Training Demands Strain Pennsylvania Volunteer Fire Departments
State mandates raise training hours to 120 240 across departments and require criminal background checks by July 1 2015. Chiefs warn only a shrinking pool of volunteers keeps stations open, with fundraisers and incentives cited as key to attracting help. They urge state level action including health insurance tax relief or pay per call to entice volunteers.
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Lawrence County Fire Academy
Louis Laughlin
Scott Township
Jack Hitchen
Morse
Pennsylvania
Rishel
Laughlin
Pulaski Township
Shenango Township
Manhunt shifts after possible sighting of escaped killers
Investigators widened the manhunt for two Clinton Correctional Facility escapees to a rural area near the Pennsylvania border after a credible sighting report in Friendship. About 300 officers searched Amity and Friendship while reviewing sightings in Steuben and Allegany counties.
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Interstate 86
Dannemora
David Sweat
Richard Matt
Clinton
Terry Pelz
Texas
University of Houston
Matt
Sweat
Adirondacks
Cerretto
Steuben County
Allegany County
Erwin
Feese Paroled From Waymart After Three-Year Confinement
Former Republican Rep Brett Feese of Lycoming County is slated for parole June 28 at Waymart State Prison after a sentence of three years and three months for hiring out-of-state consultants with public funds and shifting legislative staff to build voter databases and software. The case, tied to a 2007 attorney general probe, echoed in the Capitol as former speakers John Perzel and Bill DeWeese faced penalties. Civic groups urge gift bans and tighter ethics rules to curb pay to play and influence in contracting. Legislators say ethics training and clearer lines between politics and governance have improved conduct.
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Lycoming County
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Bill DeWeese
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