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Obituaries
Kutztown University Professor Found Frozen To Death On One Of Turkey's Tallest Mountains
An associate business professor at Kutztown University has died after he and another man's bodies were found frozen on one of the tallest mountains in Turkey last weekend, according to university administrators and local news reports. Dr. M. Halim Dalgin a 58-year-old Adana, a Turkey native living in Mountain Top, Luzerne County, had been climbing a mountain near the country's southeastern border with Iran, multiple outlets report. On his Facebook page, Dalgin said he was making a pilgrimage to the top of Mount Ararat (also known as Mount Ağrı or Büyük Ağrı Dağı) while travelin…
Lifestyle
Young Mullet: Pennsylvania Boy Wins Best Mullet In America
A 6-year-old from Montgomery County boy has been crowned the young mullet king. Rory Ehrlich, otherwise known as Cheddar Whiz, of Pottstown, won the children's division of the USA Mullet Championships. Kamden Cunningham, a 5-year-old from Swoyersville (Luzerne County), wins third place, taking home $500. Our final Top 3 for the kids contest pic.twitter.com/xcRmiFszxQ — USA Mullet Championships (@MulletChampUSA) August 16, 2023 Rory is heading into first grade at West Pottsgrove Elementary School, and has been rocking his mullet for a year. "A year ago, Rory hopped into the barber's c…
Business
David's Bridal Laying Off 9,200 Employees Amid Bankruptcy Filing
David's Bridal will send more than 9,000 workers home in an upcoming round of layoffs, according to a disclosure form it filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. The Montgomery County, PA-wedding retailer expects to lay off 9,236 employees nationwide in a three-phase plan that began on Friday, April 14, according to the state website. It's not clear how many of those workers are in Pennsylvania, though the layoffs are expected to affect locations in Blair, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Luzerne, and York counties, as well as four shops in Allegheny County, two sho…
Police & Fire
Ten Killed In Pennsylvania Fire Identified
Three children and seven adults died in a fire that destroyed a two-story home in Luzerne County, PA on Friday, Aug. 5, authorities said. The blaze broke out on the 700 block of First Street in Nescopeck around 2:40 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. Ten people died fire while three adults were able to escape, police said. Rest In Peace angels! To all the families friends fire departments ems personal PSP and everyone else involved today who... Posted by Julie Superko Rosato on Friday, August 5, 2022 The victims were identified by police as Dale Baker, 19, Star Baker, 22, Brian Dau…
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: Kidnapping Rapist Who Cancelled Plea Deal Convicted In Rampage Through PA, NJ, NY
An ex-con who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, torched a used car dealership in Paterson and crashed a stolen SUV into police cars on either side of the George Washington Bridge rolled the dice and lost. After originally pleading guilty to several charges, Luis Figueroa, 41, withdrew his plea and took his chances with federal jurors in Newark. They ended up convicting him following a two-week trial. So now, instead of the 26-year deal that he originally accepted from the government, Figueroa could be sentenced to nearly 50 years in federal prison. The rampage had an “…
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PA Woman Bound With Duct Tape In Bathtub, Beaten With Hammer, Police Say
A man is accused of duct-taping his girlfriend into a bathtub and beating her with a hammer, according to police in Luzerne County. Matthew Nelson, 28, of Wilkes Barre, is accused of taping a woman, placing her into a bathtub and repeatedly hitting her with a hammer, as first reported by cbs21. The woman somehow got free, fled from the apartment she shared with Nelson, as he chased her with a hammer, smashing her car windows. She made it to a police station and reported what happened on Sunday. She had marks and bruising from the “hammer attack” on her wrists, ankle, arm, and an…
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Feds: Armed Fugitive In 7-Hour Hudson Hotel Standoff Was ‘Prepared For War,’ ‘Ready To Die’
UPDATE: A heavily-armed fugitive who held tactical officers at bay for nearly seven hours at a Secaucus hotel told police that he was “prepared for war” and “ready to die,” the U.S. attorney for New Jersey said Monday. ATF agents charged Rahim Harris, 42, of Maplewood, with being a convicted felon in possession of weapons and ammo, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. His wife, Haneefha White, 39, of Pottsville, PA, who was with him, is charged with aiding and abetting the possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. Authorities said they found eight loaded wea…
Police & Fire
Snow Shoveling Dispute Leaves Three Dead In Pennsylvania Murder-Suicide
A 47-year-old Pennsylvania man shot a neighboring couple dead in the street before taking his own life during a snow shoveling dispute Monday morning, The Citizens' Voice reports. James Goy, 50, and his wife Lisa Goy, 48, were shoveling snow outside their Bergh Street home in Plains Township when neighbor Jeffrey Spaide came out with a pistol and opened fire around 9:20 a.m., police told the news outlet. Spaide then went back inside his house and got an AR-15-style rifle to shoot the pair again, police said. Responding police heard another gunshot, which turned out to be the sound of …
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