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Strong sentenced to life in prison for 1983 murder
Mark Moran / The Citizens' Voice Luzerne County President Judge Thomas Burke has sentenced James Lincoln Strong to life in prison after a jury could not reach a unanimous verdict in the penalty phase of his murder trial. Jurors deliberated for about
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:25P
Alameda County Ranks No. 2 for Bicycle Crashes in Bay Area
You can view the map on the Bay Citizen website and click on accident points to get more details about each crash. You can also report your own accident to the Citizen, and they'll add it to the map. The East Bay Bicycle Coalition is offering a free
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:25P
Headstone of wife murdered by Malcolm Webster 'a lie'
Malcolm Webster was found guilty last month of murdering Claire Morris, in a staged Aberdeenshire car crash, in 1994. The headstone inscription reads: "With loving thoughts of my dear. Claire J Webster." Ms Morris's brother Peter said the words were a
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:24P
Customs agent sentenced on drug charges
The investigations led to the arrests of 13 other people in a drug ring, charged with firearm violations and conspiracy to traffic Ecstasy and marijuana. Five have pleaded guilty to drug-related charges, and the cases against five others are pending,
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:24P
Seven Hurt in Two-Car Crash on Rt. 404
Tian's last two passengers, 17-year-old boys from Rockville, Md., were transported by ground to Easton Memorial Hospital with non life-threatening injuries, police said. Tian was found at fault for the accident, and charges will be determined pending
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:24P
Dramamine Required For 7-Eleven Promo
via private aerospace firm Space Adventures, Ltd. The film, which takes place in 1979, follows a group of friends in a small Ohio town who see a terrible train crash while making a Super 8 mm film. They wonder if it was really an accident.
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:24P
Leslie County murder suspects arraigned
Harold Pennington, Ray Turner, Lonnie Callahan, Lonnie Ray Callahan and Millard Miniard are accused of of killing Norman Adams back in October and trying to make it look like he was killed in an atv accident. "They are all charged with murder,
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:23P
2 children, 2 adults hurt in crash in Allegan County's Hopkins Township
The crash occurred at about 1:50 pm at the intersection of 130th Avenue and 22nd Street in Hopkins Township, according to the Allegan County Sheriff's Office. Marissa White was driving east on 130th Avenue, when she failed to yield at the stop sign and
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:23P
Pool truck slams into tree; driver dies on scene; chlorine, other chemicals
leaked, forcing crews to rope off the accident area. It has been cleared since. Homicide investigators determined that the chemicals in the back of the truck did not cause the crash and that Cardinal died of “non-traffic related causes.”
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:23P
Truckie escapes injury
The truck was heading towards Bathurst at about 3am when the accident occurred near Yetholme. The driver was not injured, but a crane and tow truck had to clean up the piles of steel. Only one lane of traffic was able to use the highway as late as 9am,
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:22P