Man hurt in East Side car fire and explosion
A man sustained third degree burns to the arms and shoulders when a 1998 Chevrolet Camaro exploded after a fire on South Bay Street in New Castle. Police and fire officials investigated the cause while Wallace was taken to an out of town hospital.
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New Castle
Dave Joseph
South Bay Street
Lower East Side
Sandy Wallace
Joseph
Wallace
Oak Street
Mary Grzebieniak
NEWS
St Vitus Festival Continues On South Side This Week
The 33rd annual St. Vitus Church Festival runs Thursday to Saturday at 910 S. Mercer St. in New Castle with free admission. Food offerings include cavatelli pasta fagioli pepperoni puffs and chicken or lamb. Italian entertainment nightly with Baby Doll Dance at 9 p.m. Thursday. Rides games and concessions, fireworks by Pyrotecnico Saturday at 10:30 p.m. Call (724) 652-3422 for details.
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New Castle
St. Vitus
S. Mercer St
Pyrotecnico
Fire Destroys Vacant Bluff Street House Collapse
A vacant two and a half story Bluff Street house collapsed after a fire on Wednesday dawn. Firefighters from New Castle arrived at 1:30 a.m. at 212 Bluff St on the West Side to find flames and a wall deemed unstable before the structure fell, bricks raining onto Boroline Street. Assistant Chief David Joseph said they backed off as the building collapsed, with bricks hitting the street.
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Bluff Street
Boroline Street
New Castle
Bluff St
David Joseph
Gary Church/NEWS
Gary Church
Brandon Rishel
Robert Ross
Senator calls for tighter rail bridge oversight in Pennsylvania
U S Senator Bob Casey urges stronger federal scrutiny of railroad bridges as hundreds of Bakken crude oil trains pass weekly through Pennsylvania. Casey notes derailments and explosions have highlighted railroad regulation concerns and cites Pennsylvania's more than 900 bridges.
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Harrisburg
U.S
Bob Casey
Bakken
North Dakota
Casey
Pennsylvania
Mount Jacksons Bicentennial Observed in New Castle News
Lugene Pezzuto reports Mount Jackson marks 200 years with a weekend celebration drawing thousands from North Beaver Township and beyond. The event highlights the village’s growth and its landscape of farms, underscoring local pride in the bicentennial observance.
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Mount Jackson
Lugene Pezzuto
New Castle News
Beaver Township
Obituaries of five residents listed in page A2
Donald L. Krolicki 79 of Terrace North Lane. Daniel L. Pauline 67 of Neshannock Township. Howard Leslie Reitz 96 of Baton Rouge Louisiana. Ruth Eleanor Spieker 92 of East Palestine Ohio. Mark William Stankard 56 of Deltona Florida. Obituary itemizes ages and hometowns for each.
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Donald L. Krolicki
Terrace North Lane
Daniel L. Pauline
Neshannock Township
Howard Leslie Reitz
Baton Rouge
Ruth Eleanor Spieker
East Palestine
Ohio
Mark William Stankard
Deltona
Fla
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