TODAY'S NEWS: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

PINE GROVE 48, TRI VALLEY 6
MOUNT CARMEL 43, LOYALSOCK 0
SELINSGROVE 14, SHAMOKIN 7
SOUTHERN COLUMBIA 40, CENTRAL COLUMBIA 0

TODAY'S GAMES

POTTSVILLE @ CONRAD WEISER, 3 P.M. WPPA
HAMBURG @ BLUE MOUNTAIN, 7 P.M. T-102
MARIAN @ PIUS X, 1 P.M.
LINE MOUNTAIN @ NEWPORT, 6 P.M.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY @ MINERSVILLE, 7 P.M.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN @ NORTH SCHUYLKILL, 7 P.M.
JIM THORPE @ PANTHER VALLEY, 7 P.M.
NATIVITY @ UPPER DAUPHIN, 7 P.M.
WILLIAMS VALLEY @ MILLERSBURG, 7 P.M.
TUNKHANNOCK @ HAZELTON, 7 P.M.

MONDAY

TAMAQUA @ MAHANOY AREA, 6 P.M.

LOCAL NEWS

MCCANN HAS A MATRICULATION FOR BACHELOR’S DEGREES

MCCANN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY HAS ESTABLISHED NEW ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS FOR THEIR GRADUATES OF ALL CAMPUSES IN SPECIFIED MAJORS TO COMPLETE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AT PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY. WITH THESE NEW ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS, GRADUATES OF MCCANN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AT PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY. “WE ARE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP THEM ADVANCE IN THEIR CAREERS,” SAID PHILIP CAMPBELL, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION FOR MCCANN IN SUNBURY. FOR A COMPLETE OF THE MAJORS THAT QUALIFY, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT WPPARADIO.COM.

• ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TECHNOLOGY (A.S.B.)
• COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING (A.S.B.)
• COSMETOLOGY (A.S.T.)
• COURT REPORTING (A.S.B.)
• CRIMINAL JUSTICE (A.S.B.)
• EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (A.S.B.)
• HEALTH & MEDICAL RECORDS MANAGEMENT (A.S.B.)
• MEDICAL ASSISTING (A.S.B.)
• NETWORK ADMINISTRATION (A.S.B.)
• OFFICE TECHNOLOGY – MEDICAL (A.S.B.)
• PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE THERAPY (A.S.B.)
• SECURITY AND INVESTIGATION (A.S.B.)
• SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY (A.S.T.)

CERT TRAINING TO BE OFFERED IN OUR AREA

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN CONJUCTION WITH THE CITIZENS CORPS COUNCIL IS GOING TO OFFER A TWO DAY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE OR (CERT) TRAINING THE WEEKEND OF OCTOBER 8TH AND 9TH IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM OF THE SCHUYLKILL MALL. CERT EDUCATES THE EVERY DAY CITIZEN ABOUT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR HAZARDS THAT MAY IMPACT THEIR AREA, AND TRAINS THEM IN BASIC DISASTER RESPONSE SKILLS, PREPARING THEM TO HANDLE A SITUATION UNTIL FIRST RESPONDERS CAN ACCESS THE SCENE. TOPICS INCLUDE FIRE SAFETY, LIGHT SEARCH
AND RESCUE, TEAM ORGANIZATION, AND BASIC MEDICAL OPERATIONS. USING THE TRAINING LEARNED IN THE CLASSROOM, CERT MEMBERS CAN ASSIST OTHERS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR WORKPLACE FOLLOWING AN EVENT WHEN PROFESSIONAL RESPONDERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO HELP. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER PLEASE CALL THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY EMA OFFICE AT 570-622-3739. REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE OCTOBER 3RD.

AUBURN FIRE

THE CAUSE OF AN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FIRE IN AUBURN THAT LEFT SIX PEOPLE HOMELESS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE 1 A.M. FIRE STARTED IN THE SECOND-FLOOR APARTMENT OF GAIL KLINGER AT 208 MARKET ST. KLINGER WAS NOT HOME AT THE TIME BUT TENANTS OF A FIRST-FLOOR APARTMENT - LEE AND DEBORAH HERRING - WERE FORCED FROM THE BUILDING AS WELL. STATE POLICE FIRE MARSHAL TROOPER JOHN F. BURNS OF THE FRACKVILLE STATION WAS AT THE SCENE LATER IN THE DAY TRYING TO FIND A CAUSE ALTHOUGH THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED, FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED. ACCORDING TO REPORTS THE SECOND FLOOR AND ATTIC OF THE BUILDING SUSTAINED SEVERE FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE WITH MODERATE SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE TO THE HERRINGS' APARTMENT. AN ADJOINING BUILDING AT 206 MARKET ST. ALSO SUSTAINED LESSER AMOUNTS OF DAMAGE LEAVING AN ADDITIONAL THREE PEOPLE TEMPORARILY HOMELESS. DAVID REINERT AND VIRGINIA HESS LIVED IN A FIRST-FLOOR APARTMENT WHILE BARBARA ANDERSON LIVED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THAT BUILDING. THE FIVE TENANTS WHO WERE HOME AT THE TIME, AS WELL AS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 FIREFIGHTERS FROM SEVEN COMPANIES THAT BATTLED THE BLAZE ALL ESCAPED INJURY.

IMPAIRED MAN CRASHES INTO POND

CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST AN ORWIGSBURG MAN AFTER HE CRASHED HIS SUV INTO A POND THURSDAY NIGHT IN WEST BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP. SCHUYLKILL HAVEN POLICE TELL US 54-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM SCHILBE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL WHEN HE TRAVELED HIS VEHICLE INTO A POND NEAR THE PINE BROOK NURSING HOME. A DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT CONDUCTED TESTING TO DETERMINE SCHILBE TO BE IMPAIRED. A WITNESS SAYS 75-PERCENT OF THE VEHICLE WAS SUBMERGED IN WATER.

STATE NEWS

HILADELPHIA (AP) - More wet weather is soaking the eastern half of the state, just a few weeks after being deluged by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee. The weather service says minor flooding is possible in towns including Bloomsburg, Milton and Sunbury.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A western Pennsylvania judge says next week's juvenile court trial of a boy accused of killing his father's pregnant fiancee when he was 11 years old will stay closed to the media. Lawrence County Judge John Hodge denied requests by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the New Castle News that the trial be opened to the public. Prosecutors originally charged Jordan Brown, of Wampum, as an adult in the February 2009 slaying of 26-year-old Kenzie Houk.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Officials say a baggage cart disconnected from the tug that was pulling it and crashed into a plane wing at Philadelphia International Airport. A U.S. Airways spokesman says the accident happened shortly before noon yesterday as the Richmond-bound U.S. Airways Express flight was getting ready to leave the gate. The plane has been taken out of service and none of the 48 passengers and three crew members was hurt.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The City-County Building jointly owned by Pittsburgh and Allegheny County needs some repairs, as does the tower of Philadelphia's historic City Hall building. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Friday that contractors will cut holes in the roof of the 94-year-old City-County Building to determine why its cornice and parapet are cracking and sagging. In Philadelphia, tours of the City Hall tower are being suspended while repairs are
made to a crack discovered when marble debris was found on the roof.

NATIONAL NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says changing education policy and spending billions to upgrade schools and keep teachers on the job is the right thing to do. The president is using his weekly radio and Internet address to promote his $447 billion jobs bill through the prism of education.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Under pressure from skeptical financial markets, the world's economic powers are scrambling to keep Europe's debt crisis from tumbling out of control. Finance
ministers and central bankers meeting in Washington are pushing for bold action by the Group of 20 nations.

GENEVA (AP) - Swiss bank UBS says its chief executive has resigned over a $2.3 billion rogue trading loss. The bank says its Europe chief will take over as interim chief executive until Oswald Gruebel's replacement is appointed.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A defunct NASA satellite has taken its final plunge back to Earth. The space agency and the U.S. Air Force say the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite began its fiery descent somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. No word on exactly where the wreckage ended up.

ERFURT, Germany (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI is closing out his four-day state visit to his native Germany. The pontiff celebrated Mass with some 30,000 people in the city of Erfurt. The service went ahead despite an incident on the edge of the security zone in which a man fired an air gun at a security guard.