http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 18 May 2008 05:58:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_139055956.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_139055956.html A man whose mother died the day after police say he kidnapped her from a nursing home has been charged in her death. Robert Netchel, 58, of Mount Carmel, was accused of forcibly taking his mother from the Schuylkill Center Nursing Home near Pottsville last month. Sun, 18 May 2008 05:57:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_139055822.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_139055822.html Police in Downingtown say a 15-year-old boy hacked into a school computer recently and got information including Social Security numbers. Sun, 18 May 2008 05:55:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_139055643.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_139055643.html The $800 million slots parlor to be built on the site of the former Bethlehem Steel plant will be named the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, reviving the Sands name for American gamblers. Sun, 18 May 2008 05:54:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_139055516.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_139055516.html Coal production is expected to slow down after a small section of roof collapsed in a Greene County mine. Sat, 17 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_138070203.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_138070203.html A former Altoona doctor accused of trading drugs and money for sex with patients has been sentenced to 24 months of home detention because of his ailing health. Sat, 17 May 2008 06:58:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_138070001.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_138070001.html A former Bethlehem woman will serve up to 23 months in prison for having her 7-year-old son dress as a Cub Scout to collect money for a nonexistent cause. Sat, 17 May 2008 06:57:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_138065803.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_138065803.html Two hikers from Pennsylvania cut short their planned multi-day traverse of the Presidential Range in New Hampshire's White Mountains after they got off their trail and ran into snow depths of 3 to 5 feet. Sat, 17 May 2008 06:54:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_138065613.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_138065613.html A Pittsburgh man admits causing nearly $300,000 in damages by spray painting graffiti around the city. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:51:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_137055300.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_137055300.html A former assistant pastor of a southeastern Pennsylvania church faces sentencing on charges that he sexually assaulted young girls nearly three decades ago. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_137055125.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_137055125.html Three bank robbers couldn't shake a police sergeant tailing them through a city neighborhood, and made an instant decision to stop short and "bang him" as a woman planted flowers nearby, according to court testimony Thursday. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:47:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_137054919.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_137054919.html A sometimes stripper who resigned from her job as a teacher's aide after police found her with crack cocaine, beer and partying teenagers was ordered to stand trial on 40 drug, sex-related and other charges. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:44:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_137054652.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_137054652.html Gas station owners say more people pull out credit cards when the cost of a fill-up rises, and that hurts their profits. Thu, 15 May 2008 06:14:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_136061510.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_136061510.html In a case that has implications for beer drinkers across Pennsylvania, lawyers for beverage distributors urged the state Supreme Court to bar takeout sales of six-packs unless a retailer allows the beer to be consumed on the premises. Thu, 15 May 2008 06:11:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_136061233.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_136061233.html A former police officer and part-time clown is facing 12 to 35 years in prison in the attempted rape of a Lebanon County teenager. Thu, 15 May 2008 06:09:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_136061107.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_136061107.html Pennsylvania's fiscal watchdog says he wants to save money, but not if it means risking lives. Auditor General Jack Wagner said Wednesday he's urging the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to reverse a decision to remove lifeguards from all but one of its state park beaches.