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Pennsylvania Lottery Player Hits $1 Million Jackpot Pennsylvania Lottery Player Hits $1 Million Jackpot
Pennsylvania Lottery Player Hits $1 Million Jackpot A Pennsylvania Lottery player paid $20 at a Pittston gas station this week to become a millionaire.  The lucky winner earned the $1 million prize playing the Millionaire Bucks Scratch-Off, said state gaming officials on Friday, Dec. 1.  The vendor, Convenient Food Mart at 610 South Main St., is set to receive a $5,000 bonus check for selling the winning slip, they added.  Players have up to one year from the game's end-sale date to claim their scratch-off prizes. Winners should immediately sign the back of their ticket before filing a claim by calling 1-800-692-748…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
'Intoxicated' PA Man Shot, Killed By State Police After Trying To Run Over Trooper 'Intoxicated' PA Man Shot, Killed By State Police After Trying To Run Over Trooper
'Intoxicated' PA Man Shot, Killed By State Police After Trying To Run Over Trooper A 41-year-old Pennsylvania man who left a bar intoxicated was shot and killed by state police troopers after "intentionally" driving his pickup truck into one of them and crashing into a police SUV, authorities said. Jason Kilduff, of Pittston, was "highly intoxicated" and assaulted a patron and an employee at the Ole Tyme Charley’s Pub and Grill in Plains Township when troopers were called there around 1:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, according to Pennsylvania State Police in Wilkes-Barre. When police arrived, Kilduff “intentionally” drove his pickup toward two troopers in an “at…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
PA Turnpike Truck Driver Pleads Guilty In Crash That Killed 5-Year-Old Girl: Report PA Turnpike Truck Driver Pleads Guilty In Crash That Killed 5-Year-Old Girl: Report
PA Turnpike Truck Driver Pleads Guilty In Crash That Killed 5-Year-Old Girl: Report A delivery driver admitted to charges of homicide by vehicle and seven counts of reckless endangerment in a Pennsylvania Turnpike crash that killed a 5-year-old girl, WFMZ reports. Evan Griffiths, 45, of Pittston, was texting and driving erratically minutes before he slammed into a car carrying Esther Park of Ambler, and her family in Lower Milford Township on June 20, 2019, the outlet says citing the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office. Esther was pronounced dead at the scene, while her parents and two siblings were taken to the hospital, according to the outl…

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by Nicole Acosta