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'Serious Injuries' Hospitalize 2 After Tree Falls On SUV: PA State Police 'Serious Injuries' Hospitalize 2 After Tree Falls On SUV: PA State Police
'Serious Injuries' Hospitalize 2 After Tree Falls On SUV: PA State Police Two people are in the hospital with "serious injuries" after a tree fell on their SUV on Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Police announced that evening. The tree landed on the Toyota Highlander along Kirkwood Pike/PA Route 472 in Quarryville, Colerain Township at 12:15 p.m. on April 3, PSP Trooper James Grothey detailed in the release. Heavy rain and winds uprooted the tree sending it down on the SUV's windshield — trapping the pair inside the vehicle, Grothey explained. They were freed with the assistance of local EMS and fire crews. Both people in the SUV were taken to Lancaster General Ho…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Wanted PA Bicyclist On Crack Cocaine Arrested Easter Sunday, Police Say Wanted PA Bicyclist On Crack Cocaine Arrested Easter Sunday, Police Say
Wanted PA Bicyclist On Crack Cocaine Arrested Easter Sunday, Police Say A bicyclist making traffic violations was stopped by officers and discovered to be high on crack cocaine, Camp Hill police announced on April 1. The unidentified 28-year-old male cyclist from Dillsburg was pulled over by Camp Hill Police for a traffic stop "after vehicle code violations were observed at the intersection of North 33rd Street and Walnut Street," on Easter Sunday, March 31 at 11:04 p.m., as detailed in the release. Officers soon discovered the bicyclist was wanted on "multiple active arrest warrants, including a bench warrant out of the York County Sheriff's Office related to …

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Woman Missing Nearly 2 Months Possibly In Central Pennsylvania, Police Say Woman Missing Nearly 2 Months Possibly In Central Pennsylvania, Police Say
Woman Missing Nearly 2 Months Possibly In Central Pennsylvania, Police Say A woman has been missing for nearly two months and authorities believe she could be in the Harrisburg area. Tracy Scanlon, 54 of the Pittsburgh area was first reported missing to the Millvale Police Department. "All information from family and friends places her in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area," Susquehanna Township Police said in a release on March 19. A missing person database entry was created for her on April 1; it reads in part: "Tracy left on February 7, 2024 and was going to Harrisburg with plans to return to Pittsburgh on March 1. February 20 is the last time anyone has had a…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Man Stabbed In Neck With Scissors, Pennsylvania State Police Say Man Stabbed In Neck With Scissors, Pennsylvania State Police Say
Gavin Bossom Accused Of Stabbing Man In Neck With Scissors One man has been charged and another is in a hospital following a fight that ended with scissors been plugged into one of the men's neck, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday. Just before PSP York Troopers were called to "an assault" in the 300 block of Channell Road, Fawn Township, 23-year-old Gavin Bossom of New Park, PA "engaged into a verbal and physical altercation" with a 55-year-old man, as stated in the release. When members of Troop J arrived, at  approximately 10:06 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, they found the man "with a stab wound on his neck," a…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Fatal Fire Injures 1-Month-Old infant, PA Fire Officials Say Fatal Fire Injures 1-Month-Old infant, PA Fire Officials Say
Fatal Fire Injures 1-Month-Old infant, PA Fire Officials Say One man has died and four other people — including an infant —were injured in a residential fire early Wednesday morning, April 3, authorities told Daily Voice.  Firefighters were called to the 1900 block of Dennie Street around 2:15 a.m., a Philadelphia Fire Department spokesperson said. They arrived to find heavy fire on the first floor of a two-story row house, according to officials.  The fire was placed under control by 2:26 a.m., PFD said.  A 62-year-old man was killed and four others injured: a 19-year-old woman, a 1-month-old infant, a man of unknown age, and a 38-ye…

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by Mac Bullock
Obituaries
PA Mom Who Died After Crash Was '5-Foot Woman With Giant Personality,' Daughter Says PA Mom Who Died After Crash Was '5-Foot Woman With Giant Personality,' Daughter Says
PA Mom Who Died After Crash Was '5-Foot Woman With Giant Personality,' Daughter Says Iris Crystal Mercado, an Allentown mother, and New Jersey native, died from injuries sustained in a car crash on Sunday, March 31, authorities said. She was 37.  Mercado, called Crystal by friends and loved ones, was hospitalized after a wreck on Route 22 in South Whitehall on Feb. 3, state police have said.  Her daughter Ciara Rodriguez said Mercado was "a 5-foot woman with the personality of a giant." "My mother loved being around friends and family and just enjoying being outside," Rodriguez told Daily Voice.  "She was great at whatever she learned and put her mind …

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by Mac Bullock
Schools
Fire At Central PA High School Woodshop Forces Classes Online For Days Fire At Central PA High School Woodshop Forces Classes Online For Days
Fire At Central PA High School Woodshop Forces Classes Online For Days A fire at a high school wood shop forced the district to switch to online or remote learning for a minimum of two days, officials announced on Tuesday morning.  Intially fire crews were called to Maheim Tonwship High School for a report of smoke showing at 5:18 p.m. on Monday, April 1, officials explained.  The fire was found fire in a dust collector on the exterior of the high school off the wood shop.  Even though the "fire was contained to the exterior, however the interior required extensive ventilation. Manheim Township High School will be holding on-line only learning …

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Pennsylvania Lottery Player Wins $100K In Berks County Pennsylvania Lottery Player Wins $100K In Berks County
Pennsylvania Lottery Player Wins $100K In Berks County For the third time in four days, a Pennsylvania Lottery player in Berks County has won a major prize.  A Powerball player matched five of the six balls pulled in the Monday, April 4 drawing to win $100,000, according to state gaming officials.  South Mountain Beer Distributing at 5104 Penn Avenue in Wernersville will receive a $500 bonus for selling the lucky ticket, Lottery reps said.  The win comes just days after two back-to-back million-dollar prizes were awarded in Reading: one to a Match 6 player at the 4630 Perkiomen Avenue Rite Aid on Friday and the other t…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Pennsylvania Republican Wants To Rename VA Airport After Trump Pennsylvania Republican Wants To Rename VA Airport After Trump
Pennsylvania Republican Wants To Rename VA Airport After Trump A group of Republicans have introduced a bill that could rename Dulles Airport after former President Donald Trump. Bill H.R.7845 was introduced to the House by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) on March 29. Freedom. Prosperity. Strength.That's what America stood for under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump — the best president of my lifetime.And that's why I'm introducing legislation to rename Dulles as the Donald J. Trump International Airport.https://t.co/h7dMVaERbQ — Guy Reschenthaler (@GReschenthaler) April 2, 2024 Washington Dulles International Airport is named after&n…

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by Cecilia Levine
Traffic
Tractor-Trailer Rollover Crash On I-81 Clears: PennDOT Tractor-Trailer Rollover Crash On I-81 Clears: PennDOT
Tractor-Trailer Rollover Crash On I-81 Clears: PennDOT A tractor-trailer crash caused miles of delays on Interstate 81, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials told Daily Voice on Tuesday, April 2. The tractor-trailer rolled over after it crashed at mile marker 93.5 on I-81 northbound at 1 p.m. on April 2, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler explained.  Traffic was diverted starting at Exit 90: PA 72 - LEBANON and all lanes were closed through Exit 100: PA 443 - PINE GROVE.  There is no word from the scene about any injuries, and it is unknown what was in the trailer. The roadway reopened at 5 p.m. 

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Choke Hold At Central PA Prison, Police Say Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Choke Hold At Central PA Prison, Police Say
Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Choke Hold At Central PA Prison, Police Say A 30-year-old convicted felon — in his third prison in six months — is facing new charges after putting a corrections officer in a chokehold, the police announced on Tuesday, April 2.  Justin Miles Bookwalter of Huntingdon is accused of placing "the Corrections Officer in a headlock, while in the headlock the Corrections Officer was unable to breathe," the Middlesex Township police stated in the release.  This incident happened at Cumberland County Prison on March 27, 2024.  This is Bookwalter's third county prison stay since Oct. 31, 2023. He was previously in Huntingd…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lifestyle
Second Reading Lotto Player Wins $1 Million Second Reading Lotto Player Wins $1 Million
Second Reading Lotto Player Wins $1 Million A Pennsylvania Lottery player in Reading won $1 million playing the Powerball on Saturday, March 30, state gaming officials say.  The lucky winner matched five of the six balls pulled in the Saturday drawing, according to lotto reps.  The win came just one day after a Match 6 player won $1.07 million at a Reading Rite Aid.  The vendor, Paulino’s Deli & Grocery at 555 North 9th St., will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the lucky ticket.  Winners are not know until they claim their prize and their ticket is validated. Winners have up to one year from the draw…

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by Mac Bullock