Witness says Phillips confessed to killing friend Jamiah Ward
Holly Slagle testified that Corey Brandon Phillips admitted killing Jamiah Ward after Ward disappeared following an overnight outing. Slagle described a struggle on a hillside behind New Castle High School where Phillips says Ward had a knife and was stabbed. Ward’s body was found six days later beneath leaves near the hill bottom by the police station.
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Lawrence County Public Defenders Office
Union school council teams with eatery for summer pantry
Union Middle High School hosts a no-questions-asked summer pantry in the library from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, funded by Los Amigos owner Juan Banales and organized by the student council led by Nicolle Barker.
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Trump kicks off re election campaign in Florida
President Donald Trump launched his 2020 re election bid in Florida with key battleground states including Georgia Michigan North Carolina Pennsylvania and Wisconsin cited as decisive. Political analyst G Terry Madonna notes Florida holds 29 electoral votes and Pennsylvania 20 making the state choice impactful. Madonna adds Trump recent Pennsylvania visit in Lycoming County last May to back state Rep. Fred Keller.
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Wisconsin
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Franklin and Marshall College
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Trump
Lycoming County
Fred Keller
Man in wheelchair charged after pool shooting incident
Frederick Hess, 53, of 410 Epworth St., was arrested by New Castle police on attempted criminal homicide charges after allegedly firing a black powder handgun at two swimming youths near his neighbor’s house. A small metal ball and a matching hole in the pool wall were found, and witnesses say Hess fired once while shouting threats.
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