Butler family mourns daughter amid rapid arrests in case
Melissa Barto, 26, of Butler County is missing and a burned body found in Neshannock Township is believed to be hers. State police charged Ishemer Ramsey, 21, with homicide, and James Howard-George, 26, with aiding Ramsey. Joshua Bowser, 21, was later arrested for criminal conspiracy to tamper with evidence and obstruction of justice. Barto’s mother urged others to seek help to avoid similar pain.
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Melissa
Missy” Barto
Butler County
Neshannock Township
Lawrence County
Ishemer Ramsey
Barto
Ramsey
State Police
Butler
James Howard-George
Joshua Bowser
Melissa Barto
Dan Irwin
Pennsylvania State Police
Unan Irwin News
Shenango Township approves 2017-18 budget with tax hike
Shenango Area School Board approved a 17,936,801 dollar budget for 2017-18, raising the real estate tax millage from 13.03 to 13.49 mills and increasing the average homeowner tax bill by about 39.85 dollars based on a median district home value of 86,625 dollars. The deficit of 194,756 dollars will come from the district's 3.6 million dollar fund balance. Board member Dean Owery noted it remains the smallest budget in the county with the lowest taxes, amid retirement and special education cost pressures. The meeting honored three retirees: Debbie Shaw lisa Grauso and Pat Magusiak.
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Shenango Area
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Dean Owery
Lawrence County
Owery
Debbie Shaw
Lisa Grauso
Shenango
Pat Magusiak
County leaders join in probe of YC bid
Lawrence County commissioners add voices to concerns over the bid award for the former Youth Development Center property. Hira Educational Services of North America bid $400,000, highest of three, with state sale not yet complete. Officials are sending letters to the governor’s office and supporting Shenango Township supervisors and area legislators who raised questions.
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Lawrence County
Hira Educational Services of North America
New Jersey
Dan Vogler
Vogler
Shenango
Shenango Township
State Department of General Services
Tom Wolf
Man jailed after alleged threat of police officer
A Pulaski Township man, David Dunkel, is jailed in Lawrence County awaiting extradition to Coitsville, Ohio, after police say he cornered and threatened a Coitsville officer in a parking lot. Dunkel allegedly blocked the officer’s door and threatened to run over and kill him before leaving the scene.
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Pulaski Township
Lawrence County
Coitsville
Ohio
David Dunkel
Pulaski
Dunkel
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