Scary drug warning highlights new county risks
Schuylkill County warns of two potent drugs gas station heroin tianeptine and xylazine nicknamed trang and zombie drug Elevating concern over overdoses as xylazine becomes scheduled and tianeptine spread prompts legal bills. Officials urge awareness, school outreach, and treatment gaps amid rising fentanyl mixes.
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Philadelphia
Schuylkill County
Eric Cuff
Pennsylvania
State Department of Health
Cuff
Albert Barnes
Freeland ends garbage can buy or return window
Freeland residents face a May deadline to pay 12.50 per can or 25 per pair for county waste receptacles or arrange returns. Borough officials say cans remain borough property until paid, with pickup by streets department free and a 25 fee added to July bills for noncompliance.
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Freeland
County Waste/GEL
Orwigsburg
Fern St
Streets Department
Council
Matt Krone
Public Works
Freeland Borough
Krone
Hazle Two
Hazle
Cause of Tresckow fire accidental, chief says
A Thursday afternoon fire in Tresckow Banks Township was ruled accidental due to an electrical issue by McAdoo Fire Chief Robert Leshko after a fire marshal investigation. The blaze displaced five people, damaged siding on a home and a garage, and required assistance from Carbon Schuylkill and Luzerne counties with no injuries reported. The affected addresses were 4 and 6 East Hemlock Street.
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Charlewood Drive
Freeland
Chuck Krone
Medic 26
Krone
Lehigh Valley Medic 11
Samantha MacDonald
Kira Crawford
Debra Bogen
Department of Health
Bogen
Philadelphia
Cuff
Tresckow
Banks Two
McAdoo
Robert Leshko
Leshko
E. Hemlock St
E. Hemlock
Carbon
Schuylkill
Luzerne
Amanda Christman
Local Magistrate Dismissals In Hazleton District Court
Court records show multiple dismissals and pleas in Luzerne County magisterial dockets. Emely Tejeda Cabrera faced a fraud food stamps case dismissed May 15 by Judge Joseph Zola in Hazleton after a June 30 offense. Nicole Lavoie pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and was ordered to pay $543.25 by Judge Casimir Kosciolek in Lansford. Other cases were withdrawn or moved to non traffic citations, with defendants Patone and Bartley altering charges to harassment.
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Emely Tejeda Cabrera
Pennsylvania
Office of Attorney General
Dis
Nicole M. Lavoie
Summit Hill
Casimir Kosciolek
Lansford
Patrone
Bartley
Ferris Webby
Mountain Top
Manu
Oscar E. Hernandez-Cortorreal
Hazleton
Joseph Zola
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Frank and
Ruscavage
Tianeptine
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Andrew Kuzma
R-Allegheny
Washington
Georgia
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Tennessee
Ohn Haege
South Walnut Street
South Beech Street
Michael A. Patrone
Alexis M. Bartley
Butler
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