A NEW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT IS NOW THE PROPERTY OF ELK COUNTY.  LAST WEEK, A NEW NO-TILL DRILL WAS DELIVERED TO THE ELK COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT.  THE DRILL IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF PLANTING AND WORKS BY HAVING THE FRONT DISCS CUT THE GROUND, WHICH IS FOLLOWED BY SEEDS DROPPING IN BEHIND THEM.  THEN THE BACK WHEELS COMPACT THE SOIL OVER THE SEEDS.  THE UNIT, WHICH WAS OBTAINED BY THE ELK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WILL BE RENTED OUT TO LOCAL FARMERS. 

A ST. MARYS WOMAN IS FACING DUI CHARGES AFTER A SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACCIDENT IN JAY TOWNSHIP, ELK COUNTY.  STATE POLICE TELL US 22-YEAR-OLD EMILEE FEIDLER ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON CALEDONIA ROAD AND IN THE PROCESS, STRUCK A GUIDE RAIL.  THE COLLISION WAS ENOUGH TO DEPLOY HER AIRBAGS.  POLICE SUSPECTED SHE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.  WITNESSES SAY SHE WAS ALSO ALLEGEDLY TOSSING ALCOHOL CANS OUT OF HER WINDOW AS WELL. 

A PORT ALLEGANY WOMAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A HEAD-ON COLLISION SATURDAY MORNING ON ROUTE 6 IN LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, MCKEAN COUNTY.  POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED NEAR FULLER LANE WHEN 55-YEAR-OLD PATRICIA FALK CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK ANOTHER CAR.  FALK WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  TWO PASSENGERS AND THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES.  THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. 

A 17-YEAR-OLD CLEARFIELD COUNTY TEEN IS DEAD AS THE RESULT OF A HOUSE FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING IN MORRIS TOWNSHIP.  THE FIRE WAS CALLED IN SHORTLY AFTER 3AM ON MORRISDALE ALLPORT HIGHWAY.  AUTHORITIES SAY ONE OTHER PERSON WAS INJURED AND WAS BEING TREATED.  THERE’S NO DETERMINATION OF HOW THE FIRE STARTED AS OF NOW.

OUR FIRST DOSE OF WINTER IS HERE – MOSTLY FOR THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE LISTENING ARES.  A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WARREN COUNTY IN PENNYSLVANIA AND INTO CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN NEW YORK THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.  SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY IN THE TYPICAL SNOW BELT AREAS.  LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. 

JUST AFTER 3:30 THURSDAY MORNING THE DERRICK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE INTERSECTION OF EAST MAIN STREET, DERRICK ROAD AND BOLIVAR DRIVE IN FOSTER TOWNSHIP. A VEHICLE HAD STRUCK A POLE IN FRONT OF SHEETZ AND ALSO DESTROYED A LIGHT POST. UNCONFIRMED WITNESS REPORTS SAY THAT THE DRIVER LEFT THE VEHICLE AND FLED ON FOOT. A TEMPORARY 4-WAY STOP WAS SET UP AT THE INTERSECTION UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE.

WARREN GENERAL HOSPITAL SENT LETTERS TO ITS PATIENTS, RECENTLY, TO INFORM THEM OF A CYBERSECURITY BREACH THAT MAY HAVE COMPROMISED SENSITIVE PATIENT INFORMATION. THE HOSPITAL IDENTIFIED SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY ON SEPTEMBER 24 TH AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK STEPS TO SECURE SYSTEMS. AN INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT SOMEONE GAINED ACCESS TO THEIR NETWORK BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 15TH AND THE 23RD . MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE HOSPITALS WEBSITE OR BY CALLING 888-988-0582.