HEADLINES AND NEWS FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2006

 

 

(Tobyhanna) Police say they nabbed two would-be robbers in Tobyhanna.  The suspects were allegedly trying to break into a house on Clover Road when police arrived.  27 year old Steven Paolini and 22 year old Joseph Baynock III were charged. 

 

 

(Stroudsburg) Monroe County authorities have charged a lawyer with helping his client avoid capture on a bail violation.  John Karoly Jr. says the charges won't stop him help his client, who's a builder in Brodheadsville.  The client is accused of defrauding customers.

 

 

(East Stroudsburg) Two families are homeless after a fire in East Stroudsburg.  Police say it happened early tuesday.  No one was hurt.  But authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze. 

 

 

(Hawley) A snowmobile tragedy in the Poconos has claimed the life of a New York woman.  State police say 44 year old Lisa Schmidt lost control of the snowmobile on a course at Woodlock Pines near Hawley this past weekend.  Police say the snowmobile hit a tree. 

 

(Harrisburg) Governor Rendell says he'll veto a bill that would require voters to show identification at the polls.  Rendell says such a mandate is unconstitutional and would keep some of the state's most vulnerable residents from voting-----like poor people and those who live in nursing homes. 

 

 

(Tannersville) A New York man is headed to jail for robbing a bank in Tannersville.  47 year old Charles Hardison walked into the PNC Bank in 2004 and gave a note to a teller demanding money. Hardison pled guilty. Police recovered the money.

  

 

(Westfall) Authorities are still investigating a fire that killed a Pike County man.  The blaze completely gutted a trailer home on Route 209 and killed 71-year old Jerry Newell of Westfall late last week.  A fireman on the scene sustained minor injuries for smoke inhalation.

 

 

(Harrisburg) Republicans are split over whether Lynn Swann has the experience to be governor.  And Democratic Governor Ed Rendell holds a double digit lead over his only GOP challenger.  The Quinnipiac University poll shows Rendell leading Swann 48% to 36%.