Fighting Child Abuse Coordination Aims for Child Welfare
The Lawrence County Children's Advocacy Center leads a multi disciplinary team tackling child sexual and physical abuse with the child’s interests at the center. Monthly case reviews streamline reporting, reduce trauma from recounting events, and foster interagency cooperation within Jameson Health System.
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Lawrence County
Heather Killian
Jameson Health System
Killian
American Professional Society
San Antonio
Children and Youth Services
Sandra Cooper
CYS
CVS
Copper
New Castle Board Buys Three Parcels For School Project
New Castle Area School Board buys three more parcels for a new high school. Purchases include 335 Berger Place for 56000, 333 Berger Place for 51000, and 313 Rhodes Place for 56000, plus about 4500 in related costs. Total parcels now five with 13 more to acquire. Two appraisers used. higher figure offered. Plans include selling houses and fixtures. AGX Inc to inspect for asbestos at 4850. Residents oppose demolishing historic structures.
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New Castle Area
Richard
Cheryl Panella
Berger Place
Philip Kwiatkowski
David C. Copper
Rhodes Place
Lincoln Avenue
Berger and
Rhodes
Reis
AGX Inc
Cranberry Township
City school board expels Student for threats at New Castle High
A male student was expelled by the City school board after admitting to a Feb 26 1999 call threatening Sarin gas at New Castle High School and posting similar threats online. District officials report juvenile justice involvement since arrest. Resignations of two staff and an appointment were noted.
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New Castle High School
Lawrence County
Matthew T. Mangino
New Castle
Randall Cook
Rebecca Darwin
Patricia Demko
Underground Gateway Commerce Center Holds Massive Space in Wampum
Mike Gervas runs Gateway Commerce Center an underground storage park along Route 18 in Wampum. The facility houses cars boats food metals and a 22.5 ton glass piece once destined for Mauna Kea Hawaii. Tours and mixers are planned by local chambers to boost visibility and business.
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Mike Gervas
Pittsburgh
Gateway Commerce Center
Wampum
Gervas
Mauna Kea
Hawaii
Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence County Tourism Bureau
Union Township school principal gets second raise this year
Union Area High School principal Robert Hooven receives a $2,000 raise raising his salary to $70,300 for current year with a planned $2,732 increase next year to $73,032. Board split 5-3 with Cassella Bertolino voting against citing fairness and long hours of salary talks.
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Union Area High School
Robert Hooven
Hooven
Jay Carlin
Greg Cassella
John Bertolino
Cassella
Bertolino
David Chiafullo
Hoaven
Township supervisors pledge funds to aid fire department truck purchase
Union Township supervisors plan to allocate $15,000 from the Community Development Block Grant to the fire department this year. They previously raised $1,543 from a business drive and already donated $3,000. Supervisor Steve Galizia collected another $3,750 from local businesses after declining to sign the group letter.
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Union Township
Fire Department
Ralph Nuzzo
Nuzzo
Steve Galizia
Galizia
Kevin M. Guinaugh
Nightly UK births and Local Police Blotter Update
Daily Record notes two birth announcements from UK on Jameson Hospital and St Francis Hospital with March 2000 dates for Robert and Michele Orr and Leigh Anne Ferry and Chris Cundiff. Police report include a hit-and-run on Mill Street and North Street injuring 13 year old Curtis Marlow Jr., an arrest of Shawn Trott on drug delivery warrant, another hit-and-run on East Meyer Avenue, and multiple vehicle accidents on Route 18 Route 288 with injuries treated at Ellwood City Hospital. Also lists marriage licenses for Mercer couples and James Medvit unrelated continuation.
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Jameson Hospital
Robert
Michele Orr
New Wilmington
ST. Francis Hospital
Leigh Anne Ferry
Chris Cundiff
Kittery Ridge
New Castle
Mill Street
North Street
Curtis Marlow Jr
Boyles Ave
Shawn Trott
Washington St
East Meyer Avenue
Cherry Bethune
Oak St
North
Beaver Township
Richard L. Rombold
New Brighton
Christine M. Malz
Wampum RD
Wayne Township
Cory Krueger
Krueger
Daniel Grove
E. Elizabeth St
Patricia Houk
Ellwood City Hospital
Matthew E. Mays
Mercer
Candace S. Crill
E. Meyer Ave
James S. Medvit
English Ave
Robbery Probe In Shenango Township At Local Beverage Store
Shenango Township police investigate an armed robbery at Shenango Beverage on New Butler Road around 8 p.m. A heavyset white male about 6 feet tall, wearing a black shirt and gray camouflage pants, fled with about $600. Suspect headed toward Aiken Road. call police with any information.
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Shenango Township
Shenango Beverage
New Butler Road
Aiken Road
Fuel Price Emergency Project aids low income homeowners in March
Pennsylvania received federal emergency funds to help those hit by rising home heating costs this winter. The Fuel Price Emergency Project offers $250 checks to homeowners and renters with income at or below 150 percent of poverty guidelines. Applications available at the Lawrence County Assistance Office. call 656-3021 for details.
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Pennsylvania
Lawrence County Assistance Office
Woman charged in bomb threats at Slippery Rock High
An 18 year old woman Cynthia Dawn Grossman was charged Tuesday with two counts of unlawful use of a computer and two counts of making terroristic threats for sending two bomb threat letters to Slippery Rock High School. She allegedly used a Slippery Rock University library computer to email threats claiming a bomb would explode on March 9 and confessed to the actions.
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Slippery Rock
Cynthia Dawn Grossman
Slippery Rock High School
Grossman
Slippery Rock University
Clifford Woessneris
Correction guidance for editors and callers
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Tim Kolodziej
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