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Police sued over bulldozer death of pot suspect

By MICHAEL RUBINKAMMarch 18, 2019 GMT

Pennsylvania State Police acted recklessly when troopers used a bulldozer to pursue a Grateful Dead fan caught growing marijuana on public land, killing him when he wound up under the machine's treads, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed Monday...

‘Games of skill’ popping up, but are they legal?

By KELLY MONITZ, The (HAZLETON) Standard-SpeakerJanuary 23, 2019 GMT

HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) — Games of skills are popping up in convenience stores, gas stations and malls throughout the Hazleton area.

Players feed the machines cash, place bets on the selected game and win — and lose — money, but it's not considered gambling.

Troopers to increase enforcement of ‘Steer Clear’ laws through Saturday

by MATTHEW MEDSGERJuly 24, 2018 GMT

Pennsylvania State Police troopers are joining with officers from five other states in an effort to raise awareness of the states' Steer Clear laws.

As part of an initiative called the '6 State Trooper Project,' state police until Saturday will focus on enforcement of the 2006 law which requires drivers to slow down and move into the far lane of traffic when passing a police or emergency vehicle parked along the road.

Teen boy held on charges he shot sleeping mom, brother

December 1, 2016 GMT

NEW STANTON, Pa. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy is accused of shooting his mother and 8-year-old brother once each in the forehead as they slept and calling 911 to insinuate his father did it, Pennsylvania state police said Thursday...