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Troy woman allegedly drives with kids on roof
Troy, Pa. — A Bradford County woman was charged, not with driving under the influence, but for driving under two children riding on top of her van's roof. During the afternoon of Oct. 24, Canton Police Officer Casey C. Shiposh received a report of two children riding on top of a van going west on East Second Street. The officer was initially unable to find the van and went to the caller's home to gather more information. There, the caller showed police a video of 49-year-old Dawn Borges of Troy driving a red and white van down the street with two young boys on its roof, Shiposh said. Police asked the caller and their spouse whether they believed it was possible Borges didn't know the children were on top of the vehicle while she was driving. The couple said they saw Borges speaking to the children while they were on the roof before she got in the van and began driving. Shiposh determined the vehicle in question was a 2008 Nissan Quest owned by Borges. The children, aged 8 and 11, on the van's roof were identified, and police were able to contact the parents of both juveniles and advise
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Man allegedly beats girlfriend in Sayre home over heroin
Sayre, Pa. — A man allegedly carrying fentanyl was arrested and jailed after he beat his girlfriend in Sayre despite her having a protective order against him out of New York. Police were called to the home on Bensley Street in Sayre on Oct. 30 for a reported domestic fight, said Officer Jason Bailey. The caller told police her adult daughter's 27-year-old boyfriend, Reef Phillips Ossandon of Binghamton, N.Y., had come to her home the night before. The couple had taken the daughter's child out trick-or-treating and Ossandon had then spent the night. Everything had been fine until the next morning, when she said she heard her daughter scream for help from downstairs. "Help, Mommy, call 911, he's hitting me," Ossandon's girlfriend reportedly shouted. The mother said she heard loud banging sounds, and suspected it was either the sound of Ossandon throwing her daughter or items around the home. She also heard her dog barking and growling. She ran downstairs and called 911. Ossandon allegedly heard the woman on the phone with 911, and said to the daughter, "This time I will f***ing kill you." The daughter then ran away out of the back of the home while also Ossandon
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Fulton Makes Successful Return to Racing with Close Racing Supply Eastern Region Rookie Honors
ROME, Pa. (Oct. 22, 2026) — More than two decades after stepping away from racing, Charlie Fulton has found his way back behind the wheel and into championship recognition. The 54-year-old Rome, Pa., driver earned the 2026 Close Racing Supply Eastern Region Rookie of the Year award in the Karl Kustoms IMCA Modified division, completing a successful return to the sport he first became involved with nearly 30 years ago.