Mom Charged With Neglect Launches GoFundMe After Dad Found Dead With Rat Mom Charged With Neglect Launches GoFundMe After Dad Found Dead With Rat
Mom Charged With Neglect Launches GoFundMe After Dad Found Dead With Rat A mom launched a GoFundMe for her children's dad days after he was found dead in a bathroom with a rat crawling on him as Pennsylvania State Police troopers detailed in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Kayla Marie Little, 35 of Littlestown started a fundraiser for her daughters three days after the children's father, 36-year-old Bryson W. King died on Nov. 1, 2023, according to posts she made on social media, Bryson's obituary, and statements by the Pennsylvania State Police in an affidavit obtained by Daily Voice.  Troopers came to Little and King family's home in the 100 block of …
Murder-Suicide Orphans 9-Year-Old Girl In Pennsylvania, Fund Says Murder-Suicide Orphans 9-Year-Old Girl In Pennsylvania, Fund Says
Murder-Suicide Orphans 9-Year-Old Girl In Pennsylvania, Fund Says A 9-year-old girl has been orphaned following an apparent murder-suicide in Lebanon City, according to a fundraiser launched to help the young girl.  The police have identified 42-year-old Jenny Hilario-Veras and 59-year-old Secundi Jimenez-Marrero as the couple found dead from gunshot wounds in the 300 block of South Ninth Street at 8:49 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, the Lebanon City police announced on Thursday, Nov. 9.  The police "do not suspect any outside parties are involved at this time" and have classified the case as a "Homicide/Suicide," as stated in the release.  The…
16-Year-Old Teen Killed In Lehigh County Crash ID'd: Coroner 16-Year-Old Teen Killed In Lehigh County Crash ID'd: Coroner
16-Year-Old Teen Killed In Lehigh County Crash ID'd: Coroner Officials have identified the 16-year-old student killed in a car crash near Emmaus High School on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 31.  (Note: This story has been updated to include information from Emmaus police.) Edwin Cortes, of Allentown, died of blunt force injuries to the torso due to a motor vehicle collision, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. His manner of death was ruled accidental.  Cortes was a back-seat passenger in a two-car crash near North Street and Cedar Crest Boulevard around 3 p.m., authorities said previously. He was pronounced dead at the scene.  Emmaus police said Co…
Longtime Pennsylvania Corrections Officer Dies Suddenly, 49 Longtime Pennsylvania Corrections Officer Dies Suddenly, 49
Longtime Pennsylvania Corrections Officer Dies Suddenly, 49 Leon Hill, a Lower Saucon husband and father, died suddenly on Wednesday, Oct. 11 while fishing in upstate New York, loved ones said in his obituary. He was 49.  Born in Fountain Hill, Hill was a corrections officer with Northampton County for 16 years at the time of his death, family members said.  Friends and colleagues took to Facebook to memorialize him.  It's a shame it takes a tragedy to come together outside of that shithole, but here we are. R.I.P. Officer Leon Hill. You will be missed Posted by Allen Jr Pinkowski on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 Life is way too short. Res…
$12K+ Raised By PA Turnpike Commission Employees For Family Of Coworker Killed In Crash On I-83 $12K+ Raised By PA Turnpike Commission Employees For Family Of Coworker Killed In Crash On I-83
$12K+ Raised By PA Turnpike Commission Employees For Family Of Coworker Killed In Crash On I-83 A fundraiser has raised over $12,000 dollars to help the family of a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission employee killed in one of three crashes on Interstate 83 on Tuesday morning.  Sean A. Laudenslager, 41, of Dalmatia was driving his 2018 Ford Focus in the left lane of I-83 Southbound at mile marker 49 in Lower Paxton Township when he struck the rear of a tractor-trailer on Oct. 17, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.  Randall S. Yother, 64, of Tyrone had stopped his 2020 Freightliner Cascadia due to a backlog of traffic from two earlier crashes, PSP explained. The f…
Families Identify Teens Found Dead In Schuylkill County Woods (UPDATED) Families Identify Teens Found Dead In Schuylkill County Woods (UPDATED)
Families Identify Teens Found Dead In Schuylkill County Woods (Updated) (Note: This story has been updated to include new information from state police.) The two young men found dead off a Schuylkill County highway early Tuesday morning were Angelito Caraballo and Hunter Mock, their loved ones revealed in a pair of GoFundMe campaigns.  The pair now identified as Caraballo and Mock were discovered around 3:30 a.m. near Ferndale Road in New Philadelphia Borough, about a mile east of Route 209, state troopers said previously.  Mock's aunt Rachael Friendy said on GoFundMe that her nephew was "found brutally murdered." "We would like to give hi…
PA Mom Who Passed After Cancer Battle Had 'Courageous Spirit,' Loved Ones Say PA Mom Who Passed After Cancer Battle Had 'Courageous Spirit,' Loved Ones Say
PA Mom Who Passed After Cancer Battle Had 'Courageous Spirit,' Loved Ones Say Norine Marguerite (Eisler) Cross of Holland, a beloved wife and mother of three, passed away after a period of illness on Wednesday, Oct. 4, loved ones said in her obituary. She was 43.  Born in Elkins Park, Cross attended St. Basil Academy in Jenkintown where she made lifelong friends, family members wrote. She continued her studies at Holy Family University and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in communications, they added.  She worked at Tony's Place in Mayfair during her college years, where a coworker would introduce her to her future husband Stephen, loved ones …
Ex-Harrisburg Councilwoman's Son Gets 2 Life Sentences For Shooting, Stabbing Family Ex-Harrisburg Councilwoman's Son Gets 2 Life Sentences For Shooting, Stabbing Family
Ex-Harrisburg Councilwoman's Son Gets 2 Life Sentences For Shooting, Stabbing Family The son of former Harrisburg Councilwoman Sandra Reid stabbed 6 and 7-year-old sisters, shot their aunt in the face, and orphaned them by shooting their parents in February 2022, now he has pleaded guilty and was "mentally ill but not insane at the time of the offense," Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo said in a release on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.  Gregory Gerrod Greene Jr. — who was released from prison for raping a child in 2016 after serving four years—  had a protect from abuse order filed by his sister which was supposed to prevent him from going to his mother's home, DA Char…
PA Dad Dies After Tractor-Trailer Crash: Authorities PA Dad Dies After Tractor-Trailer Crash: Authorities
PA Dad Dies After Tractor-Trailer Crash: Authorities An Upper Milford man who was badly hurt after colliding with a tractor-trailer in Bucks County last month has succumbed to his wounds, authorities say.  Thirty-eight-year-old Jeremy Kiefer died from multiple traumatic injuries late on Saturday, Oct. 7, Coroner Daniel Buglio said.  The accident happened on Route 663 in Milford Township on Monday, Sept. 25.  Loved ones raised a combined $20,000 to support his recovery over two separate GoFundMe campaigns while the 38-year-old was hospitalized. That money will now go toward assisting his partner and his three kids, according to organizers.  …
PA Driver, 23, Killed In Crash On Way To Work PA Driver, 23, Killed In Crash On Way To Work
PA Driver, 23, Killed In Crash On Way To Work A 23-year-old Perkasie man was fatally injured in a car accident on his way to work Monday, Aug. 28, according to authorities and loved ones.  Owen Orser was headed north on Richlandtown Pike in Springfield Township around 4 a.m., state police said in a release. He lost control of his Volkswagen Jetta while negotiating a righthand curve and entered the oncoming lane before hitting a tree, troopers wrote.  He was rushed to Saint Luke's Upper Bucks Hospital in Quakertown where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.  A Perkasie native, Orser was a 2019 graduate of both Pennr…
Philadelphia's Favorite Square Pizza Arrives In Central PA Philadelphia's Favorite Square Pizza Arrives In Central PA
Philadelphia's Favorite Square Pizza Arrives In Central PA Philadelphia's famous square pizza, a Santucci’s original, is officially in Central Pennsylvania.  After months of planning, Stacey and DJ Fox, along with their lovely daughters 13-year-old Kensie and 10-year-old Charlee, have opened their very own Santucci's Pizza franchise at 5235 Simpson Ferry Road in Hampden Township on Monday, Aug. 21. The Fox family renovated the former Wendy's and transformed it into the latest branch of the Sicilian-style pizza chain.  This is the first store outside of the Philadelphia and New Jersey area since the company began with Joseph and…
Tornado Throws Tree Onto 84-Year-Old PA Widow's Home, Fund Says Tornado Throws Tree Onto 84-Year-Old PA Widow's Home, Fund Says
Tornado Throws Tree Onto 84-Year-Old PA Widow's Home, Fund Says After multiple tornadoes touched down in Pennsylvania on Monday, August 7, one of them sent a tree onto the home of an 84-year-old widow, according to a GoFundMe campaign started by her daughter.  Ursula is without running water after, according to her daughter and namesake. "Almost every outbuilding and car was either damaged or destroyed in the tornado as well. Debris from other people’s homes has been dropped here," she said. "We are the most worried about the tree on the propane tank and the top of the well which also appears to have been damaged." The daughter said this incid…