OLYPHANT, Pa. (WNEP) — Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection is set to begin putting out a fire near Scranton.
It's about time; it's only been burning for 16 years!
That's right!
The fire is in a coal mine more than 200 feet underground.
Officials think it started when someone started illegally burning garbage there.
After fighting the fire for two years, crews eventually built a 200-foot trench around the fire, hoping it would burn itself out. Read More...
According to a press release from state police, one person has died following a crash that occurred Saturday afternoon in East Saint Clair Township, Bedford County.
Police say 24-year-old Thomas J. Osman and a passenger were driving east on Churchville Road at 2:17 PM when Osman failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection with William Penn Road.
As Osman drove straight through the intersection, police say another vehicle traveling south on William Penn Road crashed into Osman’s driver side front and rear doors. Read More...
Cambria Co., PA (WJAC) — Two Saint Francis University football players who have been accused of raping a woman in the basement of a Loretto Borough home appeared in court Friday. In January, Marcel Mami and Daunte White were charged for allegedly raping the woman at a party.
Both Mami and White entered not guilty pleas during Friday's preliminary hearing.
Their attorneys also claimed that the alleged victim was lying and filed a motion to have their charges dismissed. Read More...