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Here's A County-By-County Breakdown Of Who PA Chose In Presidential Race Here's A County-By-County Breakdown Of Who PA Chose In Presidential Race
Here's A County-By-County Breakdown Of Who PA Chose In Presidential Race For the second straight presidential election, Pennsylvania voters helped a candidate narrowly win the state, with Republican candidate Donald Trump edging out Vice President Kamala Harris in the most recent race.  Trump received 50.51% of the vote (3,457,446 votes) statewide, coming in just ahead of Harris who had 48.53% (3,322,052 votes), according to unofficial results from the Department of State posted on Wednesday, Nov. 6. In 2020, the numbers were similar but with Joe Biden on the winner's side, according to previous reporting by Daily Voice. Four years ago, Biden had 50.01% of …

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by Merriell Moyer
News
$100K+ Allegedly Stolen By Former PA Attorney General Director $100K+ Allegedly Stolen By Former PA Attorney General Director
PA AG Director Brenda Sawyer Accused Of Stealing $100K+ A McKeesport Area School District police chief, Director of the Community Violence Fund program for the McKeesport Chapter of the NAACP, and Regional Director of the PA Office of Attorney General’s Region 5 Bureau of Narcotics Investigation is accused of stealing over $100,000 drug forfeiture money and numerous over monetary thefts, the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday night, Sept. 5.  Brenda D. Sawyer, 61, of North Versailles, was arrested on the following charges on Sept. 5 for her alleged crimes of taking the money which went missing from…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
13-Year-Old Accused Of Stabbing 10-Year-Old To Death ID'd: PA State Police 13-Year-Old Accused Of Stabbing 10-Year-Old To Death ID'd: PA State Police
13-Year-Old Accused Of Stabbing 10-Year-Old To Death ID'd: PA State Police A 10-year-old boy is dead and a 13-year-old has been charged with murder in connection with his death, Pennsylvania State Police and the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office announced on Aug. 2.  James Campbell, 13, of Stahlstown has been charged with criminal homicide and murder in the first degree, court records show. He has been held without bail in the Westmoreland County Juvenile Detention Center. The 10-year-old who was stabbed was sleeping over at the 13-year-old's home in the 400 block of Donegal Lake Road in Donegal Township, Stahlstown, Westmorel…

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by Jillian Pikora
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NJ, Philly Stalker Caught Stalking Again, Prosecutors Say NJ, Philly Stalker Caught Stalking Again, Prosecutors Say
NJ, Philly Stalker Caught Stalking Again, Prosecutors Say A Philadelphia man with prior convictions for stalking is charged with the same crime in western Pennsylvania, according to prosecutors.  Shane P. Cassidy, 24, is accused of stalking a Unity Township woman and sending her threatening text messages, said the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office.  The victim told authorities she received the messages from multiple phone numbers over a period of months, officials said. Some of the messages allegedly contained "photoshopped and superimposed images" of the victim, according to prosecutors.  She reported the incidents to…

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by Mac Bullock