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St. Clair Township teen missing since May 9 found, charges filed
A teen from Columbiana County who has been missing since last week has been found Thursday afternoon. St. Clair Township Police Chief Brian McKenzie confirmed with 21 News that 15-year-old Ericka Heaton, who was last seen on May 9, 2024 was found in Beaver County, Pennsylvania Thursday. Chief McKenzie tells...
Schuylkill County Natives Training for “Tunnel to Towers” Climb on June 2nd
Two Schuylkill County natives, Derek Flail and John Lucas are training for the Tunnels to Towers climb, where they will ascend 104 stories to help raise money for mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders. […]
Latinos found jobs and cheap housing in a Pennsylvania city but political power has proven elusive
HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) — Latinos seeking jobs and affordable housing have transformed Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in recent decades, but a federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to their local school board is unfairly shutting them out of power. Nearly two-thirds of students in the Hazleton Area School District...
Shooting suspect, 15, still at large, considered armed and dangerous
COAL TOWNSHIP, NORTHUMBERLAND CO. (WOLF) — The Coal Township Police Department is still searching for the teen suspect in a Shamokin shooting that injured a 15-year-old. Aiden J. Scott, 15, is wanted by police on charges of aggravated assault, prohibited possession of a firearm and reckless endangerment. On Tuesday,...
Route 61 In Schuylkill County Reopens After Gas Line Break (UPDATED)
Route 61 between Frackville and St. Clair has reopened, PennDOT told Daily Voice Wednesday evening. The highway was shut down on Tuesday morning, May 14 after a contractor accidentally struck a gas main during a reconstruction project, officials said. Traffic was detoured to US 209, Route…
Controversy surrounds proposed memorial for New Philadelphia murder victims
NEW PHILADELPHIA, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A controversy is unfolding in a Schuylkill County community over a proposed memorial for two murdered teens. 16-year-old Angelito Caraballo and 18-year-old Hunter Mock from New Philadelphia were murdered last year. Their mothers want to honor the teens with a memorial, but they say their effort is being rejected […]
Cheating fears lead to beating
Briar Creek Township, Pa. — A Berwick woman is facing charges after she beat another woman she believed was having an affair with her boyfriend, police say. Jennifer Ann Ungureit, 31, stood outside the alleged victim's home on Water Dam Road on March 26 at 5:15 p.m., according to Officer Dustin Sabol of the Briar Creek Township police. Ungureit was there to confront the woman over the alleged infidelity, and...
Used car salesman allegedly bails on sheriff's sale
Berwick, Pa. — A used car salesman arrested for allegedly scamming customers out of thousands of dollars skipped out on a sheriff’s sale too, police say. Jeremy Paul Talanca, 47, former Berwick police officer and officer-in-charge in Girardville, is facing numerous charges after state police audited his used car business in Berwick, Keystone Auto Exchange, following customer complaints earlier this year. Other customers filed civil suits against Talanca, with the...
Boy hospitalized after shooting in Shamokin
SHAMOKIN, Pa. — UPDATE: Teen hospitalized, suspect on the run after Shamokin shooting. Police say several officers performed first aid in the lobby of the police station along North Franklin Street in Shamokin after a boy was brought in with a gunshot wound to the chest. "Tried to keep...
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