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Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Galvinell Meat Company In Conowingo Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Galvinell Meat Company In Conowingo
Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Galvinell Meat Company In Conowingo A two-alarm blaze destroyed a well-known Maryland meat butchering shop and caused upwards of $2.5 million in damages, officials say. Fire crews were called at approximately 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning to the Galvinell Meat Company in Cecil County, where there was a reported fire with flames showing through the roof and smoke billowing through the air on Ragan Road in Conowingo. Multiple fire departments, including around 50 firefighters from Cecil, Harford, Lancaster, and Chester counties, responded to the two-alarm blaze, helping to bring the flames under control in just over an hour. …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Danelo Cavalcante Captured (BREAKING) Danelo Cavalcante Captured (BREAKING)
Danelo Cavalcante Captured (Breaking) Danelo Cavalcante is in custody. Danelo Cavalcante has been taken into custody after a two-week manhunt in Chester County, PA, Pennsylvania State Police announced Wednesday, Sept. 13. The 34-year-old convicted killer from Brazil was found hiding under foliage within a search perimeter in northern Chester County, 6abc reports. Details in the capture were expected to be announced at a 9:30 a.m. press conference. A search perimeter was announced Tuesday, Sept. 12, along Routes 23 and 100, Fairview and Nantmeal roads, and Iron Bridge and County Park roads. Residents were urged to secure buil…

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by Cecilia Levine and Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Search For Danelo Cavalcante Is Now Nationwide Search For Danelo Cavalcante Is Now Nationwide
Search For Danelo Cavalcante Is Now Nationwide Danelo Cavalcante has somehow slipped by the hundreds of law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states searching for him in the Longwood Gardens, and though authorities believe he is still in Pennsylvania, they are now describing the search as a "nationwide" manhunt.  The 34-year-old fugitive killer was captured on home surveillance footage on the porch of a residence in northern Chester County near Phoenixville, sometime late Saturday, Sept. 9, Pennsylvania State Police said. By Sunday morning, Sept. 10, troopers said they had received leads that Cavalcante was no longer…

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by Cecilia Levine and Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say
Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say Danelo Cavalcante has somehow slipped by the hundreds of law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states searching for him in the Longwood Gardens, and though authorities believe he is still in Pennsylvania, they are now describing the search as a "nationwide" manhunt.  The 34-year-old fugitive killer was captured on home surveillance footage on the porch of a residence in northern Chester County near Phoenixville, sometime late Saturday, Sept. 9, Pennsylvania State Police said. By Sunday morning, Sept. 10, troopers said they had received leads that Cavalcante was no longer…

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by Cecilia Levine and Mac Bullock
Weather
Air Quality Expected To Reach Danger Zones Along East Coast Air Quality Expected To Reach Danger Zones Along East Coast
Air Quality Expected To Reach Danger Zones Along East Coast Smoke from Canadian wildfires continue to travel south down the East Coast, and residents along the East Coast are starting to feel the impact. The Maryland Department of the Environment issued an alert on Tuesday, June 6, warning that "significant wildfire smoke" from fires in Canada will impact air quality throughout Maryland over the next several days (click here to check the air quality in your town). According to AirNow.gov, Wednesday, June 7 was expected to be in the red zone, the danger zone, in Baltimore, and parts of the Philadelphia suburbs. Smoke & haze from wildfires in…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Search For Clues To Woman Missing Since 2014 Under Way In Southern PA Search For Clues To Woman Missing Since 2014 Under Way In Southern PA
Search For Clues To Woman Missing Since 2014 Under Way In Southern PA Authorities on Wednesday, Sept. 14 were searching a property in Chester County that has a possible connection to the disappearance of a suburban Philly woman, who was last seen more than eight years ago, CBS3 reports. Amanda DeGuio was reported missing by relatives on Aug. 27, 2014, but had not been seen by her family in Upper Darby, since the first week of June 2014, after she returned from a trip to Florida, according to the FBI. The property was confirmed to be in East Nottingham Township (Chester County), about an hour away from Upper Darby. As of Wednesday night, there were no major d…

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by Nicole Acosta