New Castle Woman Charged Over Neshannock Creek Dump
New Castle police charged 50 year old Jacquline Keene of 461 Neshannock Ave for allegedly dumping trash along the Neshannock Creek. A dumping complaint on Neshannock Avenue Extension on April 28 led to a formal summons for scattering rubbish. The department plans aggressive enforcement with cameras and public disclosure of offenders in coordination with city and county agencies.
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Neshannock Creek
Jacquline Keene
Neshannock Ave
Neshannock Village
Neshannock Avenue
Keene
Lawrence Count Solid Waste and Recycling Office
Lawrence County Planning and Community Development
Nation heard as Bargas pushes medical marijuana bill
Bargas welcomed a new law establishing standards for tracking plants certifying physicians and licensing growers and dispensaries. Patients could receive marijuana in pill oil vapor ointment or liquid form but not smoke or grow it. She urged faster access while Dr J Fred Stoner of the Pain Centre remarked on medical marijuana’s potential to ease several conditions and recounted a reflex sympathetic dystrophy case. Both supported broader legalization with a regulated market and discussed staying involved with advocacy groups.
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Cannabis Extracts
National Organization For the Reform of Marijuana Laws
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J. Fred Stoner
New Castle
Moody Avenue
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Man Sentenced for 2013 Shooting Outside Brashear High School
Anjohnito Willet, 19, was sentenced in Allegheny County to 12 to 30 years for attempted homicide and aggravated assault in the November 2013 shooting outside Brashear High School. He fired from a wooded area, injuring three students.
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Western Pennsylvania
Anjohnito Willet
Allegheny County
Brashear High School
Willet
Nurse accused of abusing patients at nursing home
Police report details multiple alleged assaults by Wilcox on male and female residents at Golden Hill Nursing and Rehab. She faces four counts of stalking with intent to cause emotional distress and six counts each of simple assault and harassment. Nord says she no longer works there and the facility asserts a commitment to resident safety.
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Mark Nord
Nord
Golden Hill Nursing & Rehab
Dwachter
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Gettysburg park to receive Civil War artifacts from Philadelphia museum
Gettysburg National Military Park will own about 3000 Civil War items donated by the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia. The collection includes Lincoln's Independence Hall flag fragment and a sword given to General Grant. The Philadelphia museum closed in 2008 and moved toward preservation through donation. The Gettysburg site draws far more visitors, about 1.2 million yearly.
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Gettysburg National Military Park
Philadelphia
Civil War Museum of Philadelphia
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Independence Hall
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Vicksburg
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Park
Katie Lawhon
Center City
Rial
Gettysburg Museum
For the Record Lottery and Weather Preview
Sunrise and sunset times set the day as mostly cloudy tonight with a low mid level. Tomorrow brings partly sunny skies with a high in the lower 60s. Lottery numbers cover Pick 2 through Powerball with multiple draws and results listed.
States tackle rape kit backlogs with federal aid
Kristen Houser of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape notes unclear reasons for the backlog while states push to test kits. Florida reports 13,000 backlog, New Mexico about 5,000. Federal funding of 79 million supports 70,000 national backlog across 27 states, including 254,000 for Allegheny County medical examiner and 420,000 for Philadelphia.
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Kristen Houser
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
Philadelphia
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