CRIME & SAFETY
Toddler found unresponsive in backyard pool; East Hempfield Township Police investigating death
EAST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Police in Lancaster County are investigating the death of a child. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8. EMS was called to a home on Wheatland Avenue on Sunday just after noon, according to East Hempfield Township Police. Police said a 3-year-old child had...
SUV crash closes Westmoreland City post office; operations likely to shift to neighbor facility
The Westmoreland City Post Office was closed until further notice Monday after an SUV crashed into it. North Huntingdon Township building inspector Tom McGuire said the SUV damaged a load-bearing wall that faces the parking lot. “The building’s going to be condemned until it’s repaired,” he said.
Motorcycles collide in Unity Township, two injured
State Troopers say two motorcyclists from East Palestine were seriously injured in a weekend traffic accident in Unity Township. According to the patrol, 29-year-old Caleb Reynolds was attempting to turn his Harley Davidson left onto Brushville Road from State Route 165 Sunday afternoon, when he was struck by a passing Suzuki driven by 18-year-old Pierson Wolfe.
Former Pennsylvania police officer, chief plead guilty to role in meth operation
(WJET/WFXP) — The former chief and another officer from western Pennsylvania have pleaded guilty in federal court for their alleged role in running a methamphetamine pill operation. The United States Attorney’s Office for Western Pennsylvania announced on May 1 that former Greensburg Police Officer Regina McAtee pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. She joins […]
New Mexico man fights extradition to Florida after license plate readers used to track him to New Stanton
The lawyer of a man arrested this week at a Pennsylvania Turnpike service plaza told a judge he will challenge efforts to extradite his client to Florida to answer charges that he shot and killed his own brother. John William Tolbert, 58, of New Mexico, is expected to remain in...
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