROD BLAGOJEVICH'S SECOND CORRUPTION TRIAL ENTER THEIR SEVENTH DAY OF DELIBERATIONS TODAY FOLLOWING A TWO-MONTH TRIAL. THERE'S BEEN NO INDICATION IF THE RETRIAL JURORS SIMPLY WANT TO BE AS THOROUGH AS POSSIBLE OR IF THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO REACH CONSENSUS. BLAGOJEVICH HAS DENIED ALL
20 CORRUPTION COUNTS HE FACES AT THE RETRIAL.

WASHINGTON (AP) - SPRING HAS COME AND GONE AND THERE ARE STILL NO SOLAR PANELS ON THE WHITE HOUSE ROOF. LAST FALL, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED PLANS TO INSTALL THE PANELS BY SPRING BUT OFFICIALS SAY THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE CONTRACTING PROCESS
INTERFERED. ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY IT'S DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION TALKS GREEN BUT IS SOMETIMES SHORT ON ACTION.

BURBANK, CALIF. (AP) - THE TATTOO ARTIST WHO SUED OVER A TATTOO IN "THE HANGOVER PART II" HAS INKED A SETTLEMENT WITH WARNER BROS. THE TATTOO RESEMBLES THE COPYRIGHTED FACIAL INK THE ARTIST CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MIKE TYSON.

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