Oklahoma death toll reaches 91
A giant tornado, a mile or more wide, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools. Full Story → |
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MONDAY Q&A: Children's book addresses speech issue in a fun way |
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Elizabeth Redhead Kriston, an Indiana resident, has just published her first children’s book, “Pants on Ants,” which targets skills related to early speech development, language and literacy, while keeping kids interested with fun stories. Indiana Gazette - ELLEN MATIS |
| RED-BLUE AMERICA: Can Obama survive scandals? |
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The Indiana Gazette continues a new weekly editorial page face-off, by opposing writers on a topic of interest. Today, Ben Boychuck and Joel Mathis debate the questions over the ikmpact of three scandals on the Obama administration. Associated Press |
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'Bob's Buddies' heart benefit planned |
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The Stossel family will celebrate the sixth annual “Bob’s Buddies” benefit to raise money for the American Heart Association at 6 p.m. June 1 at H.B. Culpeppers. Submitted |
| Toddler dies of injuries |
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A toddler who was rushed to Children’s Hospital Friday morning after he was found bruised and unresponsive has died, and the man accused of assaulting him will probably be charged with criminal homicide, Indiana County District Attorney Patrick Dougherty said this morning. Indiana Gazette - HEATHER ROTH |
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| 16 hours ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Perry Lupinetti took a break from gardening on Sunday to play with his Australian terrier Cyrus at his home on South Seventh Street in Indiana. [Read More] |
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IUP graduates more than 1,900 |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Newly minted graduates from Indiana University of Pennsylvania celebrated their achievements Saturday after the morning commencement ceremony at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. [Read More] |
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WWII-era planes coming to airport festival |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette - RANDY WELLS | |
| On Sept. 6, 1944, Navy Lt. Harry Brown Jr., then 24, took off in an F6F Hellcat fighter from the USS Enterprise for what was expected to be a milk run strike at Yap island, in the western Pacific. [Read More] |
| GOVERNMENT IN ACTION |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Meetings of municipal governments, school boards and county governmental bodies scheduled this week are at the following times and locations: [Read More] |
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Memorial cornerstone laid |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette - TOM PEEL | |
| Members of the local chapter of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War laid a cornerstone Saturday at the Silas Clark House in Indiana where they plan to erect a life-sized statue in honor of Indiana County’s 2,800 Civil War vets. [Read More] |
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Head Start dedicates bench for volunteer |
| 2 days ago - Submitted | |
| In honor of Edwin “Pappy” Rager, Head Start has dedicated a bench in his honor that will be placed on the playground at the Cherryhill Head Start center in Penn Run. [Read More] |
| BOB LANKARD: Moving on from rejection |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette - BOB LANKARD |
| Sometimes you just get a feeling in the interview. Everything seemed right. I once was so confident after an interview that as soon as I got home I called a real estate agent in that town to explore possible houses to buy. [Read More] |
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Housing complex taking shape |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette - TOM PEEL | |
| Work continues on a 224-unit housing complex that is being erected off Acorn Street in White Township ... [Read More] |
| CARL KOLOGIE: Be sure to vote Tuesday |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette - CARL KOLOGIE |
| It wasn’t that long ago when a conversation this time of year would turn to politics, and the question would come up, “Who are you voting for on Tuesday?” And the answer many times was, “I’m not voting." [Read More] |
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CPR sessions held at mall |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette - TOM PEEL | |
| To kick off emergency services week, Citizens’ Ambulance Service conducted multiple “hands-only CPR” instructional sessions Saturday at the center court in the Indiana Mall. [Read More] |
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SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Well-rounded class of inductees joins hall |
| 16 hours ago - Indiana Gazette - CARLY THOMAS | |
| Ab Dettorre said he was honored, Clarence Dixson said he was privileged, and John Caruso gave it two thumbs up. [Read More] |
| ICL BASEBALL: Colts remain unbeaten |
| 16 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Unbeaten Blairsville used bursts in the second and third innings and a solid combined effort from pitchers Steve Janik and Neal West to upend Trendy Trades for a 5-1 win in an Indiana County League baseball game Sunday at One-River Field. [Read More] |
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Luther Classic held May 10 |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette - JAMIE EMPFIELD | |
| The 27th Annual Luther Ford Lincoln Mercury Charity Golf Classic was held at the Indiana Country Club on Friday, May 10. [Read More] |
| IUP ROUNDUP: Players earn academic honors |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette |
| IUP golfer Zack Kempa has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District 2 at-large team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. [Read More] |
| YOUTH LEGION: Clymer Legion holds on for win |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette |
| CLYMER — Ronnie Button pitched six shutout innings, and Clymer Legion held on for a 6-4 win over Fezell Enterprises in an Indiana County Youth Legion baseball game Saturday. [Read More] |
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GOLF: Hughes earns junior tour award |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| C.J. Hughes, of Indiana, was named Player of the Week for the Northeast Tour after tying for second place in the International Junior Golf Tour Major Championship 14-and-under boys’ division at Hershey last weekend. [Read More] |
| INDIANA COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Dettorre more than a coach |
| 3 days ago - Indiana Gazette - TONY COCCAGNA |
| A few months ago, not long after the end of the high school football season, Ab Dettorre walked into the weight room at Blairsville High School, where a group of his players were working out. [Read More] |
| McDonald's wins Little League game |
| 3 days ago - Indiana Gazette |
| McDonald’s defeated Delaney, 9-6, in an Indiana Little League baseball game at Indiana Regional Medical Center Field. [Read More] |
| HS BASEBALL ROUNDUP |
| 4 days ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Saltsburg, its baseball program dormant for 54 years before last season, opened the District 6 Class A playoffs by beating Bishop Carroll, 6-5, in a first-round game Thursday. [Read More] |
| Apollo-Ridge's Martin wins WPIAL title |
| 4 days ago - Indiana Gazette |
| BALDWIN — It wasn’t getting to the top of the mountain that was so difficult for Reannah Martin. It was realizing she was all alone when she got there. [Read More] |
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| Trooper injured in motorcycle accident |
| 16 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| A state police trooper at the Indiana barracks was critically injured when his motorcycle hit a deer early Friday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. [Read More] |
| POLICE LOG |
| 16 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| An Indiana man turned himself in to police Sunday after being charged with threatening and assaulting an older man Friday, state police in Indiana reported. [Read More] |
| ACCIDENTS |
| 16 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| A vehicle driven by George A. Findley, 46, of Ligonier, traveled up an embankment and into a yard around 10:15 p.m. Friday on Route 711 at Fairfield Road, state police in Greensburg reported. [Read More] |
| Public’s help sought in death |
| 16 hours ago - Associated Press |
| Police in Fayette County are investigating the shooting death of a man in the east end of Uniontown. [Read More] |
| Woman charged with texting before fatal crash |
| 16 hours ago - Associated Press |
| A Lawrence County woman has been charged with text-messaging while driving in connection with a crash earlier this month that killed a former volunteer fire chief. [Read More] |
| Man escapes car hit by train, police say |
| 16 hours ago - Associated Press |
| Police say a man who they suspect was drunk narrowly escaped injury when his car was hit by a freight train after his vehicle inexplicably stopped on some railroad tracks near Pittsburgh. [Read More] |
| Man shot dead in alleged deal |
| 16 hours ago - Associated Press |
| Authorities in Pittsburgh have charged two men in a shooting death that investigators say occurred during an attempted heroin transaction. [Read More] |
| Suspected meth lab burned |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| SUMMIT HILL (AP) — Police say three people are facing charges after firefighters responded to an explosion at a suspected methamphetamine lab in northeastern Pennsylvania. [Read More] |
| Feds arrest Arkansas treasurer |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner was arrested on federal extortion charges over the weekend and is to make an appearance in federal court. [Read More] |
| Two FBI agents killed in training exercise |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| Two FBI special agents on the agency’s elite Hostage Rescue Team were killed in a training accident in Virginia, officials said Sunday. [Read More] |
All Family News
| BIRTH: Winston Joseph Holt Smith |
| 16 hours ago - Submitted |
| Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Patrick Smith, of Brooklyn, N.Y., have announced the birth of their second child, Winston Joseph Holt Smith, born April 5, 2013. [Read More] |
| IUP student honored |
| 16 hours ago - Submitted |
| A local Indiana University of Pennsylvania student was selected for a university Chacivity Award, which honors students for character, civility and integrity. [Read More] |
| Gazette readers' birthdays, May 20 |
| 16 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Be sure to wish a happy birthday when you see these Gazette readers today: [Read More] |
| HOSPITAL NOTES |
| 17 hours ago - Submitted |
| Indiana Regional Medical Center, weekend activity: [Read More] |
| Gazette readers' birthdays, May 19 |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Be sure to wish a happy birthday when you see these Gazette readers today [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Matt Ryan |
| 3 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Matt Ryan was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School Lion’s Club Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Joshua Lamonde |
| 3 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Joshua Lamonde was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School Rotary Club Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Kassidy Wyman |
| 3 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Kassidy Wyman was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School citizenship Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Devon Martin |
| 3 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Devon Martin was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School vocational Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Heather McCreery |
| 3 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Heather McCreery was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School academic Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51 |
| 3 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the d [Read More] |
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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51 |
| 3 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the d [Read More] |
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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51 |
| 5 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the d [Read More] |
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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 37 |
| 6 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. At least 37 people were reported killed. [Read More] |
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Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb |
| 7 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. [Read More] |
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Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb |
| 7 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. [Read More] |
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Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb |
| 8 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. [Read More] |
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NWS: Oklahoma tornado had winds up to 200 mph |
| 9 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., had wind speeds up to 200 mph. [Read More] |
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Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb |
| 9 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. [Read More] |
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Tornado in Oklahoma City suburb causes destruction |
| 10 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb took a direct hit from a mile-wide tornado. [Read More] |
All Reader Letters and Gazette Editorials
| TONY GREENAWALT: Blessed to be in America |
| 16 hours ago - Submitted |
| We are blessed to live in the land of the free and of the brave. This is thanks to people past and present who risk their lives or have given their life that we may be safe and free today, as one nation under God. [Read More] |
| JUDY WANCHISN: Ryan budget -- big gain for rich |
| 17 hours ago - Submitted |
| According to The Washington Post, the tax plan in the House Republican budget would cut taxes by $5.7 trillion over 10 years, with the benefits flowing disproportionately to the very wealthy, according to the Tax Policy Center. [Read More] |
| CORRECTION |
| 17 hours ago - Submitted |
| During the editing process, the Gazette introduced an error into the letter to the editor from Indiana Area school director Walter Schroth published Sunday. [Read More] |
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WWII-era planes coming to airport festival |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette - RANDY WELLS | |
| On Sept. 6, 1944, Navy Lt. Harry Brown Jr., then 24, took off in an F6F Hellcat fighter from the USS Enterprise for what was expected to be a milk run strike at Yap island, in the western Pacific. [Read More] |
| WALTER SCHROTH: 'A good steward of our resources' |
| 2 days ago - Submitted |
| A letter Thursday concerning my voting record on the Indiana Area school board contained implied and factual errors. I would like to set that record straight. [Read More] |
| CLARABELLE BEIGHLEY: Let's not lose sight of reason for schools |
| 2 days ago - Submitted |
| U.S. News and World Report earlier this month ranked the now-closed Elderton High School among the best high schools in the nation. The magazine ranked Elderton as 49th in the state and 1,501st nationally. [Read More] |
| WILMA WHITE: 'Angels' lend a hand |
| 2 days ago - Submitted |
| My nephew was mowing the lawn for me recently when he accidentally put the lawn mower over the bank at the edge of our lawn. [Read More] |
| ROBERTO TURNBULL, M.D.: Are all marriages created equal? |
| 2 days ago - Submitted |
| It seems to me that in all the ongoing discussion about marriage we are losing sight of the beauty, deeper meaning and purpose of this institution that has been the cornerstone of the family, our society and of Western civilization for the last 2,000 years. [Read More] |
| BILL SHUSTER: Americans fear Obamacare's impact |
| 2 days ago - Submitted |
| As we approach the summer months, we get closer and closer to 2014 and the dreaded launch of Obamacare. We still face major uncertainty in how this massive takeover of health care will actually work. [Read More] |
| JANICE DEMBOSKY: Quote erroneously attributed to Franklin |
| 5 days ago - Submitted |
| In his May 1 letter, McClellan Blair doesn’t cite the source for the words he attributes to Ben Franklin because they are bogus (Popik, “Lunches with Wolves,” the fake quote by Franklin on democracy). [Read More] |
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