911 outage triggers cross-county routing in Lawrence Mercer
Lawrence and Mercer County emergency directors say the regional 911 system failed due to software issues but backups routed calls to Mercer dispatch. About 20 Lawrence County calls, including a few emergencies, were handled via Mercer, with all backups functioning as designed and communications maintained.
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Lawrence
Mercer County
Lawrence County
Lawrence County Public Safety
Brian Mercer
Mercer
Frank Jannetti
Mercer Dispatch Center
Dwachter
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Volunteers Revamp Hoyt Field At State Route 158 Site
The Wilmington area youth league volunteers raised funds and gathered donations to fix the old Hoyt Field off State Route 158 near Phillips School Road. They cleaned weeds, repaired rusted fences, and replaced rotted bleachers, transforming the neglected softball site into a usable field for local baseball and softball activities.
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Wilmington
Phillips School Road
Hoyt Field
Jessica Shelenberger
Matt Jones
Jason Jones
Hoyt
Wilmington Township
Police accuse teen of carrying 11 grams cocaine in car
Shenango Township teen 18 Michael Ryan Schmidt of New Castle is charged after police found 11.6 grams of cocaine during a search of his Chevrolet Cobalt on Crawford Avenue near Court Street. An inventory search revealed drug paraphernalia and a white powder field tested as cocaine. A narcotics-detecting dog aided the investigation before a search warrant was executed.
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Shenango Township
New Castle
Michael Ryan Schmidt
Kittery Ridge Drive
Apt
Wednes
Crawford Avenue
Court Street
Schmidt
Melissa Amodie
Harbor Heights Woman Accused of Punching Nurse at Jame son Hospital
A Harbor Heights resident, Darence Nicole Murphy, 30, was arrested after allegedly punching a nurse in the throat twice in the ICU. Police say she visited a patient around 4 p.m. Thursday became irate over the patient’s condition and lashed out, resulting in charges of aggravated and simple assault, disorderly conduct, and harassment. she was arraigned and held on a $5,000 bond.
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Harbor Heights
Jameson Hospital
New Castle
Darence Nicole Murphy
Booker
Murphy
Jennifer L. Nicholson
Lawrence County
Obituary notices list several local residents
Our obituaries include Susan L. Daum 71 of Butler Drive Robert Earl Forner 87 of Neshannock Township Franklin L Nogee 87 of New Castle Gary Gino E SanFelice 72 of Edinburg R Arleen Schaville 81 of Meredith S Shuppy 29 of New Orleans. See Page A5 Weekend Edition.
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Susan L. Daum
Butler
Robert Earl Forner
Neshannock Township
Franklin L. Nogee
New Castle
Gary
Gino” E. SanFelice
Edinburg
R. Arleen Schaville
Meredith S. Shuppy
New Orleans
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