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Written by Ken Hawk
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 09:32 |
A Ross Township police officer with 27 years on the force has been accused of growing marijuana.
According to Channel 11 News, Ross Township police Officer Richard White said he was forced to resign for tending to a marijuana plant he discovered last month. The plant was discovered after police conducting a routine exercise with drug dogs found the plant in a wooded area. Police set up surveillance cameras, which reportedly captured White, on duty in his uniform, watering the plants.
The 58-year-old White said while on duty he found the 2-foot plant in a wooded area of Cemetery Lane and watered it once, and then destroyed the plant a week later. He added that he was forced out in a meeting with chief Ralph Freedman last week. White had planned to retire at the end of the year.
The case has been turned over to the Allegheny County District Attorney's office.
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Written by Ken Hawk
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 00:00 |
An Armstrong County couple was arrested yesterday afternoon for drug-related charges near West Kittanning.
According to Kittanning-based State Police, 21-year-old Cassandra Kaplon of Dayton and 25-year-old Patrick Nordby of Rural Valley were stopped for an equipment violation on Route 422 at the Route 28 expressway interchange in East Franklin Township.
A search of their vehicle turned up numerous stamp bags of suspected heroin, syringes, pills, and other drug paraphernalia. |
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Written by Ken Hawk
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 08:17 |
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission alerts motorists traveling on Freeport Road that they will encounter a detour near the Allegheny Valley Interchange, also known as Exit 48, in Harmar Township this weekend.
Freeport Road will be closed for 36 hours from the interchange to a half mile north between 6am this Saturday, August 28th until 6pm Sunday, August 29th. The detour will be in effect for motorists exiting the Turnpike heading north on Freeport Road toward Springdale and for motorist traveling south from Springdale on Freeport Road to enter the Turnpike.
Motorist exiting the Turnpike heading south on Freeport Road toward Pittsburgh and traffic entering the Turnpike from Freeport Road from Pittsburgh will not be effected.
The detour is in place to allow the contractor, Walsh Construction, to remove portions of the piers of the old Allegheny River Bridge. |
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Written by Ken Hawk
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 08:00 |
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers got an earful from residents of Parks Township last night regarding the cleanup of the site where a nuclear fuels plant once stood.
The Corps plans to clean up the former NUMEC nuclear and toxic waste dump site along Route 66 between Leechburg and North Vandergrift this spring. However, residents are asking corps officials to provide a comprehensive written emergency plan and more intensive air quality monitoring around the site, according to today's issue of the Valley News Dispatch.
Corps officials say they've been communicating with local first responders as far as local emergency contingency is concerned, and that process began in May with local fire chiefs. Other issues raised included the construction of a containment shelter as the waste trenches are uncovered, residential soil and well water testing to ensure it hasn't been contaminated, and increasing the number of air quality monitors.
Another meeting between residents and corps officials will take place in the spring before the project begins. |
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Written by Ken Hawk
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 07:55 |
A suspected drunk driver gave police a run for their money overnight just north of the city of Pittsburgh.
Officers from O'Hara Township and Etna said they used spike strips at the intersection of Saxonburg Boulevard and Route 8 in Etna to slow the suspect down after he ran a stop sign. Police said the truck the suspect was driving ended up stopping along the 62nd Street Bridge.
Police say the driver appeared to be intoxicated. His name has not been released. No one was hurt. |
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Written by Ken Hawk
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 07:50 |
Authorities in Beaver County aren't giving up their search for a woman who disappeared three years ago.
Karen Adams, of Independence Township, left Mountainer Casino, Racetrack and Resort in West Virginia early on the morning of March 12, 2007, and never returned home. According to Channel 11 News, authorities used cell phone records to determine that Adams checked her voicemail at about 4:30 that morning near Steubenville, Ohio. Her credit cards and bank account have not been accessed since she disappeared.
Beaver County detectives say they'll search the route that the 54-year-old Adams would have driven home, in order to try and find her car. They said there are several ponds along the route that a car could have driven into and never have been seen. They intend to use sonar equipment in the ponds to try and locate it.
Emergency crews searched on the ground and from the air once learning of her disappearance, but never found any trace of her. |
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Written by Ken Hawk
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 10:50 |
Police in Beaver Falls have made an arrest in connection with the shooting death of a man earlier this month.
The Beaver County coroner said 22-year-old Stephen Hardy Jr. was shot seven times near the Brighton Pioneer Lodge on Seventh Avenue back on Saturday, August 7th.
The name of the suspect has not been released, according to WPXI-TV. |
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Written by Ken Hawk
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Sunday, 22 August 2010 04:58 |
Funeral services have been set for a western Pennsylvania woman slain in India.
Visitation will be held on Monday and Tuesday for 51-year-old Cindy Iannarelli of South Fayette Township, with Monday's visitation from 7 to 9pm and Tuesday's visitation from 2 to 8pm at the Warchol Funeral Home on Washington Pike in Bridgeville.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 10am at Holy Child Parish.
Iannarelli's son, 16-year-old Joncarlo Patton, will not be at the funeral. He remains in India, charged in her killing. Police say he was traumatized by his parents' divorce and was urging them to reconcile.
Authorities say Patton might not be tried until next year. |
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Written by Ken Hawk
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Sunday, 22 August 2010 03:55 |
There's going to be some traffic delays for those of you who commute to Pittsburgh via Route 28.
PennDOT District 11 is announcing single lane closures on Route 28 in Millvale and City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will continue nightly next week, Monday through Friday, weather permitting. Crews will conduct inlet repairs and adjustments and install temporary lighting on northbound Route 28 between the 31st Street Bridge and 40th Street Bridge.
The northbound right lane will be closed nightly from 8pm to 5am through Saturday morning, September 4th. Crews will also be working to install temporary signals at the intersection of the 16th Street Bridge/Chestnut Street and the ramp from northbound Route 28. Lane closures will also occur in the intersection during the same nightly timeframe.
The work is necessary to prepare northbound Route 28 for a $23.5 million project set to begin August 30th at the 40th Street Bridge interchange. |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 22 August 2010 10:12 |
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Written by Ken Hawk
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Sunday, 15 August 2010 05:40 |
Saturday night's storm activity left behind lots of damage in the North Hills.
KDKA-TV is reporting that heavy rains caused flooding along McKnight Road, shutting down the road for an extended period of time between the North Hills Village mall and Siebert Road. Emergency crews were called out as water covered the road and trapped several motorists inside their vehicles. There were also reports of basements with several inches of water and buildings without power.
Clean-up efforts are continuing throughout the day. |
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