LOCAL NEWS: FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2011

AS SUMMER APPROACHES, A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER WILL EXPERIENCE INCREASED NUMBERS OF UNWANTED, STRAY AND ABUSED FELINES. ADD THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS TO THAT, AND HILLSIDE'S POPULATION WILL SWELL BEYOND CAPACITY. JASMINE BROOKS HAS MORE:

WOMAN DIES DURING FIGHT

A POTTSVILLE WOMAN IS DEAD THIS MORNING FOLLOWING A FIGHT ON WEDNESDAY. 45 YEAR OLD RUTH ANN GOLDEN WAS INVOLVED IN A FIGHT WITH 60 YEAR OLD JOSEPH PINNELLE. ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORTS GOLDEN BIT DOWN ON PINNELLE'S FINGER AND AT SOME POINT PASSED OUT AFTER PINNELLE STRUCK HER. PINNELLE FLED THE STATE ONLY TO RETURN YESTERDAY TO TURN HIMSELF IN TO AUTHORITIES. SCHUYLKILL COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JIM GOODMAN IS NOW DECIDING WHETHER TO CHARGE PINNELLE WITH HOMICIDE.

WOMAN CONVICTED OF THEFT

A POTTSVILLE WOMAN FACES UP TO SEVEN YEARS BEHIND BARS AFTER HER CONVICTION ON THURSDAY. 41 YEAR OLD BARBARA ANN DOYLE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF STEALING 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM MARY CARESTIA OF PALO ALTO. THE 89 YEAR OLD WOMAN PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY. DOYLE WAS A CAREGIVER FOR CARESTIA AT THE TIME OF THE THEFT

ATV CLAIMS MCADOO MAN'S LIFE

AN ATV ACCIDENT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A MCADOO MAN LATE WEDNESDAY IN HAZLE TOWNSHIP. THE REPUBLICAN HERALD REPORTS, 45-YEAR-OLD ERIC PELTZ DIED AFTER BEING THROWN FROM HIS ATV AFTER BEING HIT BY A VEHICLE. PELTZ WAS DRIVING WITH HIS LIGHTS TURNED OFF AND WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET.

TWO STATE POLICE OFFICERS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR BRAVERY

A GROUP OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE EMPLOYEES ARE BEING HONORED AT THE STATE POLICE ACADEMY IN HERSHEY. STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER FRANK NOONAN WILL PRESENT THE AWARDS
TO PEOPLE INCLUDING FOUR TROOPERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF THE FATAL SHOOTING OF TROOPER PAUL RICHEY IN VENANGO COUNTY IN JANUARY 2010. ALSO GETTING AN AWARD IS A TROOPER WHO WAS OFF-DUTY WHEN HE SAVED THE LIFE OF A FRIEND AFTER THEIR FISHING BOAT CAPSIZED IN LAKE ERIE IN AUGUST.TWO SCHUYLKILL COUNTY TROOPERS WHO ENTERED RAGING FLOOD WATERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE A MAN FROM HIS SUBMERGED VEHICLE IN MARCH ALSO WILL BE COMMENDED


REP TOBASH CALLS FOR ACTION ON MARCELLUS SHALE
A NUMBER OF COMPETING PROPOSALS TO ASSESS IMPACT FEES HAVE ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED AND ARE EXPECTED TO SEE ACTION THIS YEAR IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. MIKE DAVIES HAS THE STORY.

STATE NEWS:

SADSBURYVILLE, PA. (AP) - A CORONER WAS SENT TO A HOME IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA YESTERDAY, WHERE A PERSON WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. A CHESTER COUNTY DISPATCH SUPERVISOR TELLS THE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL/NEW ERA THE VICTIM WAS BELIEVED TO BE A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS
IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION HAS MADE ANOTHER LARGE PURCHASE OF MARCELLUS SHALE NATURAL GAS LEASES. ACCORDING TO PITTSBURGH MEDIA REPORTS, THE COMPANY IS PAYING NEARLY $1.7 BILLION FOR WARRENDALE-BASED PHILIPS RESOURCES AND TWP INCORPORATED. THE NEW DEAL ADDS ABOUT 317,000 ACRES TO THE TEXAS-BASED COMPANY'S
MARCELLUS SHALE LANDHOLDINGS.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS AGREED TO MAKE ITS FINANCES MORE TRANSPARENT AS IT SEEKS HELP IN CLOSING A $629 MILLION DEFICIT. THE SCHOOL REFORM COMMISSION SIGNED AN "EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY AGREEMENT" YESTERDAY WITH STATE
EDUCATION SECRETARY RONALD TOMALIS (TOH-MAHL'-ISS) AND MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER.

NATIONAL NEWS:

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. (AP) - RELIEF FROM THE HEAT IS ON ITS WAY, AT LEAST FOR THE NORTHEAST. EVENING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CUT THROUGH THE BLISTERING HEAT. THREE DAYS OF UNSEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE BEING BLAMED FOR AT LEAST EIGHT DEATHS FROM THE PLAINS TO THE EAST COAST.

SPRINGERVILLE, ARIZ. (AP) - A HUGE FOREST FIRE IN EASTERN ARIZONA IS STILL BURNING OUT OF CONTROL. THE WALLOW FIRE HAS CHARRED MORE THAN 386,000 ACRES WITH JUST 5 PERCENT CONTAINMENT, AND IS THE SECOND LARGEST SUCH FIRE IN THE STATE'S HISTORY.

ATLANTA (AP) - FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH SAYS HE'S STILL IN THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT, EVEN THOUGH HIS ENTIRE TOP CAMPAIGN STAFF HAS JUMPED SHIP. ONE PERSON WHO LEFT THE CAMPAIGN IS GINGRICH'S NATIONAL CO-CHAIRMAN - FORMER GEORGIA GOV. SONNY PERDUE WHO'S NOW JOINED FORMER MINNESOTA GOV. TIM PAWLENTY'S WHITE HOUSE
CAMPAIGN.

JUNEAU, ALASKA (AP) - THE STATE OF ALASKA IS RELEASING SOME 24,000 PAGES OF SARAH PALIN'S EMAILS FROM HER FIRST TWO YEARS AS GOVERNOR. TODAY'S RELEASE COMES NEARLY THREE YEARS AFTER THE FIRST REQUESTS FOR THE INFORMATION, DURING PALIN'S 2008 REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUN. THE RELEASE DOES NOT INCLUDE PALIN'S FINAL 10
MONTHS IN OFFICE.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - THE PLANE THAT MADE THE MIRACULOUS LANDING ON THE HUDSON RIVER TWO YEARS AGO IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT A MUSEUM TODAY IN CHARLOTTE, N.C., WHERE IT'LL BE DISPLAYED. THE PLANE HAS SPENT THE LAST WEEK ON A FLATBED TRUCK, TRAVELING FROM A HANGAR IN NEWARK, N.J. TO ITS DESTINATION. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE
LINED UP TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT.