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Former Lancaster Mayor Charlie Smithgall Dies At 77
The former mayor of Lancaster, who survived armed robbery and cancer, Charlie Smithgall, has died at the age of 77, according to his family.
He passed at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 3:30 a.m., his wife Debbie Smithgall, told LNP.
In a post on Facebook, his daughter Allison Smithgall wrote:
"It is with the utmost sadness that I wish to share that my dad passed away about an hour ago … Charlie Smithgall was the best dad, husband, poppop & friend anyone in the world could have asked for. He loved his family, he loved his farm and loved his cannons. …
PA Owner Of Ex-Catholic Church Uses 'Spell Book' To Set Car On Fire
Like a twisted Cinderella story, an escaped hospital patient and the owner of a business that supposedly was previously owned by the Catholic Church, lit a car on fire using a book of spells, and fled— leaving behind a shoe, authorities say.
Kristy "Kat" Lynn Malzi, 47, of Hollsopple, reportedly went missing from a western Pennsylvania hospital on August 4, her mother concernedly told tribdem.
Just days before, on July 30, Malzi went to a used car lot, BK Klassics in Stonycreek Township, to confront her ex-boyfriend, multiple outlets report citing a criminal complaint filed by police.
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