Everett News

Plans to take the Dauphin County jury in the kidnapping and murder case against Joseph W. Clark back to the Harrisburg area this morning were moved up.

Accused killer portrays self as "good guy" By KATHY MELLOTT THE TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT BEDFORD - Joseph W. Clark's repeated reference to himself on the witness stand as a good guy and "a Christian" threatened today ...

A man from western Pennsylvania is accused of hitting his neighbor with a weed-whacker. Sixty-seven-year-old Gary Wright, of Southwest Greensburg, is charged with simple assault, recklessly endangerment and ...

BARRE City police reported the following: Debra Hopps, of Scott Street, Wilkes-Barre, reported 51-year-old Dorothy Fry, of North Sherman Street, slapped her in the face at 7 N. Wilkes-Barre Blvd.

The second day in the retrial of Joseph W. Clark likely will begin with testimony from Ronald Grubb, the partner of Holly Christine Notestine and the father of her two children.

Jury selection is to begin in the retrial of an Everett man accused in the murder and kidnapping of a Bedford County woman in April 2000.

Mount Sinai to host forum for women BY JANICE RAINEY JRAINEY@TRIBDEM.COM A For Women Only Forum will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Mount Sinai Baptist Church, 111 Cambria St., Johnstown.

A 23-year-old Everett, Pa., man was critically injured Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on Md.

A Bedford County judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a man who wanted the Everett Area School District to include a page in biology textbooks saying some scientist disagree with Charles Darwin's theory of ... via The York Daily Record

PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS: A St. Thomas couple was arrested Saturday night and charged with public drunkenness following a disturbance in the parking lot at Razzle's. Joyce Ann Cooper, 43, and Donald D. Cooper, 39, ... via Chambersburg Public Opinion

Residents of a Bedford County town are fighting to save a ginkgo tree whose historical roots run deep, but whose physical ones have buckled a sidewalk in violation of the borough's code. via The York Daily Record

“I think the foundation, the interest in the tree is definitely the community”

Roots, powerful and unyielding, are the problem. When a young woman tripped and broke her wrist on the Main Street sidewalk of this Bedford County borough last year, the roots of a large ginkgo tree were to ... via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Dr. Bilofsky will begin seeing patients at FCMC Specialty Services Center, located in Penns Village Shopping Center, on April 11, 2008. via Fulton County News

“She's 16 years old and in the custody of her parents and it's not clear she went with this guy willingly”

State police this morning issued an Amber Alert in the possible abduction of a Bedford County teen. via The Tribune-Democrat

“James Anderson obviously does not understand that the law does apply to him”

A Bedford County man facing multiple counts of drug trafficking was arraigned today on charges that he tried to have a witness against him killed. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“When you have that many burglaries in a short period of time, we can only handle things based on urgency.”

Authorities are investigating more than a dozen smash-and-grab burglaries this week of high-profile businesses along major highways in Somerset and Westmoreland counties. via The Tribune-Democrat

John Sloan and Helen Farr Sloan, his much younger second wife, wrote "the most passionate love letters that I've ever read," museum director and chief executive officer Judith O'Toole told an audience recently ... via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Susan R. Feldman of Bensalem and Maurice A. Feldman of Trevose announce the engagement of their daughter, Hope Frances Feldman, to Kevin Robert Snow, son of James R. and Linda S. Snow of Everett, Pa. via Jewish Exponent

“The public has a right to know”

The attorney representing accused killer Joseph W. Clark is asking the state Supreme Court to deny public access to information about where a jury will be chosen for the retrial of the Everett man. via The Tribune-Democrat

“We didn't arrest Clark the day after Holly went missing. It took us five years to develop the case. We would expect the jury to take awhile to reach a verdict”

The lengthy deliberations in a Bedford County murder trial, which enter a fourth day today, don't necessarily favor either the defense or prosecution. via The Tribune-Democrat