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Northampton County Neighborhoods ‘Flooded With Bear Sightings,’ Police Say Northampton County Neighborhoods ‘Flooded With Bear Sightings,’ Police Say
Northampton County Neighborhoods ‘Flooded With Bear Sightings,’ Police Say Police have issued an alert after receiving several reports of a bear that was seen wandering around neighborhoods in Northampton County. The bear was seen near Aicher Drive, Woodlawn Avenue, and Woodridge Terrace behind the 25th Street Shopping Center in Palmer Township, local police said on Sunday, June 26. The town is working with the Pennsylvania Game Commission to ensure residents’ safety, police said, adding that the department has been “flooded” with bear sighting reports. Meanwhile, those in the area are asked to avoid placing garbage outside earlier than scheduled pickup times and…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Child Shoots, Kills Relative Out Hunting Deer: Coroner Child Shoots, Kills Relative Out Hunting Deer: Coroner
Child Shoots, Kills Relative Out Hunting Deer: Coroner The first day of deer hunting season in Pennsylvania was off to a tragic start. William Tripp, 71, of Elizabethtown, was shot in the head by a juvenile relative on Saturday, reports WJAC citing the Cambria County coroner Jeff Lees. Tripp was hunting with a group of family and friends along a gas line off Buckhorn Road in Jackson Township when he was killed around 10 a.m., the coroner told the outlet. The child who shot Tripp was aiming at a deer but missed-- striking Tripp who was approximately 300 yards away, according to WTAJ citing Lees. “This is a heart-wrenching, unfortunate ac…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Pennsylvania Hunting Accident That Killed 18-Year-Old Man Arrest Made In Pennsylvania Hunting Accident That Killed 18-Year-Old Man
Arrest Made In Pennsylvania Hunting Accident That Killed 18-Year-Old Man Authorities on Wednesday announced the arrest of a 52-year-old man in the deadly October shooting of 18-year-old Jason Albert Kutt in Nockamixon State Park. Kenneth Troy Heller, 52, of Warminster, surrendered to authorities on Dec. 30, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. "Clearly this isn’t a perfect ending,” he said. “Perfect would mean we have Jason back. But that’s just not how real life works, that’s not how criminal justice works, so this isn’t even really a happy ending, but it is a fair and a just and a final ending.” Kutt, of Sellersville, was sitting wit…

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by Cecilia Levine