Lamar News

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

“It's not questionable whether it's right or wrong. You should not be getting gifts.”

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

“You can do a lot of time. A lot of time. You need to take these charges seriously.”

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

State police at Lamar are investigation a one-car crash in Clinton County Tuesday afternoon that killed a 22-year-old Lock Haven Man. via Centre Daily Times

A Mill Hall young man was killed in a one-vehicle crash late last night on Route 64 in Lamar Township. via Lock Haven Express

Eleven Sugar Valley Charter School students were injured in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning at the intersection of Route 880 and Route 477 in the borough, state police at Lamar said. via Lock Haven Express

BELLEFONTE -- Testimony began Tuesday in Centre County Court in what is expected to be a three-week civil trial spawned by a deadly pileup on Interstate 80 in 2001 that left six people dead and dozens injured in Clinton County.

The suit was brought against several trucking companies and other motorists involved in the Dec. 28, 2001, crash by William P. MacIntyre III, who lost his wife and son in the pileup. Stacy F. MacIntyre, 31, and her 20-month-old son, William MacIntyre IV, died when their minivan was pinned in the flaming wreckage. Also plaintiffs in the suit are Deborah and Anthony Weeda, who also are seeking monetary damages. Read more

A truck-tractor crashed on Route 220 between Mill Hall and Lock Haven in Bald Eagle Township Monday at 10:55 a.m., state police at Lamar said. via Lock Haven Express