Mount Jackson plans annual August celebration at Museum Park
Mount Jackson will hold an annual event each August weekend at Museum Park behind North Beaver Township property. The 200th anniversary Aug 7 to 9 drew nearly 5,000 people, funds covered costs, and organizers aim to raise more for a permanent museum. Volunteers are sought for 2016 via John R. Long at 724-510-9699 or traylong verizon.net.
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Mount Jackson
Beaver Township
John R. Long
Mount Jackson Museum
Howard Strodecker
The
Mount Jackson Museum Foundation
Traylong
Verizon.net
Ramadi Recaptured Boosts Iraqi Forces Against ISIS
Iraqi forces entered Ramadi's government complex under coalition air support, raising the national flag as IS pockets remain. Coalition airstrikes killed militants and destroyed vehicles, helping advance on the city, which suffered extensive destruction with more than half its buildings destroyed.
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Baghdad
Ramadi
Islamic State Group
Iraq
Ahmed al-Belawi
U.S
Ahmed Ali
Institute of Regional and International Studies
American University of Iraq
U.S. Army
Steve Warren
Coalition
Al-Belawi
Fallujah
Toll increases announced for E Z Pass and cash customers
The commission raises tolls from 9.05 to 9.59 for E Z Pass users and 12.80 to 13.60 for cash customers. The 2016 hike funds debt linked to Act 44 2007 and Act 89 2013 payments to PennDOT and supports the Pennsylvan ia Turnpike reconstruction plan, including widening about 450 miles from four to six lanes. The plan targets $600 million yearly investments, with 117 miles rebuilt so far and 333 miles remaining.
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Sean Logan
Penndot
Logan
Commission
Racino Project Seeks Deadline Reconsideration After License Delay
Procacci and Canfora pushed for deadline relief as the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has yet to award a casino license. They estimated 15 months from licensure to open, with racetrack and casino built together. Newman granted a six month easement this month to allow the project to proceed on Route 422 land drawn up since 2003.
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Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
Procacci
Canfora
Newman
Relatives sought of Charleroi officer who died in 1943
An investigator with the Law Enforcement Officers memorial in Pittsburgh seeks George Arnold's relatives from Charleroi to submit an application by December 31 to add his name to the National Memorial in Washington. Arnold died of a heart attack on duty during a domestic dispute arrest on March 29, 1943, at age 43.
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Rocky Geppert
Monessen
Valley Independent
Charleroi
George Arnold
Geppert
Arnold
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
Washington
D.C
Collar bomb killer loses latest appeal in bank plot
Marjorie Diehl Armstrong, serving a life sentence for the 2003 Erie bank robbery plot that killed pizza deliveryman Brian Wells, lost her latest appeal. A federal judge found the trial evidence sufficient to connect her to the conspiracy even as Armstrong criticized the ruling as a miscarriage of justice. Co defendant Kenneth Barnes pleaded guilty and testified.
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Erie, Pa
Pennsylvania
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong
Erie
Brian Wells
The
Erie Times-News
Diehl-Armstrong
Kenneth Barnes
Wells
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