Spangler News

John D. Dawson wants a Somerset County judge to withdraw a murder charge against him in the 1981 death of his wife because some evidence and reports collected during the 28-year homicide investigation may be gone.

An Allegheny County judge yesterday refused to send a man who had been charged with rape back to jail after his case was dismissed for lack of action, and again reprimanded the district attorney's office for letting him languish for more than a year behind bars without a trial.

But on Wednesday morning, Judge Randal Todd upheld his previous order that 30-year-old David L. Bradford will stay free on a non-monetary bond -- against the wishes of the District Attorney's office -- while the case is reviewed by a higher court.

State prosecutors yesterday charged three Philadelphia-area men with supplying $1 million worth of "onions" - one of their text-messaged code words for cocaine - to ravenous consumers in central Pennsylvania.

After several months of worrying about the safety of its public water supply, including a boil-water notice in July, borough engineers say the immediate problem is solved.

State police say the allegations facing former Northern Cambria official David Suchar include selling a few of the borough's manhole covers and fire hydrants to a private community and pocketing the proceeds.

The borough official charged with forgery and stealing from Northern Cambria and its two water authorities is on a forced vacation, and his job future will be determined next week.

A borough street official who also was supervising the water treatment plant when bacterial contamination was found during the summer has been charged with forgery and stealing from Northern Cambria Borough and its two water authorities David Suchar, 49, was charged Tuesday with seven counts of unlawful taking and three counts of forgery before ...

Health officials say Deborah Spangler was only 45 and in general good health before getting sick recently -- and the cause of the Butler County woman's death is now confirmed as H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu.

Due to recent economic constraints, Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania is scaling back its partnership with Penn.

After the death of officer David A. Wingert from cancer in September 2007, officers from the York Area Regional Police Department wanted to present their fellow officer full honors.

A Pittsburgh man who had H1N1 flu is the first person confirmed dead from the virus in Allegheny County.

On Monday evening, Pennsylvania State Police pulled over two people who appeared to be involved in a domestic dispute.

The Allegheny County Health Department is running tests on samples from a Butler County woman who died Sept.

Health Department officials are trying to determine if an otherwise healthy 45-year-old western Pennsylvania woman died of the swine flu.

Michael Hasch can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7820. By Michael Hasch TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, September 17, 2009 Health officials are testing cultures to determine whether a Butler County woman died from the H1N1 virus.

BIRTHDAY GUY: Director and screenwriter Chris Columbus was born in Spangler, Pa., on this day in 1958.

Share + Sep 8, 2009 10:19 pm US/Eastern STEELTON, Pa. A man shot in the leg during an attempted robbery near his south-central Pennsylvania home says police should have alerted the public about the crime.

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It's been almost a month since state environmental officials slapped eight violations on the Northern Cambria water authority, and the state investigation is continuing.