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Caln police allege former relief treasurer stole $11, 300 from Thorndale Volunteer Fire Company
1+ week, 2+ day ago (503+ words) CALN " The community was hit with shockwaves this June after police announced Mack David Roberts II, 43, has been charged with theft, alleging he stole $11, 300 in Volunteer Firefighter Relief Association funds from the Thorndale Volunteer Fire Company. A resident of East…...
Schuylkill County woman charged in alleged Eagles ticket scam
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (268+ words) A 28-year-old Schuylkill Haven woman is facing criminal charges after police say she scammed Montgomery County residents who paid her for what they believed were Philadelphia Eagles game tickets. The Lower Providence Twp. Police Department charged Kaitlyn Faust, of 515 Schuylkill…...
Memorial services for Jesse Jackson begin at Chicago headquarters of his civil rights organization
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (414+ words) The prot'g' of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate will lie in repose for two days at the headquarters of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition before events in Washington, D. C. , and South Carolina, where he was born. "The…...
Body of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is to lie in state in South Carolina
4+ mon, 19+ hour ago (292+ words) By JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press Jackson's body will lie in state next Monday at the South Carolina Statehouse, Gov. Henry Mc Master announced. Details were to be released later. Jackson, 84, died on Feb. 17 after battling a rare neurological disorder that…...
Memorial services for Rev. Jesse Jackson expanded to include South Carolina and Washington, DC
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (265+ words) Jackson, a prot'g' of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate, died earlier this week at age 84 after battling a rare neurological disorder that affected his ability to move and talk. Jackson will still lie in repose…...
Alex Murdaugh continues to insist he didn't kill wife and son as he gets another day in court
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (751+ words) Murdaugh's attorneys argued Wednesday before the South Carolina Supreme Court, asking the justices to overturn the two murder convictions and life sentence'Murdaugh'is serving for the shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, outside their home in June…...
Health officials warn of possible measles exposure in Montgomery County
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (335+ words) COLLEGEVILLE " An individual who was diagnosed measles last week visited an urgent care facility in Collegeville, according to Montgomery County health officials. A Montgomery County spokesperson issued a statement Thursday, seeking to warn area residents who may have been exposed....
South Carolina lawmakers not only lose raise but also $1, 000 a month in pay after court ruling
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (565+ words) The justices said the " in-district compensation " qualifies as salary, meaning the increase can't take effect until after the 2026 election. The General Assembly had made the raises immediate through a budget item earlier this year. The ruling also eliminates a $1, 000 monthly…...
The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1318+ words) A few years later, Matavito, a Cheyenne boy, and Leah, an Arapaho girl, were dead. Persistent efforts by their tribes have finally brought them home. The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma received 16 of its children, exhumed from a Pennsylvania…...
Ex-Republican South Carolina House member admits to distributing hundreds of child sex abuse videos
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (564+ words) May pleaded guilty to what prosecutors in court papers called a "five-day child pornography spree" in the spring of 2024. May, who resigned earlier this year, is accused of using the screen name "joebidennnn69" to exchange 220 different files of toddlers and young…...