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Merriell Moyer

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Merriell Moyer was an investigative and breaking news reporter for the Lebanon Daily News - part of the USA Today Network - in Lebanon, PA before taking on the role of editor at Safety News Alert, a website dedicated to environmental health and safety professionals. Merriell has worked as a freelance journalist for the Lititz Record and Ephrata Review newspapers in Lancaster, PA covering local events and doing human-interest stories. Early in his career, he wrote for the pop culture website Sound On Sight doing comic book reviews and covering comic book conventions.

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Politics
Actress Christine Baranski Coming To Wilkes-Barre To Campaign For Harris Actress Christine Baranski Coming To Wilkes-Barre To Campaign For Harris
Actress Christine Baranski Coming To Wilkes-Barre To Campaign For Harris Actress Christine Baranski is coming to Pennsylvania to campaign for Kamala Harris, the Harris-Walz team told Daily Voice on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Christine Baranski, known for her roles on The Gilded Age and The Good Wife, will join former Congressman Tom Malinowski in Wilkes-Barre to campaign for Vice President Harris and others on the democratic ticket. Baranski is participating in the Polish Americans for Harris-Walz bus tour, which the campaign says is an effort to "mobilize Polish American and Eastern European voters across the country. " State Representative Eddie Day Pa…

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Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck Dead In Eastern PA: Police (UPDATE) Pedestrian Struck Dead In Eastern PA: Police (UPDATE)
Pedestrian Struck Dead In Eastern PA: Police (Update) The pedestrian who was struck dead in Montgomery County on Sunday morning, Oct. 13 has been identified, the Montgomery County Coroner's Office said. Joseph Mastromatto, 35, of Hilltown Township, died from "blunt impact injuries," the coroner's office told Daily Voice on Wednesday, Oct. 16. His death was ruled accidental in nature. The collision happened in the area of 1330 North Broad Street at 6:19 a.m., Hatfield Police detailed in a news release. Officers called to the scene found a 34-year-old man lying "face down in the roadway," as stated in the release.  The road closed be…

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Performing Arts Director At Allentown School Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit Performing Arts Director At Allentown School Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit
Performing Arts Director At Allentown School Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit Outraged parents showed up to a school board meeting in Lehigh County to blast officials after news broke that a teacher had been arrested for secretly recording a student undressing in a school auditorium. Laura Warmkessel was just one of those parents. "You guys sit up here the majority of the time patting yourselves on the back and congratulating each other on how wonderful this school district is, but under the radar letting these monsters into our system, repeatedly," Warmkessel told the Parkland School District Board of Directors on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Click here to watch the meeting. …

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Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Shoots Himself Inside AutoZone: Allentown Police 21-Year-Old Shoots Himself Inside AutoZone: Allentown Police
21-Year-Old Shoots Himself Inside AutoZone: Allentown Police A 21-year-old man accidentally shot himself with a handgun while inside an Allentown AutoZone store, according to police. Officers responded to the store located at 2919 Lehigh Street after receiving a report of a shot fired inside the building on Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Allentown Police Department said. When the officers arrived on scene they learned that the man had accidentally shot himself, according to police. The man was taken to a local hospital by Allentown EMS with non-life-threatening injuries. He is expected to survive, police said. This was an isolated incident and there is no…

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Police & Fire
Poisoned Hawk Found By Hiker In Lower Merion Township: Police Poisoned Hawk Found By Hiker In Lower Merion Township: Police
Poisoned Hawk Found By Hiker In Lower Merion Township: Police A red-tailed hawk that was suffering after being poisoned was rescued in Lower Merion Township, according to police. Officers responded to a call about a hawk that was in distress in a wooded area of Gladwyne, the Lower Merion Township Police Department said in a Facebook post on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Officer Brian Devlin, the department's Animal Warden, confirmed to Daily Voice that he was involved in rescuing the hawk on Wednesday, Sept. 25. A hiker on the Winsor Trail initially found the bird and reported it, according to Devlin. The animal was unable to fly and appeared to be in distress. …

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Police & Fire
Crews Battle Blaze At Solebury Home (PHOTOS) Crews Battle Blaze At Solebury Home (PHOTOS)
Crews Battle Blaze At Solebury Home (Photos) A fire broke out at a home in Bucks County on Wednesday morning, Oct. 16, police announced later that day. The fire was reported in the 3000 block of Sugan Road at about 6:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Solesbury Township Police said. Multiple units responded. The home's Occupants were evacuated, and there were no injuries reported, according to police. Emergency crews responding to a house fire in the 3000 block of Sugan Road on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. Solebury Police Department (Facebook) Sugan Road was closed between Creamery Road and Route 263, police said. However, a…

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Police & Fire
Dump Truck Driver Killed Slamming Into Embankment ID'd: Lehigh County Coroner Dump Truck Driver Killed Slamming Into Embankment ID'd: Lehigh County Coroner
Dump Truck Driver Killed Slamming Into Embankment ID'd: Lehigh County Coroner A dump truck driver has died after slamming into an embankment, the Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio announced on Wednesday, Oct. 16. David Brown, 68, of North Whitehall Township, was driving a dump truck when it struck an embankment in the 2700 block of Valley Road, Coroner Buglio detailed in the release. The crash happened at 2:03 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, according to the coroner's office. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:07 p.m. An autopsy to determine the cause of death is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 17, the coroner's office said. The Pennsylvania State Police Bethlehe…

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Sword-Wielding Drug Dealer Convicted PA Murder: DA Sword-Wielding Drug Dealer Convicted PA Murder: DA
Sword-Wielding Drug Dealer Convicted PA Murder: DA A convicted drug dealer is back behind bars again, this time for murdering a man with a sword, the Berks County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Oct. 10. William Smoot, 50, Exeter Township, was convicted of First-Degree Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder for stabbing DelCollo multiple times with a sword on Thursday, Oct. 10, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Smoot has been held in the Berks County Prison while awaiting sentencing, the district attorney's office said. A sentencing date was not available at the time of publication. Smoot's accompl…

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Missing 16-Year-Old Girl Found: Bristol Police Missing 16-Year-Old Girl Found: Bristol Police
Missing 16-Year-Old Girl Found: Bristol Police A 16-year-old girl who was missing and the police were asking the public for help locating her, has been found, according to an updated release. Jayla Hess had last been seen in Levittown on Monday, Oct. 14, according to police.  She was located around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, the police said.  Her condition was not released. 

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Delco Man Arrested With Drugs, Guns In Months-Long Narc Probe: Police Delco Man Arrested With Drugs, Guns In Months-Long Narc Probe: Police
Delco Man Arrested With Drugs, Guns In Months-Long Narc Probe: Police A Delaware County man was arrested after authorities found drugs, guns, and money in his home following a four-month-long narcotics investigation, police said. Edward Plumley, 48, of Aldan, was previously identified by the Delaware County Narcotics Task Force as a drug trafficker, according to the Marple Township Police Department. Plumley, who had been distributing drugs in and around Marple Township, had his residence searched under warrant by the narcotics task force on Thursday, Oct. 10, police said. In Plumley's residence, officers with the task force found and seized: 1,600 grams o…

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