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Inmate gets more prison time for robbery at SCI Dallas
4+ hour, 51+ min ago (389+ words) A former inmate at State Correctional Institution at Dallas was sentenced Wednesday to additional time behind bars for robbing another prisoner after a correctional officer allegedly facilitated the assault and turned a blind eye. Jaiden Duane Pozzi, 22, previously pleaded guilty…...
Lou Holtz, college football staple who coached Notre Dame to 1988 national title, dies at 89
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1323+ words) By ERIC OLSON and TOM COYNE Lou Holtz never met an opponent that couldn't beat him. Somehow, he squeaked out nearly 250 wins and a national title while cementing himself both as one of the most lovable and unlikable characters in…...
New Pa. law requires schools to notify families of incidents involving weapons
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (807+ words) A new Pennsylvania law requires school districts to notify parents and employees each time there is an incident involving a weapon on school grounds, a change that Schuylkill County school officials mostly support. Districts have 24 hours from the time of…...
Hazleton homicide suspect pleads not guilty in case of burning corpse
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (619+ words) WILKES-BARRE " A Hazleton man accused of murdering a Nuremberg woman during a drug deal gone wrong and setting her corpse aflame on the side of a road earlier this year has pleaded not guilty on criminal homicide and related charges....
Former Wyoming Area teacher gets probation for giving vapes to teens
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (349+ words) A former Wyoming Area School District teacher who admitted giving cannabis gummies and nicotine vapes to a group of teens was sentenced Monday to two and a half years of probation. Sarah Kester, 35, of Blakeslee, previously pleaded guilty to four…...