Lawrence County Fair Derby Returns With Local Stars
Derby fans packed the grandstands as Lawrence County Fair Derby returned. Promoter Jeremy Hejduk of Derby Dog Productions leads roughly twenty derbies yearly across western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, with drivers like Ellwood City’s Tom Emery and Porter sville’s John Stafford praising the revival. A key moment saw Andy Bordt of Sewickley defeat Edward Dietrich Jr. of New Castle in a pickup truck final, Bordt earning a $1000 prize while Dietrich took $500 for second.
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Derby Dog Productions
Derby Dog
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Hejduk
Lair
Tom Emery
Ellwood City
Emery
John Stafford
Portersville
Stafford
Andy Bordt
Sewickley
Edward Dietrich Jr
New Castle
Bordt
Dietrich
Neliving
Ncnewsonline
Classic car cruise and air show returns to airport
The event invites classic and special interest cars with no entry fee and features a craft show, food vendors, a corn roast, airplane rides at 20 dollars and helicopter rides at 30 dollars. Last year drew over 120 aircraft and 400 cruise cars. Frank Sesek displays a 1943 Jacob radial seven cylinder engine from the Bamboo Bomber. Civil Air Patrol will participate.
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Jones
Frank Sesek
CAP Cadets Volunteer to Park and Control Traffic
The local CAP chapter was acknowledged for its cadets who volunteer to manage parking and direct traffic, supporting event safety and crowd flow.
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CAP
Wings and Wheels at local airport features cadet program
CAP cadet program introduces aviation to thousands from ages 12 to 21. Winning flight tickets for ages 8 and up will be drawn with a 4 p.m. flight. The Rapid Tappets car cruise showcases custom cars and builds, inviting area residents to tour the airport and taxiway.
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CAP
Jones
Spezzato
Ncnewsonline
Names released in western Pa boat tragedy
Clarion County officials released the names of three men killed when a 21 foot boat ran aground and overturned on the Allegheny River near Phillipston. Timothy Jones 62 Tarentum Joe Wrbas 48 Butler Chad Wilson 34 Prospect. An elderly man in his 70s who was pinned beneath the boat was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital. Autopsies were planned for Monday. The victims had been fishing near their campsite in Watsonville Armstrong County.
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Rimersburg
Allegheny River
Pennsylvania
Clarion County
Phillipston
Terry Shaffer
Timothy Jones
Tarentum
Joe Wrbas
Butler
Chad Wilson
Prospect
Erie County
Joe
Chad
Offutt
Jones
Fire damages Hickory Township home injuring family
An arson fire at 1335 E Maitland Lane Hickory Township at 2 31 a m sent Herbert and Rosanna Rodgers to Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh in serious burn condition. Their 1 year old daughter injured status not released. Melanie A Clark and her 3 year old daughter escaped uninjured. House uninhabitable with dog killed and two cats missing. Firefighters confined blaze to a single upstairs bedroom and attended by multiple departments. State police fire marshal investigating.
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UPMC
Jameson
Pittsburgh
E. Maitland Lane
Hickory Township
Mercy Hospital
Melanie A. Clark
Gibsonia
Greaves
Clark
Herbert
Rosanna Rodgers
Herbert Rodgers
David White
Ers
White
Lawrence County Fair
Neshannock
Scott
Shenango Townships
Volant
Deadly Gaziantep wedding attack blamed on IS
A bomb at a Kurdish wedding party near the Turkey Syria border killed at least 51 people and wounded about 70. President Erdogan said the blast, described as a child suicide attack by IS, aimed to inflame ethnic and religious tensions. No immediate claim of responsibility.
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Turkey
Syria
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Gaziantep
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
The
PKK
Fethullah Gulen
Erdogan
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