Walk for local health care survival in New Castle
About 40 people joined a two mile walk along Route 18 from Jameson Hospital to the South Campus to protest the planned closure of the behavioral health inpatient unit and partial hospitalization program. Organizers urged keeping health care local amid a merger delay and potential budget cuts.
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Jameson South
Jameson Hospital
South
Behavioral Health Department
Mark Matta
New Castle
UPMC
Kathleen Kane
Matta
Vicky Surgenovic
Lawrence County
Surgenavic
Tirrany Wolfe
Behavioral Health
Tornado confirmed in western Pennsylvania near Cranberry
The National Weather Service reported an EF-0 tornado with 60 to 70 mph winds touched down near Cranberry in Butler County, traveling about a mile and a half after 5 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported, with damage limited to uprooted and snapped trees. Minor regional flooding forced a few residents from their homes during the weekend storms.
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Cranberry
National Weather Service
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Butler Coun
Competency hearing set for man in beating death
Indiana Pennsylvania AP reports 36 year old Todd Walters is scheduled for an August 13 competency hearing to determine if he can stand trial for the bludgeoning death of his mother Ruth Shirey 72 a retired geography professor and IU of Pennsylvania professor Walters faces criminal homicide and aggravated assault charges and is held without bail Defense says Walters may need further medical treatment due to prior mental health issues and medication noncompliance
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Indiana, Pa
Western Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Todd Walters
Indiana County
Ruth Shirey
Leon
Ard Ambrose III
Walters
Judge dismisses charges in teen overdose death case
A Beaver County judge dismissed involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering counts against Noah Lalama and Terell Shelton in the overdose death of Dominisk Treemarchi, 17, days before a high school football title game. Reckless endangerment charges remain. co-defendants face separate drug delivery counts for allegedly selling Xanax.
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Beaver
Beaver County Times
Beaver County
Noah Lalama
Terell Shelton
Dominisk Treemarchi
Monaco
Treemarchi
Central Valley High
Danielle Hrelec
Brandi Spohn
Rescue Rope Helps Firefighter Save Stranded Boy
Rescue worker said fatigue set in as the chief summoned a fire truck. Assistant chief Mike Robbe tossed a rescue rope, then Josh Riley swam out while wearing a life jacket to reach Sample. Riley, joined by Larry Coyne and Jim Donston, pulled the boy to shore after a handhold slipped. The scene cleared at 8 44 p.m.
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Mike Robbe
Josh Riley
Sample
Larry Coyne
Jim
Donston
Riley
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