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'Declaration Of Disaster': Tornado Touches Down In Central PA 'Declaration Of Disaster': Tornado Touches Down In Central PA
'Declaration Of Disaster': Tornado Touches Down In Central PA A tornado touched down in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County on Monday night, May 27, according to officials.  The Pennsylvania Rivers Chapter of the American Red Cross is assisting families affected by Monday’s severe storms in... Posted by American Red Cross Greater Pennsylvania on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 The twister was first reported on the west side of town., Mahanoy fire officials said. By 10 p.m., the borough had issued an official declaration of disaster and all residents were ordered to stay indoors.  THE BOROUGH OF MAHANOY CITY HAS ISSUED A DECLARATION OF DISASTER, ALL RESIDENT…

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by Mac Bullock
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Toddler Rescued From Schuylkill County Blaze: Authorities Toddler Rescued From Schuylkill County Blaze: Authorities
Toddler Rescued From Schuylkill County Blaze: Authorities An 18-month-old is hospitalized but safe after being pulled from a burning home by a police officer on Friday, Dec. 22, according to authorities.  Multiple fire departments were called to a blaze with entrapment at 260 Indiana Avenue in Shenandoah Heights just before noon, state police said in a release.  Shenandoah Borough Police Officer Mark Hysock responded to the scene and went inside the burning home, heading for the third floor, troopers said.  Hysock crawled down a smoke-filled hallway to the front bedroom where the toddler was trapped before grabbing the child and cr…

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by Mac Bullock
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Officers Shoot, Kill Alleged Burglar In Schuylkill County: PSP Officers Shoot, Kill Alleged Burglar In Schuylkill County: PSP
Officers Shoot, Kill Alleged Burglar In Schuylkill County: PSP State troopers are investigating the deadly police shooting of a suspected burglar in Shenandoah Borough, authorities said in a release.  Shenandoah and Mahanoy City police were called to 309 West Coal Street for a break-in around 12:40 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 11, according to PSP.  The property owner told them he had seen a masked person walking inside with a large knife on the vacant home's security cameras, troopers wrote.  When officers went inside, the person was hiding under a bed upstairs, according to state police.  "As they were moving the bed, the person lunged …

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by Mac Bullock
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Coroner Seeks Next-Of-Kin For Late Schuylkill County Man Coroner Seeks Next-Of-Kin For Late Schuylkill County Man
Coroner Seeks Next-Of-Kin For Late Schuylkill County Man Officials are looking for the family of a Mahanoy City man who died in an Allentown hospital.  Teddy Doyle Yate died from natural causes on Sunday, Nov. 19 at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, said Coroner Daniel Buglio. He was 62.  Anyone who can contact his relatives is asked to call the Lehigh County Coroner's Office at 610-782-3426 or email danielbuglio@lehighcounty.org.

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Woman, 32, Found Dead At Scene Of Limerick Fire: Coroner Woman, 32, Found Dead At Scene Of Limerick Fire: Coroner
Woman, 32, Found Dead At Scene Of Limerick Fire: Coroner Montgomery County officials have released the name of the woman found dead at the scene of a Limerick Township house fire on Tuesday, Dec. 14.  Amanda Lynn Cogorno, 32, was found dead on the third floor of a home on the 400 block of Swamp Pike around 11:30 a.m., First Deputy Coroner Alexander Balacki confirmed to Daily Voice.  Cogorno's official cause of death is still pending.  Fire officials have not identified the cause of the blaze, but cautioned Limerick residents to keep their distance while firefighters battled the flames midday Tuesday.  Please use caution on Swamp Pike in Li…

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Parents Arrested After Malnourished Daughter Rushed To Hospital With Tooth Decay: Police PA Parents Arrested After Malnourished Daughter Rushed To Hospital With Tooth Decay: Police
PA Parents Arrested After Malnourished Daughter Rushed To Hospital With Tooth Decay: Police A Pennsylvania couple was arrested on Christmas Eve after their malnourished daughter was rushed to the hospital with severe tooth decay and other serious health problems, PennLive.com reports. Ryan Sonnon, 32, and Abigail Sonnon, 30, were taken into custody from Mahanoy City to Schuylkill County Prison, where they were charged with felony counts of child endangerment and misdemeanors of recklessly endangering another person, the outlet reports citing a Tuesday Pennsylvania State Police release. The Sonnons’ daughter, 3, was found by Children and Youth with serious tooth decay due to her po…

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by Valerie Musson
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Snapchatting Cheerleader Will Have Landmark Freedom Of Student Speech Case In SCOTUS Snapchatting Cheerleader Will Have Landmark Freedom Of Student Speech Case In SCOTUS
Snapchatting Cheerleader Will Have Landmark Freedom Of Student Speech Case In SCOTUS A 14-year-old girl from Pennsylvania who blasted her school on Snapchat is getting her day in court: The Supreme Court. This is the first case addressing the freedom of speech of students or minors that the Supreme Court has heard in 50 years. The last was the landmark case of Tinker v. Des Moines in 1969, when students wore armbands to protest the Vietnam War and their school suspended them.  The Supreme Court sided with the students, declaring students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” Brandi Levy, of Mahanoy Cit…

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by Jillian Pikora