HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The federal government says grass and guns don’t mix, and that is putting gun owners who use marijuana — and the strongly pro-gun-rights administration of President Donald Trump — in a potentially uncomfortable position. As gun-loving Pennsylvania becomes the latest state to operate a medical marijuana program, with the first dispensary […]
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Suspect in Timothy Davison's killing appears in Pennsylvania for charges
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man sentenced to life in prison for a West Virginia slaying is in Pennsylvania to face charges in an interstate killing that police say was a case of mistaken identity. The Public Opinion reports John Wayne Strawser is accused of chasing down and killing 28-year-old Timothy Davison along Interstate 81 in January […]
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Suspect to stand trial in Pennsylvania in highway killing of Timothy Davison
Timothy “Asti” Davison was run off the road and shot on Interstate 81 in Antrim Township, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 4, 2014. CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — A man accused of killing a Mainer on Interstate 81 in Antrim Township, Pennsylvania, in 2014, has been extradited to Pennsylvania to stand trial and is being held at the Franklin County Jail […]
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Retired Pennsylvania trooper kills 2 people in robbery
A former Pennsylvania state trooper allegedly shot and killed two people Sunday morning while trying to rob a turnpike interchange before being killed by police. Authorities said Clarence D. Briggs, a 55-year-old man who retired from the state police in 2012, showed up at the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Fort Littleton interchange around 7:00 a.m. Sunday morning […]
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Pennsylvania police charge nun with shoplifting
BERWICK, Pa. — State police say a 78-year-old nun was caught shoplifting $23 worth of coffee, snacks and toiletries from a central Pennsylvania store. Troopers say Sister Agnes Pennino was seen taking the items from the Surplus Outlet near Berwick on Monday afternoon. WNEP-TV (http://bit.ly/1U90iTu ) reports police determined the woman captured on surveillance video […]
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Jeffrey Frederick Andrews
1950 – 2016 BRIDGEWATER CORNERS, Vt. — Jeffrey Frederick Andrews was taken way too soon. He was unexpectedly called to conduct a train to heaven on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Jeff was born Feb. 7, 1950, in Niagara Falls, N.Y., to E. Frederick and Pauline F. (McCarthy) Andrews. Jeff spent many summers in Ticonderoga with his […]
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Nancy J. Lincoln
BETHEL — Nancy J. Lincoln, 74, died peacefully at home in the morning on Tuesday, Oct. 27, after suffering various illnesses over the past few years. She is survived by her sister, Louise Lincoln Poisson and her husband, Roger; and two children, Scott and Glen; her brother, Arthur (Fred) Lincoln and his wife, Karen; and […]
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Army recovering blimp shot down by Pa. police
MUNCY, Pa. — State police used shotguns Thursday to deflate a wayward surveillance blimp that broke loose in Maryland before coming down into trees in the Pennsylvania countryside. It could take days, or even weeks, to remove the blimp, which came down Wednesday, said U.S. Army Captain Matthew Villa. He said it is in two “mostly […]
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Elizabeth R. Larsen
1924 – 2015 WATERFORD — Elizabeth R. Larsen, 90, of Waterford, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at her home. Affectionately known as Betty, she was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Oct. 31, 1924, the daughter of Dennis W. and Frances E. Leeper Ryan. In 1941, she graduated from East Haven High School in Connecticut […]
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Philadelphia man waives extradition in missing girl case
FARMINGTON – A Pennsylvania man accused of bringing a 15-year-old girl to Rangeley from that state waived extradition Friday to allow Pennsylvania State Police to come get him, a state prosecutor said. Kyle Bedow, 18, of Grand Valley, Pa., pleaded not guilty Friday to a misdemeanor charge of criminal restraint, Assistant District Attorney Claire Andrews […]