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Homicide Suspect Jumps From Second Floor Of Airport In Pennsylvania Homicide Suspect Jumps From Second Floor Of Airport In Pennsylvania
Homicide Suspect Jumps From Second Floor Of Airport In Pennsylvania A homicide suspect and convicted felon leaped from the second level of a parking garage at an airport in Pennsylvania on Valentine's Day, police announced the following morning.  Joshua Leyo, 30 of Altoona, was found with "serious injuries" in a stairwell at the Pittsburgh International Airport around 7:55 a.m., according to the Allegheny  County Police Department.  Leyo was wanted in Blair County on murder charges following a "suspicious death" in the 200 block of East Maple Avenue at 1:43 p.m. on Feb. 13, the Altoona Police Department said and court records confirmed.&…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lifestyle
Love Is Good Medicine For Former St. Luke's Medical Residents Love Is Good Medicine For Former St. Luke's Medical Residents
Love Is Good Medicine For Former St. Luke's Medical Residents Two hospital residents who met during a "code" emergency in 2010 are now married and serving as doctors at St. Luke's Bethlehem hospital. Erin Smith, DO, and Chuck Bendas, MD, were the targets of the mythical god of love on Thanksgiving 2010. Now they’re married and living in Center Valley and about to celebrate their 10th year of marriage and 13th year with St. Luke’s: Erin Bendas is chief of Palliative & Supportive Medicine; Chuck Bendas s a trauma/surgical critical care physician. A first-year resident, Erin said she was daunted by the gruesome code crimson that Thanksgiving day. The…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
PA BF Didn't Want To 'Waste Narcan' On Pregnant Girlfriend Who OD'd On V-Tine's Day: DA PA BF Didn't Want To 'Waste Narcan' On Pregnant Girlfriend Who OD'd On V-Tine's Day: DA
PA BF Didn't Want To 'Waste Narcan' On Pregnant Girlfriend Who OD'd On V-Tine's Day: DA A Pennsylvania man who gave his pregnant girlfriend the drugs that killed her also refused to save her, authorities said in announcing his arrest. It was Valentine's Day 2022 when Christopher Barbuto, 40, gave 28-year-old Courtney Wilson heroin and/or fentanyl, and two suspected Xanax pills, which were found in her purse near her body in Phonoexville, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. Barbuto is also accused of giving Wilson alprazolam and methamphetamine, Ryan said. A toxicology report released by the Chester County Coroner's Office on Tuesday, Aug. 16 found that she die…

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by Nicole Acosta
News
PA Police Department Asks Public To Turn In ‘Ex-Valentines’ With Outstanding Warrants PA Police Department Asks Public To Turn In ‘Ex-Valentines’ With Outstanding Warrants
PA Police Department Asks Public To Turn In ‘Ex-Valentines’ With Outstanding Warrants Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and it seems like every business is looking for a way to sell you chocolates, roses and weekend getaways– now police are getting in on the gimmick. Elkland Borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania may be in an area with only about 1,800 residents, according to census data, but the area seems to host fugitives who are in-need of a retreat. The Borough’s police are offering a “Valentine’s Day Weekend Special” to “ex-valentines” with outstanding warrants, according to a post on the police’s Facebook page. Their offer also extends to people “driving with…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lifestyle
Hershey's Is Raising The Cost Of Your Favorite Chocolate Treats Hershey's Is Raising The Cost Of Your Favorite Chocolate Treats
Hershey's Is Raising The Cost Of Your Favorite Chocolate Treats With less than two weeks until Valentine's Day, The Hershey Company is raising the cost of chocolate. The news was announced during The Hershey Company's Fourth Quarter of 2021 Earnings Conference Call on Thursday.  The company said it is planning for “list price increases across all segments” as a way to drive sales growth.  “Pricing will be an important lever for us this year and is expected to drive most of our growth,” said CEO Michele Buck stated. The reason given for the hike was the rising cost of labor and ingredients. Hershey had already raised some of it's prices in 2…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lifestyle
Sweet Drink? Chocolate Wine Grows In Popularity In PA, MD Sweet Drink? Chocolate Wine Grows In Popularity In PA, MD
Sweet Drink? Chocolate Wine Grows In Popularity In PA, MD A sweet and acidic drink trend has been sweeping the mid-Atlantic for more than a decade, according to a report by PennLive. Several chocolate wines are being made at Port of Leonardtown Winery in southern Maryland, which was awarded the state’s Governor’s Cup for its Chambourcin Reserve in Sept, the outlet reports. Winemaker Lauren Zimmerman describes her wine as if you are “biting into a chocolate covered cherry. It is a sweet delicious treat, meant to [satisfy] sweet cravings after dinner. Although sweet, it amazes me how many of our dry wine customers leave with a bottle, or two. They …

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by Jillian Pikora