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April 21, 2009

News in Brief from April 21, 2009

Cops: Woman came at man with pitchfork

PYMATUNING TOWNSHIP — A Pymatuning Township woman was charged with aggravated assault after trying to attack a man with a pitchfork at 8:52 p.m. Sunday at her home, police said.

Patricia Rocco, 57, of 568 Crestview Drive, left some scratches on the man with the pitchfork but it didn’t puncture his skin, police said.



Cooperstown woman hurt in two-car crash on 62

JACKSON TOWNSHIP — A Cooperstown, Pa., woman was flown to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh after a crash at 10:40 a.m. Saturday at U.S. Route 62 and state Route 965 in Jackson Township, state police said.

Diane R. Whitman, 54, suffered moderate injuries after she drove through a stop sign and hit a car driven by Georgetta L. Reddick, 46, of Stoneboro, police said. The impact pushed Ms. Reddick’s car off the road and onto the porch of a nearby building, police said.

Ms. Reddick and Ms. Whitman’s passenger, Roxlyn S. Morford-Penker, 50, Franklin, were both treated at Grove City Medical Center, Pine Township, said a spokeswoman.

Allegheny General did not return a message or answer phone calls asking for information about Ms. Whitman’s condition.

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  • Insecurity: Firm loses more local clients

    Reynolds Area School District is scrambling to find people to work security at upcoming games after finding out the Pittsburgh-area security firm they were using had some guards who were convicted felons or sex offenders.
    “That was a shock, believe me,” said school board President John Lowry.

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  • School budget predictions improve

    The upshot to planning for a worst-case scenario is it makes any change an improvement.
    Such is the case with Farrell Area School District’s finances, business manager William Dungee told school board members Monday.

    February 7, 2012

  • Chief gripe: Cramped quarters

    In Sharpsville, the long arm of the law needs room to stretch out.
    Police Chief Keith Falasco told council members Monday night that his department’s current space “is at the least inadequate,” and after off-and-on talks over the years to make improvements, he said the time has come.

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  • Pets perish in house fire

    A Sharon family’s home was heavily damaged in a Saturday night fire that killed their pets.

    February 6, 2012

  • Kelly rallies GOP faithful

    Mercer County Republicans agreed it was time for a change from the current administration at their annual Lincoln Day dinner Saturday night at Hempfield Station One Banquet Center, and Congressman Mike Kelly called not only for change but for more accountability.

    February 6, 2012

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    Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget cuts are preventing children with autism from getting the help they need.

    February 5, 2012

  • Victim describes armed robbery at her home

    Charges were held to court Friday against a Sharon teen charged as an adult in an October armed robbery.

    February 4, 2012

  • Overheated motor starts small fire at gas well

    Jamestown volunteer firefighters put out an accidental natural gas well equipment fire Friday morning in Greene Township that started when a pump motor overheated.

    February 4, 2012

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    The end of 2010 was “a crazy time in my life,” Grant T. Lockhart told a judge Thursday.

    February 4, 2012