Last June 9, Pennsylvania State Police Troopers Joshua D. Miller suffered fatal wounds after an armed suspect fled the scene of a domestic dispute and led police on a 40-mile high speed pursuit. When the suspect was finally pulled over, gunfire erupted, killing Trooper Miller and seriously injuring Trooper Robert J. Lombardo.
The suspect was killed by state police bullets, but the suspect's child was rescued from the back of the car, unharmed.
For over eight years, family members and friends of victims of the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks have been trying to heal from the emotional and psychological pain of that dark day in American history.
Many will never experience a total healing in their lifetimes.
A decision by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to have Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and four of his cohorts, tried in New York City, may reopen the wounds when that trial plays out in front of the world.
Legal advertising in newspapers has long been the venue that local governing bodies have used to inform residents about upcoming meetings, budget sessions and a myriad of other agendas that directly affect taxpayers.
But now the state legislature has taken a big step in helping to eliminate that valuable source of information made available to the public.
The House voted 127-62 this week to link legal ad rates to a fraction of either the papers' lowest commercial rate or what papers were charging their customers on July 1, whichever is lower.
A resident of Summit Hill attended a borough council meeting last week and did some complaining. One topic he touched on was how motorists seem to ignore stop signs in the borough.
He was right in this complaint. We've received comments from other individuals in the borough – including council members – about how too many drivers float through stop signs as though they don't exist.
This isn't to criticize the police. Obviously when they are present at an intersection, people stop.
p"With Congressional term limits, Washington could be cleaned up with new generations of politicians who are closer to the people. They will spend less time getting re-elected and more time attending
to the work of the American people."Philip Blumel, President of U.S. Term Limits.
Senator Jim DeMint has proposed an amendment to the Constitution imposing 6-year and 12-year terms on Representatives and Senators as "an historic opportunity to bring an end to an era of oppressive political oligarchy that threatens the very fabric of representative government."
When Jim Thorpe, the athlete, died on March 28, 1953, on his 65th birthday, he initially was to be buried in California. Funds were raised to transport his body to Oklahoma, but the governor of Oklahoma vetoed a bill for a memorial for him.
Fast-forwarding, a nationwide appeal was made by his third wife, Patricia, to find what she considered to be a fitting memorial.
The towns of Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk rose to the request. The local people impressed Patricia Thorpe so much, it was she who suggested the name of the town should be changed to Jim Thorpe.
While thousands gathered at Fort Hood, Texas, yesterday, where a memorial service was held for the 13 people who died and the 29 others who were wounded last week, officials searched for answers to the shooting rampage conducted by Army Major Nidal Hasan.
Wednesday is the official Veterans Day. It occurs on Nov. 11 because World War 1 ended officially on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.
A year later, President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed "Armistice Day" to occur on Nov. 11.
Locally, Veterans Day was observed on Sunday with the annual Carbon County Veterans Day parade and a special Veterans Day dedication ceremony at the World War II Memorial Garden in Coaldale. On Saturday, veterans were honored in a parade in Tamaqua.
Bordsboro, located in Berks County not far from Reading, is like a thousand other small towns.
It grew to a commnity of more than 5,000 people thanks to its large foundries and machine shops, all of which are no longer in operation.
It's a town that has struggled, both with the loss of jobs, and with Mother Nature. On several occasions flooding from Hay Creek has caused extensive damage.
It is also the place where the famous frontiersman Daniel Boone was born.
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