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Resident Killed, Firefighters Hurt As Blaze Burns Down PA Home, Reports Say Resident Killed, Firefighters Hurt As Blaze Burns Down PA Home, Reports Say
Resident Killed, Firefighters Hurt As Blaze Burns Down PA Home, Reports Say A person has died and four fighters have been injured in a house fire in central Pennsylvania, according to multiple media outlets. Emergency crews were called to the fire in the first block of Logan Street in Lewistown around 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Apr. 19, Fox43 reports citing emergency dispatch. Truck & crew spent hours on the 4 alarm fire in Lewistown overnight, Engine & crew transferred to Brooklyn 13. Prayers to everyone that was affected by the fire. Posted by Mifflintown Hose Co #1 on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Four firefighters were burned— two of which were taken to an …

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Helicopter Rescue Of Elite Paratroopers Stuck In Trees In PA Captured On Video: Report Helicopter Rescue Of Elite Paratroopers Stuck In Trees In PA Captured On Video: Report
Helicopter Rescue Of Elite Paratroopers Stuck In Trees In PA Captured On Video: Report A helicopter sent to rescue two paratroopers after six were blown into trees in Gettysburg around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Apr. 12, according to a report by Fox43. With beautiful weather over an open field, it seemed like an ideal time for the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division to train, but mother nature had other plans. Instead of landing gracefully like a bird, multiple paratroopers joined the birds, only this time at their nests, after getting stuck in the trees (scroll down for video). Although they typically can handle the landing in unusual situations, the soldiers were blown away from a…

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by Jillian Pikora
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TikTokers Blast PA Restaurant For Allegedly Touting 'Ineffective' COVID-19 Treatments TikTokers Blast PA Restaurant For Allegedly Touting 'Ineffective' COVID-19 Treatments
TikTokers Blast PA Restaurant For Allegedly Touting 'Ineffective' Covid-19 Treatments TikTokers are putting a Pennsylvania restaurant on blast for apparently using its Facebook page to promote the distribution of unproven COVID-19 treatments. Taste of Sicily's social media manager Christine Mason has been posting videos to the Palmyra restaurant's social media page saying she has "H" or "I" -- Ivermectin and Hydroxychloriquine, Fox43 reports. The two medications are controversial COVID-19 treatments that have not been approved by the FDA.  Mason in a separate video says the medications are free but urges people to donate. TikTok users @thatdaneshguy and @rx0rcist claim this…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Elvis Memorabilia Helps Police Nab Elderly Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old Elvis Memorabilia Helps Police Nab Elderly Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old
Elvis Memorabilia Helps Police Nab Elderly Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old An 84-year-old man has been charged for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl multiple times, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Horace W. Almony, 84, of Glen Rock, was charged in connection with the incidents that happened between April 14 and May 1, 2021, according to state police. Almony had an open invitation for the child to use his landline phone to contact her parents when they were traveling or away for work, the child told police in an interview, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Fox43.  It was during these visits to his home located in the 4200 block of Fis…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Inside Joke With Wife Wins PA Man Election: Report Inside Joke With Wife Wins PA Man Election: Report
Inside Joke With Wife Wins PA Man Election: Report We have all heard of Mickey Mouse being a write-in candidate -- but Mickey has never accepted the position. A central Pennsylvania man won a local election as a write-in candidate with two votes -- him and his wife. Avi Hameroff has been elected Minority Inspector of Elections in Lower Paxton Township after he and his wife Lindsay jokingly wrote his name in, according to a report by Fox43. He was given the title "minority" as he received the second most votes, the outlet reports. After Hameroff received a letter saying he won on Nov. 30, he decided to accept the position and take it serio…

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Raped, Drugged Wife Asks Target Employee For Help Among New Details In PA Kidnapping Raped, Drugged Wife Asks Target Employee For Help Among New Details In PA Kidnapping
Raped, Drugged Wife Asks Target Employee For Help Among New Details In PA Kidnapping New information and a timeline has been released regarding Robert Vicosa and the events that led up to a multi-state manhunt and search for his daughters after he abducted them in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Vicosa and Tia Bynum are allegedly on the run with Vicosa’s daughters, Aaminah, 6, and Giana, 7, after purportedly abducting them from their York County home. Vicosa invited his estranged wife to a birthday celebration he arranged for her at his Windsor Township home on the 1500 block of Pleader Lane on Friday, according to police. When she went to leave, Vicosa grabbed her arms, p…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Busted On Child Porn Charges In Undercover Sting Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Busted On Child Porn Charges In Undercover Sting
Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Busted On Child Porn Charges In Undercover Sting The father of a Pennsylvania woman who stole Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's laptop was busted on child porn charges after asking an undercover detective posing as a teenage girl online to film herself using the bathroom, news reports say. Rickey Williams, 55, -- a security guard from Dauphin County -- was communicating with the detective under the belief he was a girl on the Snapchat app, Fox43 says citing the criminal complaint. During the course of this alleged communication, Williams, of Steelton, requested a video of the girl using the bathroom, Local21news reports. …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Report: PA Parents, Step-Grandparent Beat 3 Kids They Kept Locked In Attic For Years Report: PA Parents, Step-Grandparent Beat 3 Kids They Kept Locked In Attic For Years
Report: PA Parents, Step-Grandparent Beat 3 Kids They Kept Locked In Attic For Years A set of Pennsylvania parents and a step-grandparent were arrested for keeping two boys and a girl locked in an attic minimal food and water for years, according to recent news reports. Bail was denied for Todd Richter, 32, his fiance Jennifer Yost and her mother, Wendy Yost -- all of Schuylkill County -- who were all charged with endangering the welfare of children, aggravated assault, harassment and more, Fox43 reports. The investigation into the trio began weeks ago, when the 12-year-old boy -- the oldest of the three children -- escaped from the Francis Street home in Minersville h…

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by Cecilia Levine