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PA Mom Attacked By Bear Undergoes Multiple Surgeries PA Mom Attacked By Bear Undergoes Multiple Surgeries
PA Mom Attacked By Bear Undergoes Multiple Surgeries A 55-year-old Pennsylvania mom is out of the hospital after a bear attack in her own backyard, she told Daily Voice.  Lee Ann Galante was letting her dog out of the backdoor of her home on Bellefield Drive, Butler Township at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, and unknown to her there were three cubs in a tree — that's when the mama bear attacked, as Daily Voice initially reported.  Galante suffered injuries to her head, neck, face, and arms, authorities explained. She was taken by Butler Ambulance Service to Butler Memorial Hospital. Posted by Lee Ann Galante on Wednesd…

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Mama Bear Killed, PA Mom Hospitalized After Walking Dog Near Cubs: Police Mama Bear Killed, PA Mom Hospitalized After Walking Dog Near Cubs: Police
Mama Bear Killed, PA Mom Hospitalized After Walking Dog Near Cubs: Police A 55-year-old Pennsylvania woman is in the hospital after she went to walk her dog in her backyard and unknowingly went past three bear cubs on March 5, authorities say. Lee Ann Galante was letting her dog out of the backdoor of her home on Bellefield Drive, Butler Township at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday when the bear attack began, as detailed in a release by the area Chief of Police John Hays. Galante didn't see the bear cubs (known as yearlings) in a tree before the mama bear (a sow) attacked, according to authorities. The sow left Galante with injuries to her head, neck, face, and arms, Chief …

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PA Cheerleader Believed Shot Dead By Teen BF PA Cheerleader Believed Shot Dead By Teen BF
PA Cheerleader Believed Shot Dead By Teen BF A community is coming together to remember a young Pennsylvania cheerleader who was killed in a shooting just 10 days before beginning her senior year of high school. Kassadey Matulevich, 17, died at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton after she was shot in the head by 17-year-old Alan J. Meyers, her boyfriend, inside her Sand Hollow Drive home in Butler Township home just after 5 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, Pennsylvania State Police said. Meyers, of Black Creek Township, remained held in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility without bail and was charged as an adult with criminal homicide, po…

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100-Year-Old Man Dies In House Fire: PA State Police 100-Year-Old Man Dies In House Fire: PA State Police
100-Year-Old Man Dies In House Fire: PA State Police A 100-year-old man has died in a house fire, according to a release by the Pennsylvania state police. Samuel Helsley, of 335 Arendtsville Road in Biglerville, Butler Township, Adams County, died in a fire at his house on Thursday around 1 a.m., according to the release. He was found in his bedroom on the floor next to his bed, according to the police. The fire was ruled accidental and was caused by faulty wires in the basement, according to investigators and state fire marshals. Helsley's exact cause of death has not been released.

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PA Game Commission Employee Airlifted From Hit-Run Crash With ATV PA Game Commission Employee Airlifted From Hit-Run Crash With ATV
PA Game Commission Employee Airlifted From Hit-Run Crash With ATV An all-terrain vehicle hit a Pennsylvania Game Commission worker and took off, according to the commission. The hit-and-run happened along a gravel access road near the intersection of Malones and Beaver Dam roads in Butler Township on Monday around 10:30 a.m. A juvenile suspect was later apprehended and questioned by police. A maintenance supervisor for the PA GC in Schuylkill County was injured in the crash. He was standing next to his work vehicle when he was hit, according to the commission. The ATV driver was traveling at a high speed and did not appear to attempt to avoid hitting t…

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