First responders urge safety during grilling season
First responders urge safer outdoor cooking during warm months and Memorial Day weekend. The NFPA cites seven in ten adults own a grill or smoker. July peaks for grill fires. From 2017 to 2021, U.S. fire departments averaged 11,421 grill related fires yearly, with 22,155 ER visits for grill injuries. Experts advise cleaning grills, inspecting fittings, keeping grills 10 feet from structures, using solid surfaces, supervising children, and safely disposing coals. Memorial Day reminders honor fallen service members.
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National Fire Protection Association
U.S
Hazleton
Donald Leshko
Dustin Warner
Fairview Street
Human relations hearing set for June in Hazleton
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission will hold an investigative public hearing in Hazleton from 9 a.m. to 6 30 p.m. June 14 at Hazleton One Community Center to hear discrimination claims in employment housing education and public accommodation. Testimony will be under oath and transcribed with Spanish interpretation available.
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Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
PHRC
Hazleton
Hazleton One Community Center
E. Fourth St
Police seize 26 pounds cocaine from speeding van on I 80
Pennsylvania State Police stopped a speeding Ford Econo van on I 80 at mile marker 250.4 in Black Creek Two and found 12 kilograms of cocaine in a hidden cargo compartment after a consent search. Driver Yasiel A. Duarte Vasquez, 39, Hazle Township, and passenger Jose Maldonado Gutierrez, 39, Newark, NJ, face drug counts and instruments of crime charges. Bail set at 250000 and 300000 respectively. both jailed after failing to post bail.
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Interstate 80
Yasiel A. Duarte Vasquez
Jeanesville
Hazle Twp
Jose Maldonado Gutierriez
Newark
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Duarte Vasquez
Black Creek
Ferris Webby
Wright
Duarte Vazquez
Defiant trespass charged for Drums woman at Hazleton store
Brooke A. Roman, 35, was charged with defiant trespass after entering Rite Aid at 1000 N. Church St where she had previously been ordered to stay away for three years. The case was held for court May 15 by Magisterial District Judge Joseph Zola.
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Hazleton
Brooke A. Roman
Joseph Zola
Roman
Rite Aid
N. Church St
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Hazle
Scott Kostician
West Hazleton
Rick Sparks
Leshko
Sparks
Valley Regional Fire
Willy Chapela
Kostician
Lesko
Chapela
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Dcnr.pa
National Weather Service
Christman
Fairview St
Franklin R. Cunningham
Brian Tupper
Trucksville
Altmiller Playground
Cunningham
Parkwood
East 23Rd Streets
James Street
Sean A. Ortiz
Ortiz
David Barilla
Sweyersville
Jayolijah E. Torrez
Locust Street
Torrez
Turkey Hill
Alter St
Luzerne County
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