ONE PERSON IS DEAD IN A LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ACCIDENT IN LEHIGH COUNTY. POLICE SAY A CAR AND OIL TANKER COLLIDED AROUND 10 O'CLOCK SUNDAY NIGHT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CHESTNUT STREET AND BUCKEYE ROAD IN UPPER MILFORD TOWNSHIP. THE CRASH CAUSED A LARGE FUEL SPILL AND CLOSED BUCKEYE ROAD UNTIL THIS MORNING. THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIM HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.
TWO TEENAGERS WERE SHOT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN ALLENTOWN. POLICE SAY THE 18 AND 15-YEAR-OLD TEENS WERE SHOT AT NINTH AND GORDON STREETS. POLICE SAY BOTH OF THE MALE VICTIMS ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER FROM THEIR WOUNDS AND ARE NOT COOPERATING WITH THE INVESTIGATION. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
DEPENDING WHERE YOU PARK IN EASTON, YOU WON'T NEED MONEY TO FEED THE METERS. "WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN INSTALLATION OF ABOUT 38 CREDIT CARD METERS IN THE AREA, MOSTLY AROUND THE COURTHOUSE. THE MAJORITY ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED ON NORTH 7TH STREET FROM WALNUT AVENUE TO WASHINGTON STREET AND THE REMAINING UNITS ON WASHINGTON STREET CLOSEST TO THE COURTHOUSE ITSELF," EASTON POLICE LIEUTENANT MATT LOHENITZ SAYS. THE METERS WILL BE THERE IN A 90-DAY TRIAL. LOHENITZ SAYS IF ALL GOES WELL WITH THE METERS, ANOTHER 200 COULD BE INSTALLED ACROSS THE CITY.
IT'S BEEN NEARLY SIX YEARS SINCE FOGELSVILLE'S MARK RESH WAS SHOT DOWN AND KILLED WHILE FIGHTING IN IRAQ. HIS MOTHER, CAROL, REMEMBERS THE KNOCK AT THE DOOR LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. "YOUR HEART DROPS AND YOU KNOW IN A MINUTE IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL ME. I KNEW," RESH SAYS. LOCAL VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS ARE PLANNING THE CAPTAIN MARK RESH VETERAN CENTER WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING FIND EMPLOYMENT FOR RETURNING VETERANS AND ESTABLISHING A PLACE FOR VETERANS TO GATHER TOGETHER.
FACULTY AT PENNSYLVANIA'S 14 STATE-OWNED UNIVERSITIES ARE SET TO BEGIN STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTES AMID DISCUSSIONS FOR A NEW CONTRACT DEAL. VOTING IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FOR FACULTY AND COACHES AT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOOLS. MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY FACULTIES HAVE BEEN WORKING WITHOUT A CONTRACT SINCE JUNE 2011. AMONG THE ISSUES SEPARATING BOTH SIDES ARE HIGHER HEALTH CARE DEDUCTIBLES AND CO-PAYMENTS AS WELL AS COMPENSATION FOR ONLINE EDUCATION. A UNION COMMITTEE WILL MEET FRIDAY IN HARRISBURG TO COUNT BALLOTS FROM THE STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTES. THE UNION REPRESENTS MORE THAN 6,000 FACULTY AND COACHES. THE NEXT NEGOTIATING SESSION IS SET FOR DECEMBER 11. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A FACULTY STRIKE IN THE STATE SYSTEM.
A 34-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN KILLED IN A BICYCLE ACCIDENT IN BERKS COUNTY. AUTHORITIES SAY CHRISTOPHER HALLMAN OF BOYERTOWN WAS RIDING HIS BICYCLE WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE SUNDAY ON MOUNT PENN IN BERKS COUNTY WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. OFFICIALS SAY HE APPARENTLY TRIED TO RAMP OVER A ROCK ON A TRAIL, BUT FELL OFF HIS BIKE AND LANDED ON HIS HEAD. HALLMAN SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
OCCUPY HARRISBURG, THE SECOND LONGEST-RUNNING OCCUPY PROTEST IN THE NATION, HAS QUIETLY LEFT THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA STATE CAPITOL BUILDING AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF PROTESTING ECONOMIC EQUALITY AND WHAT THEY CALL CORPORATE GREED. THE PROTESTERS' TENT, WHICH STOOD DESPITE RAIN, WIND AND ICE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAPITOL STEPS, HAS BEEN REMOVED. PARTICIPANT KEITH BENTZ OF HARRISBURG SAID SATURDAY THAT THE MOVEMENT HAD RAISED PUBLIC AWARENESS AND WAS A FORCE FOR TRUE CHANGE.
RESIDENTS DISPLACED BY SUPERSTORM SANDY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING A TEMPORARY PLACE TO LIVE. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE CALLING REAL ESTATE OFFICES, LOOKING TO RENT APARTMENTS OR HOMES. PEOPLE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR HOTEL ROOMS. MOST ARE SOLD OUT. MANY ARE OCCUPIED BY OUT-OF-STATE UTILITY WORKERS. REAL ESTATE AGENTS SAY THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR RENTALS THAN UNITS AVAILABLE. AGENTS ARE ASKING SELLERS TO LET DISPLACED PEOPLE LIVE IN THEIR VACANT HOMES. ONE REAL ESTATE AGENT SAYS SOME PEOPLE ARE BUYING HOMES TO LIVE IN NOW AND RENT OR SELL NEXT YEAR.
