Trumbauersville News

The Court of Common Pleas will have to step in to fill a vacancy on council because local officials did not name someone to the post fast enough.

He was in fear for his life when the 70-year-old Richland man pistol whipped a 29-year-old would-be robber in early March, Robert Tompkins testified Thursday.

State police are investigating an incident in which a cat was shot in the back by what appeared to be a pellet gun on the 200 block of East Broad Street on April 3. The cat, which belonged to a Trumbauersville resident, had to be euthanized because of its injuries, said police.

A 29-year-old Quakertown man learned that lesson the hard way when he allegedly tried to rob a 71-year-old man outside a Trumbauersville bar/restaurant on Saturday and was pistol-whipped for his efforts.

An accumulation of grease in the deep fat fryer started a fire at the Chiaro's Restaurant at 218 South Main St.