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PA Lottery: More Than $248 Million In Scratch-Off Prizes Sold At These Pennsylvania Stores PA Lottery: More Than $248 Million In Scratch-Off Prizes Sold At These Pennsylvania Stores
PA Lottery: More Than $248 Million In Scratch-Off Prizes Sold At These Pennsylvania Stores Pennsylvania Lottery Scratch-Off winners claimed more than $248.8 million in prizes during January, including two top prizes worth $3 million. Eight top prizes of $1 million were claimed by players from Northumberland County, Westmoreland County, Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey. Some retailers earned a $10,000 bonus for selling the $3 million-winning tickets and others a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning Scratch-Off tickets worth $1 million.  Those retailers are: Thorndale Exxon & Tiger Mart, 3727 Lincoln Highway East, Thorndale, Chester County ($10,000 bonus); Fine Win…

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GOP Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Reese Dies Of Brain Aneurysm After Testing Positive For COVID, 42 GOP Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Reese Dies Of Brain Aneurysm After Testing Positive For COVID, 42
GOP Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Reese Dies Of Brain Aneurysm After Testing Positive For COVID, 42 Pennsylvania state Rep. Mike Reese died of an apparent brain aneurysm Saturday after having tested positive for COVID-19 at 42 years old, the House GOP leader said. He died peacefully with his family by his side Saturday afternoon at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, a release posted to his Facebook page says. Reese on Dec. 7 announced he tested positive for COVID-19 and had been quarantining.  He was first elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2008, taking office in the 2009-10 Legislative Session.  Representing Westmoreland and…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fugitive Pennsylvania Killer Caught Chillin' At Reopened Jacksonville Beach, Authorities Say Fugitive Pennsylvania Killer Caught Chillin' At Reopened Jacksonville Beach, Authorities Say
Fugitive Pennsylvania Killer Caught Chillin' At Reopened Jacksonville Beach, Authorities Say A fugitive who apparently didn’t know that the reopening of beaches in Jacksonville, Florida amid the coronavirus pandemic doesn’t include sitting around turned out to be wanted on homicide charges out of Pennsylvania, authorities said. A three-month manhunt ended Sunday with the arrest of Mario Matthew Gatti, 30. Gatti went on the lam in January after detectives charged him with criminal homicide for shooting 33-year-old Michael Coover, Jr. several times, killing him, as the victim cooked dinner at a Westmoreland County home, authorities said. The Jacksonville beach reopenings on Sat…

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Rockaway Company Owned Tour Bus In PA Turnpike Crash That Killed 5, Injured 60 Rockaway Company Owned Tour Bus In PA Turnpike Crash That Killed 5, Injured 60
Rockaway Company Owned Tour Bus In PA Turnpike Crash That Killed 5, Injured 60 At least five people died and nearly 60 were injured in a Pennsylvania Turnpike crash involving a tour bus owned by a Rockaway company, authorities said. The Ohio-bound bus owned by Z & D Tours was headed downhill and failed to navigate a turn before it drove up an embankment and overturned around 3:40 a.m., in Westmoreland County, PA, Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Stephen Limani said. ** UPDATE: Rockaway Company's Bus In Fatal PA Crash Had No Passenger Seatbelts, Victims ID'd ** A chain-reaction crash subsequently occurred, when two tractor-trailers crashe…

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by Cecilia Levine