Lamar News

A 21-year-old woman from Howard was taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center for minor injuries after a two-car crash at 5:25 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of state Route 150 and Gates Road.

A 13-year-old was taken into custody state police at Lamar said he led them on a chase, reaching speeds of more than 100 mph, while driving a stolen car.

Four people were injured after being thrown from their motorcycles in four separate crashes across the region on Friday and Saturday, according to state police at Rockview, Clearfield and Lamar stations.

A Bayonne, N.J. man is in Clinton County jail after police said he was clocked driving at 134 mph on Interstate 80 in Porter Township Monday evening.

A Lewisburg man driving the wrong way on Interstate 80 late Friday night was among two people killed in a three-car collision in Clinton County, state police at Lamar report.

A tractor-trailer traveling Monday afternoon on Interstate 80 in Clinton County crashed and rolled over, sending its driver to the hospital with injuries, state police at Lamar said.

“What this is about is the lack of a majority vote on council.”

A dispute over a legal bill prompted four Pittsburgh City Council members to walk out of a meeting, allege that they're being gagged, and contact the American Civil Liberties Union and the State Ethics ... via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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No one in Pittsburgh city government is on the take, according to 151 financial disclosure forms filed with the City Clerk in 2005 and 2006. via PittsburghLIVE.com

A Patton Township man already in trouble with the law for allegedly driving drunk and crashing a stolen minivan was arrested again early Saturday by state police in Clinton County and again on charges he was ... via Centre Daily Times

“We needed to take decisive action to make sure that the public's trust is always in city government.”

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl asked his press secretary to resign Wednesday and allowed her husband, the city's top development official, to take a paid leave while the State Ethics Commission investigates ... via PittsburghLIVE.com

“It looks like it could have been a pay-to-play situation.”

Pittsburgh's top development official said Tuesday he and his wife accepted a surround-sound speaker system, cigars, neckties and other gifts from an advertising executive who brokered a deal with the city to ... via North Hills News Record

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Daniel Scott McCloskey is escorted into district court for arraignment on Friday, March 4. CDT/Christopher Weddle Daniel S. McCloskey, 21, who has been held in Centre County jail in lieu of $100,000 bail since ... via Centre Daily Times

“I've seen the swap work in my district”

After spending much of March fighting over issues like LED billboards and take-home vehicles, councilors started April in what appeared a cooperative and amicable fashion. via Pittsburgh City Paper

State police at Lamar said a Howard man will be charged after creating a scene at a communications store in Mill Hall, Clinton County. via Centre Daily Times

Borough police recorded several incidents early Sunday outside Tony's Big Easy and Lulu's Nightspot, both at 1291/2 S. Pugh St. via Centre Daily Times

A tractor trailer and horse and buggy collided in Clinton County. Troopers said the buggy pulled out in front of the rig early this morning near Lamar. via WNEP-TV Moosic

Two escape injuries in Milesburg crash State police at Rockview said two people escaped injuries Saturday afternoon during a two-car crash near Milesburg. via Centre Daily Times

Four Philipsburg-Osceola Area students, three in junior high school and one in senior high, were expelled for the rest of the school year. via Centre Daily Times

Four people were injured Saturday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash off state Route 120 in Clinton County. via Centre Daily Times

WALKER TOWNSHIP -- Two people were transported to the hospital, one with critical injuries, after a two-car crash on Route 64 in Walker Township Sunday night.

The accident happened just before 5:30 p.m. when the driver of a white four-door 2001 Chevy auto, 23-year-old Mark Mohan, of Lamar, heading north on Route 64 lost control in rainy conditions and spun on the wet road, according to state police Trooper Thomas Hertlein.

He said Mohan crossed the center line and struck a black four-door 2007 Ford sedan, driven by 43-year-old Gary Wasson, of Jersey Shore. Wasson was heading south. Read more